SkekSa is a Skeksis and an antagonist in the The Dark Crystal franchise. SkekSa was a character in the comics and never appeared in the film or the prequel series. She is also the only female Skeksis in the series
She was the Skeksis' Mariner during the Garthim War. She was an ally of skekVar.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance[]
When the Gelflings begin to form their resistance, and the Skeksis found skekMal on the brink of death, skekOk suggested calling the other Skeksis back to the Castle, with skekZok opining that both skekSa and skekNa would have been "useful in a fight".
Behind the scenes[]
The character first appeared in the second volume of Legends of the Dark Crystal but, according to Heidi Arnold, was meant to be named skekCru.[1] In J.M. Lee's Tides of the Dark Crystal, the character is the first Skeksis to be identified with female pronouns. Lee stated in an interview that his choice in identifying skekSa as female was in part inspired by the original film's novelization by A.C.H. Smith, which describes how the Skeksis lack sexes, but have a form of gender identity.[2]
