Movie character: The dark crystal. SkekVar was the Skeksis' Ambassador and later General during the late Age of Division, and counterpart to urMa the Peacemaker. Along with skekSo the Emperor, he was one of the primary architects of the Alliance of the Crystal which would break down during the Gelfling resistance, and was responsible for the near-extinction of the Gruenak civilization. He was an aggressive, though not overly intelligent individual who vied for the Emperor's favor with skekSil.