Because Farscape was made by the Jim Henson ... Rygel and Pilot are both main characters, both puppets, but where Pilot is largely stationary, Rygel must be able to move around with the humanoid ...

New Zealand actor Lani Tupu played two roles across Farscape's run ... Captain Bialar Crais and voicing one of the two puppets on the show, Pilot, who piloted the Moya (obviously) and served ...

While “Farscape” does boast two incredibly realistic puppets as main characters (Rygel and Moya’s symbiotic pilot, the aptly-named Pilot), the program is anything but a kiddie show.

You had several close scenes with Pilot - how easy was it to be emotional acting opposite a puppet? One of the weirdest ... and certainly not with the actors on Farscape. Just the experience ...

And yet, in classic “Farscape” fashion, Pilot becomes an integral part of the Moya family, and is taken just as seriously as a character as the show’s non-puppet leads. Many episodes (like ...

In the case of Farscape, this means hundreds of different ... Due to the difficulty of removing the animatronic, the same puppet was used for every Pilot. Only the voice changed and, if required ...

The way that I played Pilot, was always as a character. I always referred to Rygel as a character, even though I'm standing in front of a puppet, and there are four people by my feet looking up at me.

Farscape always ... one of the Rygel puppets. It's not just the crackers, with Aeryn and Crichton unloading their guns in a ...

The Creature Shop even created two animatronic puppets as series regulars, Rygel and Pilot. Farscape was planned to run for five seasons but was canceled after its fourth. The season ended with a ...

But Farscape ... Pilot’s cheek. It’s an important and moving moment for both characters, and everyone completely sells it so that as a viewer, you forget you’re looking at a puppet; you ...

You had several close scenes with Pilot - how easy was it to be emotional acting opposite a puppet? One of the weirdest ... and certainly not with the actors on Farscape. Just the experience ...