Basically before they murder the child sacrifices they scare the living shit out of them and their blood becomes full of adrenaline. They then drain therm of blood and drink it.
the Skeksis ruling the world and draining the childlike Podlings and Gelflings of their "essence," which the Skeksis would then drink to keep themselves alive
makes you wonder what Jim Henson knew - he died at the age of 53 of a "sudden bacterial infection" right in the midst of an extremely successful career
I sometimes wonder if George Lucas didn't dodge a bullet when he essentially got out of the business and went into hiding at Skywalker Ranch with heavy security, back in the late '80s - early '90s
Basically before they murder the child sacrifices they scare the living shit out of them and their blood becomes full of adrenaline. They then drain therm of blood and drink it.
Dark Crystal shows this as well. Its talks about it, but in the undercover Hollywood way.
Holy shit, you’re absolutely right wtf
the Skeksis ruling the world and draining the childlike Podlings and Gelflings of their "essence," which the Skeksis would then drink to keep themselves alive
makes you wonder what Jim Henson knew - he died at the age of 53 of a "sudden bacterial infection" right in the midst of an extremely successful career
I sometimes wonder if George Lucas didn't dodge a bullet when he essentially got out of the business and went into hiding at Skywalker Ranch with heavy security, back in the late '80s - early '90s
Jupiter Ascending too
fear and pain both
they think drinking the adrenalized blood keeps them young and strong and that the adrenalized meat tastes better
wish I was kidding