Second Skye is excited to announce the landing page of Space Knights, a new animated series concept created by artist Taylor Dahl and written by Keegan and Ian. For those who caught our first quarterly newsletter, we teased this team-up series alongside some visuals drawn by Taylor for a sneak peek of the medieval galaxies to come. Let's take another look, since they're too fun not to include:
Now that you're insatiably interested in Taylor's creations, lets talk about the series itself (all of which you'll conveniently find on the Space Knights main page).
What is it about?
In a knight-filled galaxy of flying taverns and peasant aliens, an overlooked townsman suddenly considers a life outside the law after his village is destroyed by a mysterious gang.
What does that actually mean?
Space Knights is an irreverent, genre-mashing comedy about Dyngarth, the oft overlooked "waste master" of Geltrevene, whose quest for purpose beyond shoveling shite is annoyingly hijacked by three oracles claiming to know his true destiny. With the help of his tentacle-flailing, one-eyed best friend and confidante Pender Sudds, Dyn leaves both Geltrevene and the oracles behind, to embark instead on an epic(ish) Arthurian adventure in the company of an outlaw group known as the Seekers.
But destinies are hard to outrun, even in a flying tavern. As Dyn and Sudds trod across plains and planets they've never trodden, Dyn finds it increasingly difficult to avoid the conflicted plots staging the fall of King Daveon, the celebrated ruler of the galaxy. And while Dyn grapples with his clouded destiny, he and Sudds encounter plenty of welcome distractions along the way, from getaway barns to all-knowing donkeys, crusading bards to supercharged longswords, windmill-powered space to death-defying knight.
Woah, how'd this all come about?
Space Knights was first born over 10 years ago, in Taylor's first semester at community college, when he took a "Science Fiction Literature and Film" course. With a blank slate to create anything he wanted for the final project, as long as it was science fiction-related, Taylor made a very short, very amateur film entitled "Space Knights". Now Taylor's decided to revive the project as an animated series to see just how far his creative skill set has developed in the last decade. And while his art and design skills have grown tremendously, Taylor's been looking for some writers to bring his freaky-feudal world to life. Enter Second Skye, where freaky-feudal is just another Friday (not really, but that line surprisingly got us the job). Armed with Taylor's creative vision, we've crafted a story to match the already hilarious, wonderfully vibrant universe of Space Knights.
What am I waiting for?
Who knows! The full pilot script is available on the main page under password protection (you can simply email us at info@secondskye.com for the password), and a preview of the first half of the pilot is also readily available (no password needed) for your reading pleasure. Take a look and let us know what you think!
Keep an eye out for more Space Knights updates, which we'll be sure to include with posts like these as well as through our quarterly newsletters (sign up below!). Until next time, just remember, it's always knight in space.