17/24
Jude Law in "Skeleton Crew" plus more stars from a galaxy far, far away
Tale
Four kids make a mysterious discovery on their home planet that leads them to get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy..
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The holographic circus that is entertaining Neel's young siblings is the same one Chewbacca's family watched in the infamous The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)..
Give me an Andor-like show set in the Old Republic with Jedi, Sith and Nick Gillard as stunt coordinator for the lightsaber battlesHOWEVER… to be fair I will say that Skeleton Crew is okay
As most children of the Eighties I have fond memories of The Goonies, but I would be lying if I said that's the direction I desperately wanted for new Star Wars content.I mean, after the disappointment of the sequel trilogy and many others – all Disney live-action content except Andor, Rogue One and the first two seasons of Mando I'd rate between mediocre and bad – I'm just starving for good mature, epic Star Wars content.
It's not offensive or poorly made; not obviously cheap like The Book of Boba Fett; not aimless like Season 3 of Mando; not lore-breaking like the sequels and Kenobi; not tone-deaf like the AcolyteHooray?This is basically Star Wars Goonies, a neat little story of a bunch of kids having an adventure in the Star Wars universe
The writing is so far (as of episode 2) decent: effects, costumes and locations look great: the whole thing has a certain charm.I'm guessing this, similar to Andor, is a passion project for its creators and was seen as a minor side-project by the higher-ups, who did not therefore bother to get involved, which nowadays in Lucasfilm is a blessing.So far, so good.7,5/10..
