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| - SkekAyuk is the Skeksis court's Gourmand. He likes sweet liquors and hot spices,and he boasts to have a different menu for every feast. He's in charge of the Castle kitchens. In the novelization, he is described as "too slovenly and slothful" to care for anything else but food. However his menus don't satisfy Skeksis raging appetite for long, so they ask SkekNa for scraps to appease their hunger between meals. On The World of the Dark Crystal book, SkekAyuk´s kitchens are said to be decorated with a Gelfling-style "emerging skeleton" pattern, repeated a 1000 times.
- SkekAyuk is the Skeksis half of AyukAmaj, and serves as the Gourmet at the castle's court. He is one of the supporting antagonists in The Dark Crystal. Like all the Skeksis, SkekAyuk wears an elaborate costume. A large handkerchief is tucked in skekAyuk's sleeve to dab his mouth. He loves to eat. Often seen stuffing food into his cheeks, SkekAyuk is the fattest of the Skeksis. Pre-production notes for the film, as shown in The Making of the Dark Crystal, describe the Gourmet as follows:
- SkekAyuk is the Skeksis half of AyukAmaj, and serves as the Gourmet at the castle's court. Like all the Skeksis, skekAyuk wears an elaborate costume. A large handkerchief is tucked in skekAyuk's sleeve to dab his mouth. He loves to eat. Often seen stuffing food into his cheeks, SkekAyuk is the fattest of the Skeksis. “Nor did the feasts prepared by skekAyuk the Gourmand and his teams of harassed slaves satisfy any appetite for long. Hot spices, sweet liquors, cream-rich sauces, were his delight; and he boasted he had a different menu for every feast.”—The World of the Dark Crystal
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| - SkekAyuk is the Skeksis court's Gourmand. He likes sweet liquors and hot spices,and he boasts to have a different menu for every feast. He's in charge of the Castle kitchens. In the novelization, he is described as "too slovenly and slothful" to care for anything else but food. However his menus don't satisfy Skeksis raging appetite for long, so they ask SkekNa for scraps to appease their hunger between meals. On The World of the Dark Crystal book, SkekAyuk´s kitchens are said to be decorated with a Gelfling-style "emerging skeleton" pattern, repeated a 1000 times. His slaves are always carrying him trays of food, like tidbits to nibble and silver goblets of wine, according to the film´s production notes. His loyalty is to SkekSil, along with SkekEkt, according to the novel. SkekAyuk makes a small apperance in Legends of the Dark Crystal Volume 2.
- SkekAyuk is the Skeksis half of AyukAmaj, and serves as the Gourmet at the castle's court. Like all the Skeksis, skekAyuk wears an elaborate costume. A large handkerchief is tucked in skekAyuk's sleeve to dab his mouth. He loves to eat. Often seen stuffing food into his cheeks, SkekAyuk is the fattest of the Skeksis. SkekAyuk commands a host of slaves to create complex meals for the Skeksis - including Roast Nebrie (a Skeksis favorite). Yet in spite of all this, the Skeksis' spiritual disjointment makes them leave each banquet still raging with hunger. In contrast, skekAyuk's alter ego, the Mystic cook urAmaj, prepares very simple and very satisfying meals by hand. “Nor did the feasts prepared by skekAyuk the Gourmand and his teams of harassed slaves satisfy any appetite for long. Hot spices, sweet liquors, cream-rich sauces, were his delight; and he boasted he had a different menu for every feast.”—The World of the Dark Crystal Pre-production notes for the film, as shown in The Making of the Dark Crystal, describe the Gourmet as follows: “a jowly, sweaty head with bushy eyebrows, and to be continuously involved with burping, spraying food and saliva as he talks, stuffing food into his cheeks, and lifting his head to swallow, like a pelican...Wine stanes and bits of incrusted food cover his clothing. Slave are always carrying trays of food for him - silver goblets, small sugar things, tudbits for him to nibble...Body bulges, tummy pops buttons, slits gape, pink extrudes.” Jim Henson noted that many of the Skeksis were based on the seven deadly sins.[citation needed] SkekAyuk clearly represents gluttony. SkekAyuk later appears in Legends of the Dark Crystal, where he is shown to have formed a political alliance with SkekSil in his bid to be next in line for the throne.
- SkekAyuk is the Skeksis half of AyukAmaj, and serves as the Gourmet at the castle's court. He is one of the supporting antagonists in The Dark Crystal. Like all the Skeksis, SkekAyuk wears an elaborate costume. A large handkerchief is tucked in skekAyuk's sleeve to dab his mouth. He loves to eat. Often seen stuffing food into his cheeks, SkekAyuk is the fattest of the Skeksis. SkekAyuk comands a host of slaves to create complex meals for the Skeksis - including Roast Nebrie (a Skeksis favorite). Yet in spite of all this, the Skeksis' spiritual disjointment makes them leave each banquet still raging with hunger. In contrast, SkekAyuk's alter ego, the Mystic cook urAmaj, prepares very simple and very satisfying meals by hand. Nor did the feasts prepared by SkekAyuk the Gourmand and his teams of harassed slaves satisfy any appetite for long. Hot spices, sweet liquors, cream-rich sauces, were his delight; and he boasted he had a different menu for every feast. Pre-production notes for the film, as shown in The Making of the Dark Crystal, describe the Gourmet as follows: a jowly, sweaty head with bushy eyebrows, and to be continuously involved with burping, spraying food and saliva as he talks, stuffing food into his cheeks, and lifting his head to swallow, like a pelican...Wine stanes and bits of incrusted food cover his clothing. Slave are always carrying trays of food for him - silver goblets, small sugar things, tudbits for him to nibble...Body bulges, tummy pops buttons, slits gape, pink extrudes. Jim Henson described that many of the Skeksis were based on one of the seven deadly sins. AkekAyuk clearly represents gluttony.
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