“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, an original series starring Jude Law, from executive producers Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Jon Favreau & Dave Filoni, is streaming in 2023 only on DisneyPlus”: https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1529901534573568000
Deadline are reporting the first season of this has recently finished filming, which is good news as I thought this was going to be another one of of those announced Star Wars shows that never makes it to screen. Also from the Deadline article:
‘Directed by Jon Watts with Christopher Ford as a writer, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is set to take place in the same timeline as The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Watts said the new series is about “a group of kids who are about ten years old who get lost in the Star Wars universe.” The director also noted that although the show will have four kids as its stars, “it’s not a kids show.”’
The first piece of concept art from Skeleton Crew shown to the audience at Celebration 2022:
I think this was the show some fans were claiming (or hoping?) had a ‘Stranger Things in Space’ vibe? I hope we get to see a teaser or trailer soon. Maybe at Celebration 2023 in April.
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The trailer for this was just shown at Celebration 2023, but has not been officially released for everyone else to watch it.
Disney are doing its usual thing and taking down any videos online put up by fans on their phones at Celebration, but if you are quick you can still find some of them. It is almost as if Disney do not want any interested fans to watch the trailer for their own series.
'The show is set in the New Republic era, and will follow a group of kids lost in the galaxy trying to find their way home. It is described as a “Star Wars” version of some of Amblin’s coming-of-age films from the 1980s like “E.T.” and “The Goonies.”
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said director Jon Watts “really got the tone,” which is in the vein of the Amblin movies Kennedy produced for Steven Spielberg.’
^ from www.thewrap.com/star-wars-skeleton-crew-footage-trailer-jude-law
“Skeleton Crew Trailer Description” article: https://screenrant.com/skeleton-crew-star-wars-footage-description-details
Skeleton Crew is still set to air sometime in 2023 on Disney+: https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1644299339441790977
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I hadn’t realized that Jude Law was playing a Jedi in this. I wonder if we’ll see his backstory early on in the series?
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a43541742/star-wars-skeleton-crew-trailer-mandalorian-crossover
https://thedirect.com/article/star-wars-skeleton-crew-jude-law-trailer
An actor in the show says it will be coming out in November/December:
https://twitter.com/fifalasvegas17/status/1656518372601765889? (a 25 second video clip of the actor)
from https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1287675-star-wars-skeleton-crew-cast-adds-jaleel-white:
“I’m actually going to be in a new series on Disney+ starring Jude Law called Skeleton Crew,” White revealed. “Yeah, it’s coming out in … November/December, and it’s part of the Star Wars universe. So that’s a big change for me, man. I had to do two hours of makeup every day. I get to play a pirate.”
‘As Star Wars next Disney+ series, The Acolyte, inches closer to release, another upcoming show set in a Galaxy Far, Far Away just got an exciting new update. Director Jon Watts revealed during an interview at CCXP that Skeleton Crew will be released on Disney+ around Christmas.’
https://collider.com/star-wars-skeleton-crew-release-window
Going on the post above it may not be this Christmas!
If there is season 2 of this will it become a teen drama, as all the kids will have grown up by then? 😉
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When I first heard about this I had the impressed that this might be kind of a fringer story, not say akin to the Goonies. But I mean I love the goonies, so mixing that with Star Wars could be great. Keeping an open mind.
I got to use all the cool stuff on my most recent Star Wars show. We had pre-viz, MOCAP, we shot on the volume, we did everything. But the most fun part was we also used all the old school techniques as well. We got Phil Tippett to do stop-motion. We did matte paintings, like real old-fashioned matte paintings. We got an ILM painter out of retirement to come out and do that. So to me, all that stuff is fun, but it’s just another tool, and it depends on how you use it.
This is the poster, but this particular unreleased poster was found in a thrift store. It’s not really a poster, it’s printed on a cloth material with a small piece of wood on top and bottom sewn into it.
This might be released next weekend at San Diego Comic Con as they push this new show on Disney plus. I heard it might not release until early 2025.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6voXgBlmpk
The Skeleton Crew Trailer
Looks interesting. Weird that it seems to start in Earth Suburbia with a Star Wars filter. At least Force Man didn’t pull out a lightsaber in the trailer.
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So it’s basically one of those many movies about a group of kids embarking on an adventure, only it takes place within the SW universe.
The max rebo kid seems cool, at least.
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It’s hard to fault them for this when they’re at least trying something new. It’s definitely not routine Star Wars.
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i kinda fuck with this
idk
Is…that a good thing?
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It’s hard to fault them for this when they’re at least trying something new. It’s definitely not routine Star Wars.
It’s not something new either! It’s yet another genre mashup, and not a subtle one.
Meh.
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Is…that a good thing?
yep
idk
I don’t have high apple pie in the sky hopes. My only expectation at this point is that it will be better than The Acolyte, or more fun at least.
I do find the Captain EO references interesting. Maybe they’ll make a Disney ride out of this or something.
All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph!
‘Skeleton Crew | Official Trailer | Disney+’ - a 2 minute video at the official Star Wars youtube.
^ ‘A new Star Wars adventure awaits. Watch the new trailer and don’t miss the two-episode series premiere, on December 2, only on @DisneyPlus.’
Skeleton Crew official Star Wars youtube playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL148kCvXk8pDxS3LDSr0lQ118dfIe2Q_V
Skeleton Crew website portal: www.starwars.com/series/star-wars-skeleton-crew
The airdates for the 8 episodes - and the directors…
Skeleton Crew | Filmmaker Roundtable | Disney+ - an 11 minute video at the official Star Wars youtube.
^ Skeleton Crew filmmakers Jon Watts, Chris Ford, David Lowery, Jake Schreier, and Bryce Dallas Howard talk about the newest Star Wars adventure.
interview with the creators of the show: www.starwars.com/news/skeleton-crew-jon-watts-christopher-ford-interview
interview with Jude Law: www.starwars.com/news/skeleton-crew-jude-law-interview
interview with Nick Frost: www.starwars.com/news/skeleton-crew-nick-frost-interview
Skeleton Crew | Let’s Go | Disney+: a 30 second TV spot at the official Star Wars youtube.
Skeleton Crew | Streaming December 2 | Disney+: a 30 second TV spot at the official Star Wars youtube.
Skeleton Crew | Remember A Time… | Disney+: a 30 second TV spot at the official Star Wars Twitter.
Skeleton Crew | Official Clip | Streaming Dec 2 on Disney+: a 94 second TV spot at the official Star Wars youtube.
Skeleton Crew | Galactic Adventures | Streaming Dec 2 on Disney+: a 2+ minute video at the official Star Wars youtube.
Well, just going on the official trailer I think they achieved the Amblin / Goonies / coming-of-age / 80’s type adventure vibe they were openly striving for. Hopefully the series is up to scratch too (or even just an escapist fun adventure)…
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The Daniels, loved Everything Everywhere all at once.
Such an amazing get for Star Wars. Wish they were given a feature however.
Bryce is so freakin talented. Someday maybe she will get to direct a movie for Star Wars.
Jon Watts is the Spider-Man guy.
Still interesting bunch of directors.
Reviews of part 1 and 2 are in (which always seems counterproductive but we here are) so here are a few samples…
https://www.darkhorizons.com/the-star-wars-skeleton-crew-reviews-are-in/
“What stands out most when watching the series is that it feels so very influenced; it’s not just a “Star Wars” series, it’s “Star Wars” plus something. It’s gimmicky and not just a little cookie-cutter in its expansion of the sci-fi franchise, which gets diluted the more shows Disney+ cranks out.” – Kelly Lawler, USA Today
“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew gets off to a depressingly familiar start, while bungling the introduction of its primary protagonists and generally plodding along until Jude Law pops up.” – Ben Travers, Indiewire
“That’s all that ‘Skeleton Crew’ offers: appropriation for a halcyon era of cinema and little else. Worse, the exceptional Spielberg-ian tenor of marvel and amazement is absent, leaving behind a mostly hollow, fairly unremarkable, forgettable product.” – Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist
i watched the first episode and couldn’t past 15 of the second
idk
The first two episodes were… fine. I wasn’t expecting anything amazing and I didn’t get anything amazing. The production values were fine. The lighting could have been better, parts of it were hard to see. At the least I thought it was better than what I watched of The Acolyte (unless it just plummets downhill in the third episode like that show did.)
I was shocked that there was a reference to the Star Wars Holiday Special. That was weird.
They did cast Nick Frost as a pirate droid. That was kind of fun. Steve Urkel was in it as well for some reason. Those expecting Jude Law don’t really get to see him until the end of the second episode.
If you want a kid’s show about space pirates, then you’ll get that here. Don’t know what I think of the story or characters. All I can say is that I’m indifferent so far.
All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph!
An old-skool fun light-hearted adventure with a few mysteries already building… and I’m intrigued to see where this goes.
I enjoyed watching it - wasn’t blow away - yet I was engaged throughout… and looking forward to the next episode. The kid actors were strong, and thankfully the adult actors were too - which helps sell the immersive 80’s vibe and enticing story.
Some online reviews for the two-episode premiere (and pleasing to see most reviews already online are generally positive)…
Hollywood Reporter, Variety, EW, Empire, Collider, IndieWire, USA Today, SlashFilm, Mashable, Gizmodo, Inverse, Den Of Geek, AVClub, Rolling Stone, NME, Tom’s Guide, CBR, FlickeringMyth, Paste, ScreenCrush, Tech Radar, Discussing Film, The Mary Sue, 411 Mania, ComicBook, Comic Book Movie, GeekCulture, MovieFone, Looper, Coming Soon, Ready Steady Cut, The Wrap, SFF Gazette, IGN, TheGamer, GamesRadar, Dark Horizons, DigitalTrends, Geeks Of Color, Escapist, Evening Standard, Independent, Telegraph, The Times, RadioTimes, Vulture, NewsWeek, Decider, TimesNow, FandomWire, CineFied, POCCulture, ThatHashTag, DigitalSpy, ScreenRant (…yeah, I know), and Forbes (with a claim for massive spoilers… so beware / avoid / take with a pinch of salt).
At the time of this post: Rotten Tomatoes - 94% & 87%, IMDB - 7.7, MetaCritic - 73 & 6.9.
‘Skeleton Crew | Youngee Wim (Bunky Dunko) Lyric Video’
^ a 4+ minute video from the official Star Wars youtube channel; a very 80’s / synthwave fun effort.
Spoiler for Episode II of Skeleton Crew…
I thought it was cool to see Colin Cantwell’s original design for the Millennium Falcon - aka the ‘pirate ship’ - appear at the space port in Skeleton Crew: https://x.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1171559262851608577 (I’m a sucker for seeing those old ship designs)
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Off topic but I hate that RT hides the actual median score (currently only 6.7 out of 10)
