Netflix’s prequel series “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” will arrive on Friday, August 30, and as we’ve been promised from the beginning, very little CGI has been used to take us back to the magical land Jim Henson and Frank Oz first brought to the screen back in 1982. The new series, confirmed by the recent trailer, is loaded with old school puppets, created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and Brian Froud, the original feature’s conceptual designer!

In the latest issue of Pilot TV (via Empire), “Age of Resistance” director Louis Leterrier talks pushing practical puppetry to new heights… in a filmmaking climate dominated by CGI.

“We are throwing everything at this,” Leterrier tells Pilot TV. “Nobody’s fooled by CG any more. We know when something is CG. Puppets, we know someone had to [work them]… And we’re pushing puppeteering beyond anything anyone has done before.”

He added, “Even if you haven’t seen the movie, it’s still really exciting.”

Check out a brand new image from the series below, shared by Pilot TV.

“The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” tells a new epic story, set many years before the events of the 1982 movie, and realized using classic puppetry combined with cutting edge visual effects. The world of Thra is dying. The Crystal of Truth is at the heart of Thra, a source of untold power. But it is damaged, corrupted by the evil Skeksis, and a sickness spreads across the land. When three Gelfling uncover the horrific truth behind the power of the Skeksis, an adventure unfolds as the fires of rebellion are lit and an epic battle for the planet begins.