Skeleton Crew 2024– Magnet Link
20/40
He appears in AniMat’s wacky cartoon cast: Silly Old Deadly Bear (2022)
Four kids make a mysterious discovery on their home planet that leads them to become lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy. Jude Law in “Skeleton Crew” and more stars from a galaxy far, far away. The holographic circus that entertains Neel’s little siblings is the same one Chewbacca’s family watches in the infamous The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978).
HOWEVER… to be fair, I will say that Skeleton Crew is fine
Like most kids of the 80s, I have fond memories of The Goonies, but I’d be lying if I said that’s the direction I desperately wanted new Star Wars content to go in. I mean, after the disappointment of the sequel trilogy and many others (all of Disney’s live-action content except for Andor, Rogue One, and the first two seasons of Mando I’d rate mediocre to bad), I’m simply hungry for good, mature, epic Star Wars content. Give me an Andor-type show set in the Old Republic with Jedi, Sith, and Nick Gillard as the stunt coordinator for the lightsaber battles.
The script is so far (as of episode 2) decent – the effects, costumes, and locations look great – it all has a certain charm
It’s not offensive or poorly made; it’s not obviously cheap like The Book of Boba Fett; it’s not aimless like Mando season 3; it’s not tradition-breaking like the sequels and Kenobi; it’s not tone-deaf like Acolyte. Hooray? Basically, it’s Star Wars Goonies, a nice little story about a group of kids having an adventure in the Star Wars universe.
So far, so good
I guess this, like Andor, is a passion project for its creators and was seen as a minor side project by higher-ups, who therefore didn’t bother to get involved – which nowadays at Lucasfilm is a blessing. 7.5/10. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is one of the biggest TV and streaming premieres this month.
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