skekTek The Scientist Bio (Dark Crystal Explained)

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  • #darkcrystal #ageofresistance #darkcrystalexplained #skektek
    Welcome back to another Skeksis biography video! Today i will be covering the tragic tale of skekTek The Scientist.
    Twitter @DreamfastMe
    Art used for this video: zurelazuli, savannahhorrocks, David Petersen, snoozlebee

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  • @chiwimicala9050
    @chiwimicala9050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    While I love this analysis (given that Skektek is my favorite skeksis), I'd just like to add to the scene where Aughra is being drained, because Skektek looks to the Emperor before replying to Aughras mentions of them being friends once. It shows that, even then, he was still after the approval of the Skeksis around him, to the point where he would forsake his own feelings and opinions just for that approval and acceptance.

  • @ascarletmoon17
    @ascarletmoon17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    Honestly, I feel really bad for skekTek. He's basically a weak nerd who sided with the popular kid in hopes of being accepted, but he ended up more miserable than anything else. skekTek became my second favorite skeksis during the AoR because I think he's more relatable than the others are.
    I like to think in death all the skeksis and urru reunite into their true forms. It's both peace and punishment because they'll regain their ability to feel remorse over the horrible things they've done.

    • @lisadooley3872
      @lisadooley3872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Trista McCorkle I like him too he’s my favorite skeksis

    • @jtek2259
      @jtek2259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      He was one of the few Skeksis that had a lighter side, which probably means his urru counterpart had a darker one

    • @youreperfectstudio4789
      @youreperfectstudio4789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@jtek2259 interesting observation about his uru counterpart!

    • @jordantucker9799
      @jordantucker9799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think DwM should cover a video theory what would happen to them in the afterlife. Like the skesis well experience a dante's inferno situation so they may understand their wrong doings and feel remorse for them, while the uru well go on a spiritually path to gain full knowledge of who they were and become one at the end of their travels.

    • @monkeybash3000
      @monkeybash3000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel like skeptic when it comes to my dad and his side of the family.

  • @TheHeartlessFour
    @TheHeartlessFour 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I've always felt skekTek secretly was at least open to the idea of rejoining with his Uru counterpart. He was different than the others. One of the more, if not most tragic of the Skeksis. Shame he died before the crystal was healed.

    • @tysargent9647
      @tysargent9647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      An even bigger shame he fell so far in life, being the technician behind the extermination of the Gelfling race.

    • @jordanelza8806
      @jordanelza8806 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree. The fact that SkekTek and UrTih died only minutes or hours before the Great Conjunction is tragic. This made their deaths arguably the saddest of all.

  • @potatoman45254
    @potatoman45254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Man my boy SkekTek just wanted to be liked. I guess his final experiment, though he never intended to test it, was to see what would happen if he passed away

  • @majorRedelitE
    @majorRedelitE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    i feel really sad after hearing how he is in forever darkness after he died, never to meet ogra ever again in another world, another time

    • @williamhiers1280
      @williamhiers1280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Do we know for certain Skeksis and Mystics aren't reunited in death...?

    • @damdumah2552
      @damdumah2552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@williamhiers1280 or rent further asunder?

    • @calebwessels3805
      @calebwessels3805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They are not creatures of Thra is Mother Augra implies that they have no after life unlike the other creatures of Thra that return to Thra upon there death.

    • @MrRawrCEO
      @MrRawrCEO 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@williamhiers1280 In an old comic that was an official sequel to the Dark Crystal they do have an afterlife, however they are still separate.
      The MC apparently gets taunted into depression by Skek Sil, but his Mystic equivalent helps him out of his funk.

  • @infjelphabasupporter8416
    @infjelphabasupporter8416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    While the other skeksis just hang around, he literally finds a way to make them immortal. But they still don't take him seriously, they ignore him, abuse him, and still talk about him like he's useless (Even though he just made them immortal). He's also surprisingly naive. The Chamberlain pretends to be his friend, and then backstabs him cruelly. As socially awkward as he is, he doesn't fit in with the other skeksis, and doesn't have any friends apart from the animals in his laboratory, which he actually cares for (For a skeksis, to actually show signs of empathy is quite the exception). Even though he's rather submissive with the other skeksis, without him their ending would have come a lot sooner.
    *I thought this was a great portrayal for the "genius" skeksis. Some of his lines really touched a soft spot in me. He's a skeksis, which means that he's basically the evil instincts of someone, but I still feel he didn't deserve such a sad ending. It would have been cool to see his mystic twin. One of my favorite characters, great job creators and Mark Hamill.*

    • @samrizzardi2213
      @samrizzardi2213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Which line in particular struck a chord with you? I always liked his crazed monologue to the gruenaks before attacking them. I can relate to all that pent up frustration and anger over his comrades' ingratitude.

    • @infjelphabasupporter8416
      @infjelphabasupporter8416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@samrizzardi2213 The whole abuse thing was so realistic for a "kids" series. The isolation, the animals... (let's say I was bullied by an entire school-not even kidding-when I was six and mayhaps started talking to birds. 🤣)

    • @bella_the_arist9804
      @bella_the_arist9804 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Honestly, I think it would suck to be Mystic to him. Mostly imagine that you’re just chilling, and your eye went missing.

  • @Snow_Worries85
    @Snow_Worries85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I noticed how kind he was in the beginning of the series compared to how it progressed and the movie, he & SkekMal are my favorites. Out of all the Skeksis, those two deserved to become whole more than those who did.

  • @ethandilloway268
    @ethandilloway268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I’ve always seen SkekTek more as a tragic character rather than a creature born from the evil of a celestial being. Most of his actions seem to try to win the approval of the other Skeksis rather than extend his life span or gain political power. Unfortunately, all of his efforts are met with criticism, abuse, and an increased hunger for more power from the other Skeksis. It feels like his efforts being met with such hostility and little praise drove him mad as opposed to him being born mad during the great divide. In other words, unlike the other Skeksis, nurture made him evil, not nature. It’s especially tragic that the ones who drove him to madness and forced him to do such evil actions were reunited with their other halves while SkekTek perished.

  • @Surrealistescape
    @Surrealistescape 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    As sympathetic as his character mightve been originally he was truly one of the most cruel and evil of the Skeksis. He mercilessly mocked his victims before draining him. When the other skeksis were in battle he abused the podlings so bad that they actually protested him (think about how whipped and obedient they were at that point). The way he killed the gruenaks too was sickening. It doesnt matter what your origin is. If you let your past make you evil youre still evil.

    • @dionbaillargeon4899
      @dionbaillargeon4899 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I think his brutal abuse of the podlings and killing of the gruenaks was born out of frustration because of all the abuse he himself had suffered from the other skeksis. Had he not been so brutally mistreated, be probably would had been a much gentler character. When Skekso threatened to crush one of the caged creatures in his lab, he looked really distressed and really seemed to care. He probably viewed some of those creatures as pets or "friends" (the emperor's words) rather than just creatures to experiment on. He also seemed to look sorry for Aughra. He's probably the only skeksis whith any spark of empathy left.

  • @kademarsee9496
    @kademarsee9496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Do you think deep down skektek secretly regretted doing things like corrupting the crystal, draining the gelfling, and not trying stop the darkening.

    • @DreamfastwithMe
      @DreamfastwithMe  4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Absolutely, thats what made him so much more human than the others.

    • @samrizzardi2213
      @samrizzardi2213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      He was definitely aware that what he was being forced to do was unsustainable.

  • @fantasyape8462
    @fantasyape8462 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    SkekTek was always my favourite back in the movie because I always thought he looked so cool as a kid.
    But now I've watched the new Netflix series, never thought I could love a character more. I just adore SkekTek, I honestly believe without a doubt that good still exists somewhere in him, it just takes the right person to get it out. ❤️
    (yeah, I may have a crush on him lol)

    • @toonbat
      @toonbat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I will not be happy until I see a picture of younger Skektek and Mother Augra hugging it out.

  • @DembiBrox
    @DembiBrox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    SkekTek is they only Skeksis that I feel sorry for instead of being appreciated for his talents he was abused just for being the weakest and what makes me fell more sorry for him is that he never became one with UrTih again.

  • @LilDroidBlue
    @LilDroidBlue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Now having seen Joker finally last week, I can't help but draw certain comparisons between the two. And not just because Mark Hamil is the most brilliant voice actor to have ever voiced The Joker, and happens to voice SkekTek. Their stories are similar. Just trying to get through life, but it keeps throwing curve balls and he does what he think is best but ends up committing horrible atrocities. The fact that he seemed to want to drain as few Gelfling as possible, and was worried about the possible negative outcomes of what he truly saw as abusing The Crystal. Those two facts just make me sympathise with his character more. Like was mentioned about the Gruenaks, I feel like he did what he did to them not out of a feeling of "this is what the Emperor SkekSo would want", but rather I feel like he felt betrayed by them, by them trying to escape. It's sad because if things were different, I could have seen him ending up on the other side. But we all know from the movie, they there is no happy ending for him.

    • @DreamfastwithMe
      @DreamfastwithMe  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very interesting comparison! I haven't seen Joker yet but i'm really looking forward to it!

    • @LilDroidBlue
      @LilDroidBlue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DreamfastwithMe thank you! I really enjoyed your new video on skekSa the Mariner today, really hope to see her in the second season!

  • @luvzfrance24
    @luvzfrance24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Wow I would’ve never thought I’d feel bad for any of the skesis but I do for the Scientist. I can’t help but to feel bad after the way you narrated his story. On a side note Netflix is a POS for coming at you like that

    • @LilDroidBlue
      @LilDroidBlue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree on both of your points. Growing up with my favourite cartoon being Batman: The Animated Series, the fact that Mark Hamil (who did the Joker's voice in that cartoon and a few of the animated movies) also voices SkekTek is a bonus point right away. As well as the fact that, as you said, I felt bad for SkekTek. Mark's brilliant voice acting and the fact that he seems to actually want to drain as few Gelfling as possible, and is worried about the possible repercussions and negative outcomes made me feel terrible for him. The smartest in the room, sort of like The Scrollkeeper... but without the bite. I sympathise with him, like how Joaquin Phoenix made me sympathise with The Joker. Despite the horrible acts both committed, you see how they got there.

    • @samrizzardi2213
      @samrizzardi2213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      SkekShod also had it rough. He was against the Skeksis monarchy from the beginning and was beaten for it. He later developed a speech impediment which caused him so much shame he stopped talking altogether and became a hoarder.

    • @Sawrattan
      @Sawrattan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What do you mean about Netflix being a POS?

    • @jordanelza8806
      @jordanelza8806 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree. I feel bad for SkekTek, and all of the other UrRu and Skeksis pairs that died. The Great Division was not intentional, and it essentially made the UrSkeks twice as vulnerable because of how the two halves are still linked even though divided.

  • @doumathebestboi3859
    @doumathebestboi3859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Skektek is my favourite as he's so unique and I feel bad for him but deep down he does have a caring nature and just needs a friend or someones help

    • @Rainbow_Pirate
      @Rainbow_Pirate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think his compassionate side really showed when his pet (the bird-like caged creature) was almost crushed to death as a means to force the Scientist to give an answer on how many Gelfling they would need to drain. He didn't want to answer that, both because he wanted the others to understand that abusing the crystal was just a short-term solution that would ultimately make things far worse, and because he probably feared what they would do to him if his calculations were incorrect. In the end, though, he relented and called out a number just to save his pet. I somehow like to imagine that the pet was his only confider and that he would sometimes talk to it rather than to himself while working, and take it out of its cage to pet it when he was feeling overly stressed.

  • @DreamfastwithMe
    @DreamfastwithMe  4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Well friends, unfortunately my clips from Age of Resistance that i use in these videos has come to an end. Netflix finally decided to start striking me for giving them free promotion. Awesome! I'm sure leaving the video clip in would have really damaged your income. But no worries, the content won't be affected so i hope you all will continue to enjoy the videos just the same. As always, if you enjoyed this please remember to like, share, comment, turn on those notifications, and most important...keep those animals silent!!

    • @LilDroidBlue
      @LilDroidBlue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We, your fellow Gelfling, will always enjoy your videos. I wondered if they would start cracking down. There was an unofficial channel that had clips from the movie and the show uploaded and it disappeared a little while ago. I would think your use of the clips falls under fair use. Like you said, free promotion for the show!

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Dreamfast with Me The -Netflix- SkekSis castle almays act greedy sire !

    • @lisadooley3872
      @lisadooley3872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I had them all on a playlist and when they got removed I was pissed

    • @dawndayton9937
      @dawndayton9937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i am so sorry you had to go through that (Netflix is also attacking people for Witcher culture videos too) please keep posting videos just use stills maybe they will calm down i really really enjoy this thank you doing them

    • @DragonFang409
      @DragonFang409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s a really annoying thing to have to deal with, but I don’t think your video quality is much affected. You’re still providing us with all this awesome information, and I think that keeps us quite content. Keep up the great work, hope Netflix isn’t causing you too much trouble.

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    The *only* SkekSis that ever achieved anything significant at the entire skeksis history. He is the only skeksis other than the garthirm master/general that ever truly worked. I would've said he didn't deserve to be burned to death in lava; but his brutal slaughter to those mechanic servants was far too harsh

    • @youreperfectstudio4789
      @youreperfectstudio4789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      lesson: work will get you killed ;-)

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@youreperfectstudio4789 LoL! :D

    • @theeye8276
      @theeye8276 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Most of them worked to some extent. One designed and made clothing, one cooked, one kept records, one lived of the land/hunted. The scientists probably worked harder then most tho

    • @MR.LMR1996
      @MR.LMR1996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@theeye8276 Aye. He was basically the Back Bone of the Skeksis with his research and experiments.

    • @GreaterGrievobeast55
      @GreaterGrievobeast55 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The some of the other skeksis were lazy to be sure but i wouldn’t go as far to say they never worked. I would say at least the more violent. Ones like skekung, skekvar and skekmal kept themselves busy killing stuff. The ornementalist as insane as his methods were went to a lot of effort making those frilly ass cloaks for the rest of the skeksis. Collector looked like they were slacking but they’re clearly not very healthy anyway.

  • @dracu9833
    @dracu9833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I love him 'cause he's voiced by mark hamill, mostly. also, I like his struggle of being the smartest man in the room, but also the weakest and most prone to abuse
    edit: I forgot to mention: I forgot he had a cybernetic arm in the movie. can't wait to see how that happens!

    • @Blueguy72
      @Blueguy72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He has Jedi powers!

    • @jordantucker9799
      @jordantucker9799 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He may have amputated them. Makes sense for the sadistic path he was taking.

    • @dracu9833
      @dracu9833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jordantucker9799 don't you mean masochistic?

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I just think Skek'Tek has the best vocabulary out of all the Skeksis. "Lackadaisical Skeksis, feasting while we toil..."

  • @The_PokeSaurus
    @The_PokeSaurus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I showed this video to a friend and convinced them to watch the show.

  • @thenetherone1597
    @thenetherone1597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Skektek could have been ruler of the entire planet if he had the skekballs

    • @DembiBrox
      @DembiBrox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well the truth is the other Skeksis actually freed him because they did not understand his science so they belittled him so he wouldn't get any ideas

  • @youtubefan-qp5rd
    @youtubefan-qp5rd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The most tragic character of all of the entirety of the dark Chrystal

  • @sparky3574
    @sparky3574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A tragic Skesis who was bullied to becoming a mad man, as well died in fire. Never to join with his brothers when they United.

  • @DragonFang409
    @DragonFang409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    SkekTek has to be one of my favourite skeksis in terms of character and backstory. He’s so prevalent in the movie and series, but yet he rarely seems to get the spotlight. Really great video, I learned a whole lot!

  • @taylorthorpe1875
    @taylorthorpe1875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Poor skekTek, he's such a reasonable, understandable guy. I feel so sorry 4 how he got treated, that's why I designed a daughter 4 him 2, and an idea of having a close relationship between both of them. He would understand his daughter's feelings, and what she wanted.

  • @samstevenson5231
    @samstevenson5231 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Poor skektek hopefully him and urtih joined back together in the afterlife

    • @tysargent9647
      @tysargent9647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I doubt it. Those drained Gelflings never reached the afterlife, why should the one Skeksis essentially responsible for killing them all?

    • @sjoerdderks4731
      @sjoerdderks4731 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tysargent9647 he died in a natural way and he was a puppet orded to do it, i think a long time in purgatory will do it

  • @oomguy9423
    @oomguy9423 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Plothole: why isn't UrTih missing an eye?

    • @DragonFang409
      @DragonFang409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Huh, that’s a good point. I wonder if he could have a glass eye, something more primitive than an electronic-eye, but still a good substitute.

    • @DembiBrox
      @DembiBrox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I always wondered that to because when the slave master lost his eye so too did his Urur so when Sektek lost his eye why didn't UrTih

    • @jtek2259
      @jtek2259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well keep in mind the slave master lost his hand, but his Urru only lost a finger, i’m just saying that the magic in this world is far from consistent and the urru side of things mean little to any plot

    • @aidanmills6136
      @aidanmills6136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      urTih was an alchemist. Maybe he grew a new eye in a vat or something like that.

    • @jaysonklein6018
      @jaysonklein6018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aidanmills6136 ... that makes TOO MUCH sense. 👍

  • @zouchia1522
    @zouchia1522 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "sIlEnCe, SiLeNcE aNiMaLs!"

    • @williamhiers1280
      @williamhiers1280 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "BACK TO YOUR CAGES! STOP, STOP! I WARN YOOOOOU!"

  • @dynamoterror18
    @dynamoterror18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like to think that skekTek's status among the Skeksis somewhat improves once his close ally, the Garthirm Master skekUng, becomes the new emperor. I believe under the protection of skekUng as emperor, skekTek would've been given more respect by the other Skeksis before his unfortunate death.

  • @juanisol8275
    @juanisol8275 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I wonder how in season 2 the scientist would lose his arm and leg

    • @aldohaimar4382
      @aldohaimar4382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Apparently he's the one who replaced his body parts

    • @juanisol8275
      @juanisol8275 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aldohaimar4382 its posible or maybe he cuts his harm to escape from somthing or his leg cut in combat
      Who knows until season 2 reveals

    • @toonbat
      @toonbat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Probably buying the newest iPhone.
      I mean, they do cost an arm and a leg.

    • @juanisol8275
      @juanisol8275 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@toonbat 😂👌

  • @jordanelza8806
    @jordanelza8806 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1:01 , 2:20 , 3:14 and 5:14 SkekTek perhaps deserved the most sympathy of all. Despite being a Skeksis and inevitably evil as such, he didn’t seem to actually enjoy hurting others as much as the other Skeksis. SkekTek mostly seemed to just do as he was told to avoid beatings.
    7:14 , 7:43 , 8:20 and 8:44 Among all the UrRu/Skeksis pairs that perished, UrTih and SkekTek were perhaps the saddest. As many fans know, if only SkekTek hadn’t plunged to his death and taken UrTih with him during the film, they’d have been reunited just minutes later. Then exactly half of the 18 UrRu/ SkekSis pairs would’ve been reunited and returned to their true form. But sadly, only 8 of the 18 pairs were fortunate enough to become whole again.
    We can only hope that the UrRu and Skeksis pairs become one again when they die, which I would imagine they do since their souls are still linked as one. Hopefully the 10 pairs that perished all found peace in one way or another after death, especially since the Great Division was basically just a failed experiment.

  • @ssujica
    @ssujica ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wait in the series, is he wearing gloves or are those his actual hands?!

  • @pw383426
    @pw383426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You're amazing at explaining the complex world of Thra, these videos are awesome. Can't wait for season 2!

  • @skekla
    @skekla 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi there ^^
    While I don't mean to trouble you at all or cause you any bother, I wanted to clarify that the young Skeksis art displayed at minute 1:04 is actually mine ^^; (You can see my signature (Lavinia) and the date when I drew this at the bottom right corner of the drawing.
    I hope you won't mind me correcting this, I have no idea why this keeps happening, but my artwork keeps appearing in different lore and tribute vids across channels, credited to either my friend artists or random different users ^^;
    I've nothing against my art being used for this and appreciate the fact you considered it good and illustrative enough, but I would really appreciate if you'd credit me for it.
    Thanks in advance, I hope this is not much of a bother ^^

  • @lisadooley3872
    @lisadooley3872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can’t wait for you to do the gelflings like Tolin Gurjin and his twin sister Niai

  • @christionpulliam9870
    @christionpulliam9870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ok SkekTek is the youngest child fighting for the attention and let’s be honest he created an entire race of powerful warriors he should have been praised he could have turned all those powerful warriors on to them

  • @ehheeajeshika
    @ehheeajeshika 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This one left me with a heavy feeling of melancholy. What's so interesting about SekTek is that his story about being abused and growing a complex is so relatable in real life. He once did what he loved but suffered and eventually lost interest. He eventually found an unhealthy outlet (like most of us do) and became bitter and dangerous just like the rest of them. Unlike the others he actually cared about Auhgra and his little critter friends. Until he suffered at the abuse of the other skesis.

  • @weldonwin
    @weldonwin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2:07 Who is the smaller creature here? Is that supposed to be a younger version of Skek'Tek? Because if so, he's kinda adorable back then

  • @carlmaster9690
    @carlmaster9690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    SkekTek is my favourite Skeksis

    • @colelevel2654
      @colelevel2654 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mine:
      -skektek
      -skekso
      -skekmal

  • @Anthooyant89
    @Anthooyant89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How did his Mystic counterpart survive all the experiments SkekTek did to himself. I mean he replace his jugular vein with a tube, but why didn't that kill him, his counterpart wouldn't have had the components or knowledge to fix him self, so he should have died, which would have also killed SkekTek.

    • @DreamfastwithMe
      @DreamfastwithMe  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very true, but if skekTek didn't die, neither would urTih, no matter what he did. It wouldn't be like urTih was experiencing surgery, he would only be changed suddenly.

  • @MrStrikecentral
    @MrStrikecentral 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The most important and history-defining skeksis of them all! SkekTek created and refined the process of essence draining and created the Garthim. Without him, the skeksis would have died off much, much sooner. The most pivotal moments in their history are directly influenced and related to him and his work. Yes, WORK. He was one of the extremely few skeksis that actually got off his ass and did something with his talents. Just imagine how the history of Thra would have been different if he was the first skeksis killed. No other skeksis life had such an impact.

  • @Bred2fight4
    @Bred2fight4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Honestly Skektek is one of the few in the show that saw the bigger picture and understood the concepts of give and take, cause and effect, AND consequences. If he had a higher rank, he probably would have found a lasting more permanent solution. Or come to the realization that they don't belong and need to be joined with their other halves.
    The more I look at Skektek, the more I see a resemblance to humanity and Skeksis 🤔
    Hell, we've committed similar and more heinous evils in reality

  • @yosefdemby8792
    @yosefdemby8792 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    People forget that while Mark Hamill is indeed a seminal voice actor, he was not inside the heavy costume with his arm over his head for long periods of time. That would be British puppeteer Olly Taylor.

  • @marcusblackwell2372
    @marcusblackwell2372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun fact: I think SkekTek is actually voiced by Mark Hamill

  • @dondena21
    @dondena21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Since Aughra remained in the lab until the Conjunction in the movie after her capture, I can't help but wonder if Aughra did tell SkekUng that Tek was dead from falling down the shaft, tho most likely wouldn't want to believe her.

    • @tysargent9647
      @tysargent9647 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ung did want Tek executed in his period of paranoia, so he honestly wouldn't give a shit.

    • @gloriannavargas7536
      @gloriannavargas7536 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@tysargent9647That was just a different continuity of the franchise, skekUng is indeed loyal and a close friend to skekTek, I bet that after the Skeksis and the urRu were merge once again, UngIm probably felt bad for the death of TekTih.

  • @williamhiers1280
    @williamhiers1280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How come skekTek is the weakest Skeksis when skekOk is way tinier and scrawnier?

    • @DreamfastwithMe
      @DreamfastwithMe  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think Ok is actually a little bigger. And all this info is coming directly from the websites.

    • @samrizzardi2213
      @samrizzardi2213 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He may be smaller, but he was a vicious fighter, as seen during the second battle of stone in the wood

    • @williamhiers1280
      @williamhiers1280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@samrizzardi2213 SkekTek was pretty vicious himself. Yet he was turned away from battle for... reasons (I think skekSo was being honest when he suggested skekTek couldn't be risked, but was incapable of doing it in a non-douchey manner). I just don't buy that skekOk isn't physically weaker than the Scientist. The weird thing is they're both intellectual types who ought to be equally despised by their cohorts, but only skekTek is "the nerd." SkekOk is tolerated even though his particular specialty is less useful to the Skeksis than is skekTek's.

    • @samrizzardi2213
      @samrizzardi2213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@williamhiers1280 I think skekOk is tolerated more because he answers back to people who pick on him, whereas skekTek just submits.

  • @thomastakesatollforthedark2231
    @thomastakesatollforthedark2231 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    AOR: one of the few continuations of the story which improve on the original

  • @525Lines
    @525Lines 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I kinda assumed they only partly drained the podlings in an attempt to moderate their abuse of the crystal.

    • @williamhiers1280
      @williamhiers1280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Plus, handy slaves!

    • @525Lines
      @525Lines 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@williamhiers1280 True. The regular ones were getting uppity.

  • @alexisalidis9037
    @alexisalidis9037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Poor him he did not truly want this but he got and yet the others became one and he did not!?.,

  • @lettuceoverlord6768
    @lettuceoverlord6768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I read the title as "skektek the scientist bro"

  • @renn200
    @renn200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is it a persecution complex if you’re truly being persecuted?

  • @makirby100
    @makirby100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your channel is AMAZING!!!!! Please continue what you are doing! Next you should do The Herethank or the female pirate!

    • @DreamfastwithMe
      @DreamfastwithMe  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much! Very kind of you.

  • @TheVoicesinyourHead-4life
    @TheVoicesinyourHead-4life ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why do the scientists of all kinds of shows just get mistreated badly by everyone around them !? He doesn’t deserve it !! 😡

  • @LeviathanSpeaks1469
    @LeviathanSpeaks1469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Was he voiced by Mark Hamill in the 1982 movie? I couldn’t find the voice actor from the movie.

    • @tysargent9647
      @tysargent9647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      SkekTek's puppeteer in the movie, Steve Whitmire, also voiced him.

    • @LeviathanSpeaks1469
      @LeviathanSpeaks1469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tysargent9647 Thank you!

  • @gslmakeup8040
    @gslmakeup8040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this bio series!

  • @joshuaparkers1866
    @joshuaparkers1866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Business meetings will break your future

  • @carlopannone5281
    @carlopannone5281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can you do skekshod next?

    • @DreamfastwithMe
      @DreamfastwithMe  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I really want to do skekShod, and i will in the near future. But i have so much content to get through right now. skekOk will be next week, then i'm starting on the 7 clan videos.

    • @carlopannone5281
      @carlopannone5281 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dreamfast with Me sounds good to me

  • @iksarguards
    @iksarguards 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did anyone else read the title as SkekTek The Scientist Bro.

  • @jaysonklein6018
    @jaysonklein6018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't wait to see your bios on the whiny, gross SkekLach, the vicious SkekMal, the crazed, sadistic SkekNa, the gluttonous SkekAyuk, and even the cruel, perverse SkekZok.

    • @tysargent9647
      @tysargent9647 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't forget the silent but deadly SkekShod, the violent, grumpy SkekVar and the underrated SkekLi.

  • @davidaraujo9637
    @davidaraujo9637 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bom o skektek é o meu skeksis favorito porque ele quase sempre tá ou já fez uma invenção incrível

  • @pinheadnate8799
    @pinheadnate8799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They did not yet talk about SkekTek’s artificial limbs or his Jugular vein in AOR.

  • @AlienFaun
    @AlienFaun 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have only watched the movie and not yet with the Netflix series, so listening to this story is kinda heartbreaking.

  • @miguelespinoza8910
    @miguelespinoza8910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My boy just needs a hug.

  • @jdeath68
    @jdeath68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The next Skeksis bio should be about skekMal and urVa!

  • @benjamindotten6992
    @benjamindotten6992 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So this is what happens when Luke Skywalker spends to much time in his Jedi Temple, loses touch with the outside world and ultimately falls to the Dark Side! ABRACADABRA....SKEKTECH!!!
    And here I was thinking Palpatine's physical transformation was rough!
    Easily one of my favorite series of all time, can't wait for season 2!

  • @peopgacha8599
    @peopgacha8599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yasss my favourite i love your vids 😀😀

  • @estebangutierrez160
    @estebangutierrez160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    'Cause he's voiced by Luke Skywalker

  • @twstf8905
    @twstf8905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another awesome video, mate. 🤜💥🤛

  • @grimreaper6896
    @grimreaper6896 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wait x4 so if put prosthetic limbs why didn't he make is body bionic and more stronger than the others he could of been able to make himself immortal by making himself that worlds first ever ai but i guess that he didnt think about that sadly and technology isn't the advanced yet but he was a pretty intelligent individual on all of thra so he could done what i said could be possible

  • @burning12341
    @burning12341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Isn't the first picture them telling a bunch of lies? Since the 18 of them were banished for messing with their own planet's crystal?

  • @Chocobear555
    @Chocobear555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. But I wonder if you could turn the volume down on the music. It gets a little loud.

  • @randomchicken2753
    @randomchicken2753 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel bad for skektek he’s been going through all this shit he’s sure happy about chamberlain’s punishment

  • @georgemiser
    @georgemiser 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    TekTi the Professor.

  • @isaiahnaegi645
    @isaiahnaegi645 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    In Another World and Time, Tekghra would be Official

  • @pinheadnate8799
    @pinheadnate8799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mark HAMILL wasn’t great as SkekTek’s voice but the puppeteer and character overall were enough to make me like him as much as I did with him in the film.

    • @yosefdemby8792
      @yosefdemby8792 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      For Age of Resistance, he was puppeteered by Olly Taylor. For the original film he was puppeteered _and_ voiced by Steve Whitmire.

    • @pinheadnate8799
      @pinheadnate8799 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yosefdemby8792 yep I know

    • @yosefdemby8792
      @yosefdemby8792 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pinheadnate8799 Sometimes I think Whitmire auditioned for Age of Resistance and the Henson children declined him. I used to think they could've even kept it a secret from him, but it'd be difficult or even impossible.

    • @pinheadnate8799
      @pinheadnate8799 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yosefdemby8792 possibly

  • @Commanderziff
    @Commanderziff ปีที่แล้ว

    I am kinda curious how he managed to get so many Garthim out of his one remaining Grunak.

  • @karjo8150
    @karjo8150 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is something I never knew I needed. Where have you been hiding this gem

  • @alyxtheexorcist
    @alyxtheexorcist หลายเดือนก่อน

    Because he’s played by Luke Skywalker

  • @oscarreviewz5474
    @oscarreviewz5474 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What if the skeksis had after life's?

  • @Sawrattan
    @Sawrattan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a pity the Gelfling were never cunning enough to exploit the Skeksis divisions. SkekTek in particular could have been manipulated against his fellow Skeksis if some Gelfling had tried to boost his ego.

  • @Johnlindsey289
    @Johnlindsey289 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great character

  • @johna3564
    @johna3564 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still waiting on the Skek-tek TedTalk

  • @1Maklak
    @1Maklak 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with most comments here and I idolise scientist characters. I just want to add that I like how different the Skeksis are. Sciencetist is an abused genius who wants recognition and any of his warnings and attempts at moderation fall on dead ears. Chamberlain is the best politician and only pushed the blame on sciencetist to save himself. General wants to brute force his way through life. Emperor has willpower and a vision of grandeur and will just push aside any obstacles and doubts, which works even on what sciencetist is capable of.

  • @Brodsers_Castle
    @Brodsers_Castle 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now I kinda wish that it went different for skektek in the movie like he starts talking to mother augra again and it rekindled the connection they had and made him have a change of heart.

  • @hugomventura
    @hugomventura 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a theory that some of the skeksis and mystics are part of thra in some form. Skektek had some of his essence drained by the crystal itself meaning a part of him is now part of thra while skekmal manifested aughra which could mean part of him is in aughra who is also part of thra. Skekmal and skektek being favored by thra itself as skektek was good friends with aughra and skekmal lived off of thra.

  • @wesleyvl8572
    @wesleyvl8572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel sad for him

  • @zoesdada8923
    @zoesdada8923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Netflix cancelled this but keeps "cuties". #boycottnetflix

  • @josephgover5072
    @josephgover5072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am Skektek the scientist'
    I am immortal'
    I am a lord of the crystal'
    I am Skekdis'
    Puts cage on head'
    YOU BIRD!

  • @gkjaerby2441
    @gkjaerby2441 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What’s a Trine?

    • @GothKatt
      @GothKatt 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think thra's equivalent of a year.

    • @gkjaerby2441
      @gkjaerby2441 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GothKatt thanks.

  • @JaguarCats
    @JaguarCats 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah for all the skeksis and urru that did manage to become one again, had to come to terms with what their darker halves did. They pretty much committed mass genocide and nearly destroyed the planet. It makes one wonder what happened to them after they returned to their original home.

  • @AefWEGaweg
    @AefWEGaweg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to see a fight between skektek and Skekok
    Idkw I feel like these two would have a heated rivalry similarly to general and chamberlain
    I feel like since they are both quite weak and clever

  • @jasonmurphy2804
    @jasonmurphy2804 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think skektek,skekshod,and skeksa have very sad back story's. One lost her friends,the other was swacked on the head,and the last was given a peeper beetle

  • @chaoscommentary2179
    @chaoscommentary2179 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Skektec is my favorite maybe because science was my favorite subject in school and I feel I relate to him the most

  • @koopajuniorsavannah5170
    @koopajuniorsavannah5170 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had many friends

  • @PigEmpire9606
    @PigEmpire9606 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    dreamfast with me

  • @chrisbrock1621
    @chrisbrock1621 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank scrollkeeper it's probably winker then the scientist .

  • @henryheavy8044
    @henryheavy8044 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    music name ?

  • @marcusblackwell2372
    @marcusblackwell2372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jim Henson sure was imaginative

    • @yosefdemby8792
      @yosefdemby8792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Steve Whitmire was one kickass puppeteer.

    • @infjelphabasupporter8416
      @infjelphabasupporter8416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was a genius

    • @marcusblackwell2372
      @marcusblackwell2372 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yosefdemby8792 I thought Mark Hamill was both the puppeteer and the voice for him

    • @yosefdemby8792
      @yosefdemby8792 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marcusblackwell2372 I was talking about the original movie. For Age of Resistance, Hamill did the voice, with the puppetry done by British performer Olly Taylor.

    • @yosefdemby8792
      @yosefdemby8792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marcusblackwell2372 Besides, while he is a top-notch voice actor, does Hamill have any adequate puppetry skills whatsoever?

  • @thequeenofgay9022
    @thequeenofgay9022 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did his counterpart survive the experiments skektek did to himself?

    • @Acornboboandmonkey
      @Acornboboandmonkey ปีที่แล้ว

      Because the skektek survived it so his counterpart couldn’t die unless skektek died

    • @Acornboboandmonkey
      @Acornboboandmonkey ปีที่แล้ว

      And vise versa

  • @theargonianmercenary184
    @theargonianmercenary184 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The reason why SkekTek is the best Skesis. Must I say more?

  • @lennonkelly-james2693
    @lennonkelly-james2693 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im digging this background music does anyone know what its called?