If you spent the majority of your childhood totally terrifying yourself with repeated screenings of the Frank Oz and Jim Henson-directed puppet film, The Dark Crystal, then you’ll find plenty to appreciate in this 1982 behind-the-scenes documentary about the production. While we’re not sure if we’ll ever fully outgrow our fear of the planet Thra, we do find it a little less scary now that we know how the Skeksis sausage was made.
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[via io9]