Movies - SkekZok

	Movies - SkekZok

In the film The Dark Crystal
by Frank Oz and Jim Henson, skekZok is the court Ritual Master for the race of Skeksis. His urRu alter ego is urZah, the Ritual-Guardian.

Production notes for the Ritual Master also refer to him as High Priest. They tell us that he is the tallest of the Skeksis, with a skull-like head and hypnotic eyes. These original notes call for a robe hung with ecclesiastical bric-a-brac such as reliquaries and Orthodox icons, as well as a staff that lights up via an obvious switch to resemble a gaudy, miniature religious grotto. His movement is to be based on the stylized gestures of Tai Chi. Other influences noted for the Ritual Master include:

Astrology
Magic tricks
the Masons
Rasputin
the Russian films Boris Godunov and Ivan the Terrible
Snobbery
Tarot
Witch doctors or shamans

In the book The World of the Dark Crystal, skekZok is said to have had the ear of the late Emperor skekSo, and to have held the keys to success at court. This status was gained through false apparitions and invented prophecies. Upon the death of Emperor skekSo, however, the Ritual Master finds that the other Skeksis practice their own divinations which they trust above his.

The web site habidabad.com also lists the Ritual Master as being the final arbiter of the Skeksis' ritual slave chorus, and notes that his "hypocritical piety" is best served when ceremony and cruelty are mixed. SkekZok enjoys traditional loyalty from the court intellectuals skekOk and skekShod. It is presumably his ritual dagger which causes the death of the Gelfling Kira.

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