- “Since the fall of the EMPIRE, the NEW REPUBLIC has maintained order. And yet, remote hyperspace routes are increasingly plagued by piracy. These PIRATES boldly brand their armored hulls as a sign to all ships. Surrender or die...”
- ―Opening crawl[src]
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is an American science-fiction coming-of-age television series that aired on Disney+. It premiered on December 2, 2024.
Premise[]
The series follows four kids who get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy and have to find their way home, meeting unlikely allies and enemies along the way.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Jude Law as Jod Na Nawood
- Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Wim
- Kyriana Kratter as KB
- Robert Timothy Smith as Neel (voice)
- Kacie Borrowman (performance artist)
- Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Fern
- Nick Frost as SM-33 (voice)
- Rob Ramsdell (performance artist)
Recurring[]
- Tunde Adebimpe as Wendle
- Kerry Condon as Fara
- Alia Shawkat as Kh'ymm
Others[]
- Fred Tatasciore as Brutus
- Jaleel White as Gunter
- Dale Soules as Chaelt
- Marti Matulius as Vane
- Paloma Garcia-Lee as Melna
- Alan Resnick as Tuut Orial
- Alfred Molina as Benjar Pranic (voice)
- Kelly Macdonald as Pokkit
Production[]
On February 4, 2022, it was reported that a brand new Star Wars series set in the High Republic era was in active development for Disney+.
On February 19, 2022, Discussing Film reported that Jon Watts would be directing at least one episode, with Jon Favreau serving as an executive producer. Production is slated to start this summer in Los Angeles.[1]
On May 26, 2022, during Star Wars Celebration, the series was officially announced as Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, with Jude Law in the lead role, and it is set to be released in 2023.[2]
On September 9, 2022, it was reported that Kyriana Kratter and Ravi Cabot-Conyers joined the cast of the series in undisclosed roles.[3]
Filming began in early September 2022, and wrapped on January 22, 2023.[4][5]
Episodes[]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "This Could Be A Real Adventure" | Jon Watts | Jon Watts Christopher Ford |
December 2, 2024 |
| Pirates run rampant in the wider galaxy, but the denizens of At Attin lead a quiet life on their tranquil world. Young Wim and his best friend Neel attend school, but Wim daydreams of adventure and helping people just like the Jedi of his favorite stories. Meanwhile, other students like Fern and KB spend their free time working on a hoverbike with aspirations of racing. When Wim oversleeps on the day of the big career assessment test, he takes a shortcut and stumbles upon what he believes to be a buried Jedi temple! Far more interesting than his studies, Wim and Neel return to the site to dig, but find Fern and KB are also invested in uncovering the mystery. Soon, the four kids are launched on an adventure beyond their wildest dreams. | ||||
| 2 | "Way, Way Out Past The Barrier" | David Lowery | Jon Watts Christopher Ford |
December 2, 2024 |
| Aboard the recently uncovered starship Onyx Cinder, Wim, Fern, KB, and Neel are lost. SM-33, a loyal droid in search of his crew, swears allegiance to his new captain, Fern. But he is unable to follow her orders to fly them back home to At Attin because he does not know how to get there. Instead, SM-33 docks at Starport Borgo, a seedy pirate port, and sends the four kids out in search of directions. Separated in the bustling bazaar, Wim's lunch money attracts the attention of several treasure-seeking travellers, sparking an all-out brawl and landing the foursome in the brig on the orders of Captain Brutus. However, in lockup, they find an unlikely ally: fellow prisoner Jod, who offers his assistance. | ||||
| 3 | "Very Interesting, As An Astrogation Problem" | David Lowery | Jon Watts Christopher Ford |
December 10, 2024 |
| On At Attin, the parents of the children are told that due to the kids going past the barrier, it is out of the jurisdiction of the droids. Jod helps the kids escape the brig, but they refuse to leave without SM-33, forcing him to go back and rescue him. They outwit the pirates and flee. Fern refuses to trust Jod, Wim and Neel are convinced that he is a real Jedi, and KB reluctantly admits that he is their only hope of getting home. Jod takes the kids to a moon to meet his "friend", Kh'ymm who is a map expert, but that even he does not trust. Kh'ymm refers to Jod as "Crimson Jack" before revealing that At Attin is among a series of legendary planets that have protected themselves with a barrier. She prints the coordinates, but Jod realises that she was stalling for the authorities to arrive and forces the kids to flee. Jod finally admits that he is not a Jedi, but agrees they must work together to get what they want and escape the authorities to their next destination. | ||||
| 4 | "Can't Say I Remember No At Attin" | Daniel Kwan Daniel Scheinert |
Jon Watts Christopher Ford |
December 17, 2024 |
| The crew use Kh'ymm's coordinates to arrive at, what they believe to be, At Attin. The planet turns out to resemble a war-torn version of it, and later they learn that they are actually on At Achrann, one of the sister planets. Jod stays on the ship with SM-33 while the kids venture out. They run into soldiers who identify themselves as Troiks who have been at war with the Hattans, who have stolen their Eopies. Neel befriends a young girl soldier named Hayna, whose father General Strix insists that the children be treated like adults. Neel does not take to the violent lifestyle, preferring a more humane approach. The kids are to aid the Troiks in getting their flock back, but Jod and SM-33 buy them back from the Hattans. As a reward, they are directed to the "Fallen Sanctum". The crew find that it contains the coordinates to other similar planets, but At Attin's has been scratched out. SM-33 reveals that he destroyed it, but his memory has been wiped. Fern orders him to remember and he reveals that At Attin is where the former captain hid his treasure, but suddenly attacks the group; an order from the previous captain. Jod turns him off and Neel, who saved his friends, faints. | ||||
| 5 | "You Have a Lot to Learn About Pirates" | Jake Schreier | Myung Joh Wesner | December 24, 2024 |
| On At Attin, the parents desperately try to send a message beyond the barrier but are stopped. Fara admits to Wendle that they have to go behind the Supervisor's back. The Crew manage to restrain SM-33 and alter his programming so that he does not attack. He reveals that the hidden treasure belonged to famed pirate Tak Rennod, meaning that the ship they are on is the Onyx Cinder. SM-33 agrees to take them to his hidden base, which has since been turned into a luxury planet called Lanupa. Jod disguises the kids as elders as they arrive on the planet. Unfortunately, he is spotted by former partner Pokkit who is freelance and outs his location to Brutus. The Crew make their way deep into Lanupa's hidden caves and maneuver through booby traps until they find Rennod's hidden base. They find the coordinates to At Attin and learn that the "treasure" is a mint that creates infinite credits. Jod suddenly turns on the children and challenges Fern to captain, urging her to yield. After doing so, the kids make an escape and Jod picks up a Lightsaber. | ||||
| 6 | "Zero Friends Again" | Bryce Dallas Howard | Myung Joh Wesner | December 31, 2024 |
| Jod and SM-33 are captured by the pirates, who take them back to Brutus for execution. However, Jod manages to earn himself a stay of execution in exchange for the location of At Attin. Meanwhile, the children drop out of Rennod's lair at the bottom of the resort. KB reveals she memorized At Attin's coordinates. A subsequent argument over how to reach the Onyx Cinder results in Fern and Neel trying to ascend the mountain while Wim and KB follow a group of seemingly benevolent crabs. Midway, KB's cybernetics suffer a malfunction from corrosion, forcing Wim to fix them. Fern and Neel recover the Cinder and save their friends before they could be eaten by a giant crab. Soon, the ship is pinned by a garbage machine, forcing the children to purge the hull, revealing a sleeker ship beneath as they depart Lanupa. | ||||
| 7 | "We're Gonna Be In So Much Trouble" | Lee Isaac Chung | Jon Watts Christopher Ford |
January 7, 2025 |
| The pirates arrive at At Attin at the same time the Onyx Cinder does, resulting in the latter's capture. Realizing that the ship is the only key to bypassing the planet's defensive barrier, Jod kills Brutus when the children incapacitate him and resumes control of the pirates. The children manage to use the pirate code to get SM-33 to turn on Jod so they could escape, but Jod stows aboard the Onyx Cinder, decapitates SM-33 and threatens the children into silence as he poses as a Republic emissary to gain access to At Attin's vaults. The children are briefly reunited with their parents before Jod approaches them with his lightsaber drawn. | ||||
| 8 | "The Real Good Guys" | Jon Watts | Jon Watts | January 14, 2025 |
| Jod continues to pose as the Republic Emissary and he orders Wim, Neel and KB confined to their quarters while he takes Fern and Fara to meet the Supervisor, which is revealed to be a massive AI droid. When the Supervisor contradicts his claim about being a Jedi, revealing to have learned of Order 66, Jod is forced to destroy the Supervisor, causing a blackout in the city, as well as shutting down the safety droids. As the pirates invade At Attin with the intent of enslaving the populace, which includes Neel's and KB's parents, Wim, Wendle, Neel and KB race to the Onyx Cinder. As the ship is locked in place, Wim distracts Jod so Wendle can restore power, enabling KB to fly the ship past the barrier with a repaired SM-33 to call Kh'ymm for help, shortly before the Onyx Cinder is shot down. In a subsequent struggle with Jod, Wim and Fern separate him from his lightsaber while a reluctant Wendle and Fara destroy the barrier, enabling the New Republic forces to arrive to deal with the pirates, forcing Jod to admit defeat. Everyone then races to the Onyx Cinder crash site to find KB alive and well. The episode ends with Wim looking up to the arriving New Republic ships in amazement. | ||||
Videos[]
Skeleton Crew - Official Trailer - Streaming December 3 on Disney+
Skeleton Crew - Official Trailer - Disney+
Skeleton Crew - Filmmaker Roundtable - Disney+
Skeleton Crew - Let's Go - Disney+
Skeleton Crew - Galactic Adventures - Streaming Dec 3 on Disney+
Skeleton Crew - Streaming Dec 2 on Disney+
Skeleton Crew - Blast from the Past - Streaming Dec 2 on Disney+
Skeleton Crew - Official Clip - Streaming Dec 2 on Disney+
Skeleton Crew - The Daniels - Now Streaming on Disney+
Skeleton Crew - Creatures & Droids - Now Streaming on Disney+
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The codename for the series was Grammar Rodeo. This is a direct nod to The Simpsons episode "Bart on the Road", wherein Bart and his friends run away and get lost. Ravi Cabot-Conyers revealed that they also used the names "Bart", "Milhouse", "Lisa", and "Maggie" while filming the series.
- Each episode title is a line from the episodes.
References[]
- ↑ Jon Watts in Talks to Direct New Star Wars Series for Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE)
- ↑ Star Wars on Twitter - May 26, 2022
- ↑ Two Young Actors Join the Cast of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Exclusive
- ↑ 'Skeleton Crew' First Look Sees Jude Law Make 'Star Wars' Debut
- ↑ 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew': Disney+ Series Starring Jude Law Wraps Filming
External links[]
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew on Wookieepedia: The Star Wars Wiki
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