I Worship His Shadow: 2 questions
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The organs in the movie are indeed being fed to the Lexx, but as others have noted, they are often used for other purposes as well (robot drones, feeding the Gigashadow, etc.).
The piece of insect craft picked up by His Divine Shadow was an antique leftover from the Insect Wars, apparently used by the Brunnen-G in the Dark Zone. It hasn’t been stated by the creators yet, but I suspect the creation of these craft was the Brunnen-G’s secret to defeating the Insect Civilization back then. Creating and using insect-based craft may have made the Brunnen-G harder to track or hit, while flying in and around the large space-going Insects of the Insect Civilization.
The Lexx was not the invention of His Divine Shadow, but was devised by the Heretics of the Reform Planets (of which the Astral B Heretics were members). The plans to create the Lexx were concealed in amino acid codes inside the tooth of Assistant Deputy Backup Courier Stanley Tweedle, of the Astral B. These codes (along with the codes to the Reform Planets’ defensive shields) fell into the hands of His Shadow when Stanley was captured by Sub-Nebulae Mercenaries. The codes were used by His Shadow to create the Lexx, and use the Heretics’ weapon against themselves.
It’s my theory that the Heretics derived the technology for the Lexx from the extinct Brunnen-G, the same tech the Brunnen-G used to develope their insect craft. The Heretics are plainly aware of the Brunnen-G’s history; Thodin knows about the Prophecy. Since, ordinarily, no one should know about the Prophecy except the Time Prophet, His Shadow, and any crew present when His Shadow killed Kai, the Heretics have apparently done quite a bit of homework. I suspect the Brunnen-G have become tragic heroes for the Heretics, their defiant last stand serving as an example for resisting the Divine Order.