Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

(2024)
Action & Adventure,Sci-Fi & Fantasy-undefinedm
72%
User Score
A Star Wars adventure.
Overview

Four ordinary kids search for their home planet after getting lost in the Star Wars galaxy.

Jon WattsChristopher FordCreator

Series Cast

Jude Law
Jude Law

Jod Na Nawood

Ravi Cabot-Conyers
Ravi Cabot-Conyers

Wim

Ryan Kiera Armstrong
Ryan Kiera Armstrong

Fern

Kyriana Kratter
Kyriana Kratter

KB

Robert Timothy Smith
Robert Timothy Smith

Neel

Nick Frost
Nick Frost

SM-33 (voice)

Current Season

Season 1
Season 1

When four kids make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, they get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy. Finding their way home, meeting unlikely allies and enemies will be a greater adventure than they ever imagined.

Reviews

A review by MovieGuys
December 08, 2024

I tend to stay well away from anything with the words "Star Wars" and "Disney" these days. So having said that said, it came as no small surprise, to have to admit that "Skeleton Crew" is not only not dreadful, its actually reasonably accessible to adults, too. Lets start with the obvious. Yes, its new Disney so I'm not surprised to find its a little woke. Thankfully, its only a "little woke" and whilst I find that really, really irritating at times and I wish they'd knock it off, its delivered in small doses. On the positive side this series actually tells a not unfamiliar but entirely engaging story. It feels like a mix of the 1985 film "The Goonies" and a pirate adventure, Robert Louis Stevenson ("Treasure Island") style, in space. More specifically, the Star Wars universe. Its focus is a group of kids, human and alien who find themselves castaways on a pirate space ship, having at adventure far away from the planet, they call home.To make matters more complicated, space pirates want to capture them to find the location of their home-world, as its considered a mythological treasure planet. Oh and there's a Jedi, just to round things out. This series works because its inherently familiar, dipping into tropes of adventure, family and friendship. Plus its special effects are unsurprisingly excellent. The cast too, have great chemistry so there's a win on that front too. In summary, I never thought I'd ever again find myself promoting a Star Wars franchise production but "Skeleton Crew" is actually really good. Sure it might be because, in my estimation so much that's gone before hasn't been especially inspiring, shall we say but irrespective, looking at this series in isolation from everything else, its thus far, still decent. We are only on episode two so if they screw it up, I'll revise this review and rating. In any case, as it stands, definitely worth a look.

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