While it did seem like Jod was the only one who knew how to use a saber out of the whole cast, actor Jude Law apparently wanted to look as clumsy as possible holding it onscreen. Talking during MegaCon 2025 (via ScreenRant), Law explained, “We kind of liked the idea that he had zero lightsaber experience.”

This essentially confirms the backstory that Jod had never held a lightsaber before in Skeleton Crew, and it’s also very apparent in the series that he mostly uses it to threaten people, and the only time he really did some real damage was when he took off SM-33’s head.

For now, there’s a lot of backstory that’s still missing for Jod. Sure, he wasn’t able to take control of At-Attin, but some think that there’s space in the second season to cover just who Jod was training under, and how he eventually ended up leading his own pirate gang.

Though Jod did lead the invasion of the planet, some think that his unwillingness to hurt any of the children directly could still mean that he has earned a soft spot for them, and maybe there’s room for him to eventually get some of that classic Star Wars redemption.

Catch the complete first season of Skeleton Crew now streaming on Disney+.

While a second season hasn’t been officially announced, star Ravi Cabot-Conyers has hinted that there are plans for a follow-up. Here’s his IG post (via @sw_holocron):

Wim actor Ravi Cabot-Conyers posts a lovely message to SKELETON CREW fans (+ a pic of him as a baby in a Star Wars shirt)

“I hope my extraordinary crew will be back together again in the future so we can inject a little adventure and intrigue into your life once a week!” pic.twitter.com/UhCAgHbTX4

— Star Wars Holocron (@sw_holocron) January 20, 2025

This particular sentence hints at a future: “I hope my extraordinary Crew will be back together again in the future so we can inject a little adventure and intrigue into your life once a week! With love from Ravi.”

As far as Skeleton Crew goes, the series has gotten a lot of great reviews when it came out, but reports are saying that the series hasn’t been able to draw in an audience like Mandalorian. Even if that’s the case, with the show already completed, it’s possible that Disney is just waiting for Skeleton Crew to gain its audience over time. Though The Acolyte did get cancelled, there’s been nothing reported about how much Skeleton Crew cost—and it looked like it was mostly a money issue that led to Acolyte Season 2 not getting the greenlight.

So far, Skeleton Crew has managed to deliver the promise of ‘The Goonies in space’ pitch. The child cast is great, and it hits a lot of angst-y beats that are expected with these coming-of-age movies. We don’t know how they plan to move forward, but I suspect Wim and friends could be dealing with going to space college and having to say good-bye to one another.

Catch Skeleton Crew now showing on Disney+.

Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Law reveals, “I would say is that [Jack’s] not someone who’s had a childhood. He’s someone who’s kind of had his childhood snatched away from him, and it’s why he looks at the kids sort of with disdain. They’re just small adults. Why don’t they understand they’ve got to get on and survive? And why are they so inexperienced? He has no real concept of innocence.”

Though it’s pretty clear that Jack is a pirate, there is still a lot of mystery surrounding him—specifically if he has any Force-sensitive powers. Law doesn’t outright say whether Jack can control the Force, but he does hint that his backstory is going to be explored near the end of the series. He continues:

“That doesn’t really come out until right near the end when you really get an insight into his backstory and why he may be a Force user and is Force-sensitive. And it was a detail that was always there, but [creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford) and I really went back and made sure we were all on the same page as to where he was born and what happened.”

There’s a ton of speculation going around about Jack as a character, but at this point, the twist could be that he was Force-sensitive after all, but he wasn’t a Jedi. My personal guess is that he was a padawan during the Purge that managed to escape by becoming a pirate; but that’s already a story that’s pretty close to Fallen Order. Then again, Cal Kestis’ direction went a completely different way. I’m all up for Jude Law, space pirate Jedi.

Catch new episodes of Skeleton Crew every Tuesday on Disney+.

Talking to The Town podcast (via THR), Villeneuve how he fell in love with Star Wars until the third movie. He explains:

“I was the target audience. I was 10 years old. It went to my brain like a silver bullet. I became obsessed with Star Wars… I mean, The Empire Strikes Back is the movie that I anticipated the most in my life. I saw the movie a billion times onscreen. I was traumatized by The Empire Strikes Back. I adore Star Wars.”

By the time ROTJ came out though, it looked like Villeneuve had grown out of the more kid-friendly elements and thought that it was a huge downgrade on the film series. He continues:

“The problem is that it all derailed in 1983 with Return of the Jedi… It’s a long story. I was 15 years old, and my best friend and I wanted to take a cab and go to L.A. and talk to George Lucas — we were so angry! Still today, the Ewoks. It turned out to be a comedy for kids. … Star Wars became crystallized in its own mythology, very dogmatic, it seemed like a recipe, no more surprises. So I’m not dreaming to do a Star Wars because it feels like code is very codified.”

Admittedly, Star Wars being to ‘crystallized in its own mythology’ is a criticism that some have been throwing at the current state of the franchise—with Lucasfilm being afraid to try newer things with the IP and instead being too dependent on nostalgia with properties like Ahsoka.

If anything, fans are hopeful that Lucasfilm will find a balance with new creatives and nostalgia bait. We are getting that new Rey movie own the line, and Skeleton Crew and Andor Season 2 look pretty good.

It really is just a problem when social media algorithms reward influencers for being toxic, and until we can get rid of those guys, SW will always be riddled with the troublesome fandom that pretty much derailed everything since The Last Jedi.

The next Star Wars property, Skeleton Crew, comes out Dec. 2 on Disney+.

As per the official announcement, instead of coming out on December 3 like originally planned, the two-episode premiere of Skeleton Crew will now take place on Monday, December 2. Here’s the post:

Mark your calendars.

On December 2, stream the two-episode series premiere of #SkeletonCrew, only on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/XrcxhS2wfv

— Star Wars (@starwars) November 26, 2024

Despite the show premiering on a Monday, the following episodes will still be coming out on Tuesday as originally planned. It’s not clear why Disney decided to push the release date, but maybe a premiere at the start of the week could earn some great hype for the show.

Admittedly, fans have been at a low when it comes to Star Wars content, especially since The Acolyte got cancelled after just one season. We don’t know how long Lucasilm is planning to make Skeleton Crew run, but it does look like they could be setting up one complete story for the one season—just in case Disney decides to go the other way.

With a lot of fans eagerly awaiting the next season of Andor, fans are hoping that Skeleton Crew will be able to scratch that Star Wars itch that fans have been having for a while. Fingers crossed they manage to deliver this Stranger Things x Star Wars crossover.

Watch out for the premiere of Skeleton Crew on Dec. 2 only on Disney+.

In a new teaser dropped for 2025 content, Disney gives a look at highly anticipated series like The Bear Season 4, Andor Season 2, Ironheart, and Daredevil: Born Again. Check this out:

Other series that got a look include Paradise, Goosebumps: The Vanishing, Alien: Earth, Chad Powers, Good American Family, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and the final season of Handmaid’s Tale.

Admittedly, Disney+ hasn’t been doing so hot this year. Though there were people who loved The Acolyte as it was coming out, the show apparently didn’t generate enough interest for the studio to greenlight a second season. Agatha All Along was a critical hit among the gay audiences, but reports are also coming out that the series didn’t gather enough viewers during its run as well.

If anything, Disney still has the licenses for the biggest IP like Marvel and Star Wars, and properties coming out next year are sure to be major draws. I just hope they manage to keep the quality up when it comes to writing; I cannot stand another season of Ahsoka just waiting for familiar characters to show-up and expecting the audience to clap.

At least we still have Andor. Fingers crossed Imperial cadet Han Solo shows up.

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With Marvel allegedly slowing down on the TV front, it looks like Lucasfilm is also going to be following suit. According to insider Daniel Richtman (via The Direct), “I’m hearing that several series are in development, but it seems they plan to release only one live-action series per year starting in 2025.”

This does line up with some earlier rumors that Lucasfilm is looking to put focus back on the theatrically released Star Wars material, like the Mandalorian and Grogu movie as well as the next big mainline entry starring Daisy Ridley as Rey.

For context, the year 2022 saw the premiere of a total of three shows being The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Andor; and 2023 saw the third season of The Mandalorian as well as the first season of Ahsoka.

This year, fans got The Acolyte back in June, and this December will see the premiere of another new show called Skeleton Crew directed by Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home) and starring Jude Law.

Admittedly, just like Marvel, Star Wars is considered to be at a cultural low point as of now, with new series only focusing on the established Original Trilogy era. Hopefully moving forward Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy have a plan to make the franchise feel fresher than what it’s been doing with the past few years.

Hopefully Rian Johnson could give the Knives Out series a short rest this time?

For now, Skeleton Crew is expected to come out on Disney+ on Dec. 3.

The show is set to premiere this December, and while reveals have been minimal, THR has given fans a look at some alien characters from the show that were on display at the D23 Expo show floor. Check this out:

New look at #StarWars #SkeletonCrew on the show floor at #D23 pic.twitter.com/D4KOVWBYbo

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 9, 2024

The #SkeletonCrew characters and costumes are so awesome! #StarWars #D23 #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/lbUTVzYDog

— LaughingPlace.com (@laughing_place) August 9, 2024

It’s not clear who these characters are yet, but all of them are a species that fans have definitely seen in Star Wars before. Even the last season of The Mandalorian had featured pirates that were of the Nikto species. I’m not saying all Nikto look the same, but the one in Skeleton Crew could very much be one that we’ve already met on Mando.

As for the droid in the display, this could very well be Nick Frost’s droid character SM-33. The character has been described as “a rusty old, cranky droid that sort of reluctantly helps the kids along the way… The other thing about him is that he’s the first mate of a mysterious ship.” It’s also worth noting that the droid has a peg leg, and to further the pirate comparisons, his name spells out ‘S-M-E-E’ which is the name of Captain Hook’s first mate in the Peter Pan story.

With a release set for December, fans are hoping they get their first look at Skeleton Crew soon. I guess Lucasfilm just wants to give it some space from The Acolyte which just ended.

Skeleton Crew is set to premiere on Disney+ on Dec. 3.

Talking to People, Skeleton Crew director Jon Watts has confirmed that the Shaun of the Dead alum will be voicing a droid named SM-33. Watts describes Frost’s character, “He’s like a rusty old, cranky droid that sort of reluctantly helps the kids along the way… The other thing about him is that he’s the first mate of a mysterious ship.”

Here’s a look at the droid in the series:

With the series being titled Skeleton Crew, it does look like the kids are going to find themselves in an almost empty ship that’s being run by Jude Law’s character and the droid SM-33. Though fans have been used to seeing fully stocked ships in Star Wars before, skeleton crews full of droids have been showcased in series like The Mandalorian and The Acolyte.

Going back to Frost though, he’s the next in a line of prolific British talents that voice droids in Star Wars. Before him, there was Matt Berry as 8D8 in The Book of Boba Fett, then there was David Tennant as Huyang in Ahsoka. Richard Ayoade also voiced a mercenary droid in The Mandalorian, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge was L3-37 in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Admittedly, droids have always been a source of comic relief and had always been one of the sillier elements of Star Wars. Hopefully there’s a lot of fun to be had with SM-33, but we’ll just have to wait and see.

Catch Skeleton Crew when it premieres on Disney+ on Dec. 3.

Just in, we have new official images for Skeleton Crew from director Jon Watts, and it’s revealed that the series will be premiering on Disney+ on December 3. Check this out:

Here's your first look at the upcoming Star Wars Original series, #SkeletonCrew, streaming December 3 on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/dhCJlnYerM

— Star Wars (@starwars) July 31, 2024

The official synopsis for the series reads:

“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.”

It has been said that the show is aiming to harken to the kid-friendly adventure genre which was popularized by The Goonies and Stranger Things. Some fans have even noticed that the kids have ‘bikes’ that was very much a trope of the genre—but this time, it’s going to be set in the world of Star Wars.

Though the main cast of characters are kids, they do have a ‘grown-up’ with them in the form of Jude Law’s character Jod Na Nawood, who is rumored to be a Jedi on the run. Talking People, Law describes the show, “It is a fun place to be, the universe of Star Wars… And there are great references to old films and recent episodes and series. There’s a lot of originality and I hope that will bring the feeling of fun to those who watch it.”

Though Law is the biggest star, the spotlight will be on the young cast including Ravi Cabot-Conyers (Wim), Kriana Kratter (KB), Robert Timothy Smith (Neel), and Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Fern).

With The Acolyte being a murder-mystery, I’m excited for Star Wars to embrace the kid-friendly action genre—which is the closest it has when it comes to the tone. With Stranger Things setting the bar though, I’m hoping that Skeleton Crew manages to impress when it comes out. Hopefully we get a teaser soon.

Watch out for Skeleton Crew when it premieres on Disney+ on Dec. 3.

We don’t have an official trailer for the series yet, but besides what we already know about the show, it’s said that there are going to be some old school visuals courtesy of Phil Tippett’s studio. Talking to Collider at CCXP Mexico City, director Jon Watts explained:

“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.”

Though ILM is known to make use of more advanced visual effects, they have been bringing in Phil Tippett for some more old school visuals in the Disney-era Star Wars films. For one, whenever a holochess/Dejarik scene happens in a movie (i.e., The Force Awakens, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Rise of Skywalker), that means that Phil Tippett made some new visuals specifically for that scene.

What I’m curious about is the matte paintings. I don’t know what they could be bringing into the scene that would make sense with matte paintings, rather than just adding an element in later with post. Perhaps a Force/dream sequence? I guess I’m just excited to see what’s in store.

For now Acolyte is getting all the attention, but we should get a better look at Skeleton Crew when The Acolyte ends its first season run. Or maybe we could get a small teaser after the premiere? The ball’s in Lucasfilm’s court.

Star Wars Skeleton Crew is expected to come sometime around Christmas this year, but you can watch out for The Acolyte when it premieres on Disney+ on June 4.

This has come out online via @SkeletonCrew_SW:

New Skeleton Crew synopsis has been revealed!!!

“In the first episode of ‘Skeleton crew’ we are introduced to four kids who make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet and get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy. Finding their way home, meeting…"" pic.twitter.com/zvtM9d7WX5

— Skeleton Crew Updates (@SkeletonCrew_SW) October 6, 2023

“In the first episode of ‘Skeleton crew’ we are introduced to four kids who make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet and 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.”

We don’t know much about the show officially, but the description does line up with the rumors that the series will follow a bunch of young kids on a ship with Law as their captain. It also goes without saying that Law’s character is said to be a former Jedi master, who has probably turned into a smuggler during the height of the Empire.

It’s also been said that Skeleton Crew will be embracing more kid-focused action-adventures, not unlike Stand By Me and The Goonies. If anything, this could very well be Disney’s own attempt at their own Stranger Things set in Star Wars.

So far, Law is the biggest name attached to the show, but the series has confirmed quite the roster of directors which include Jon Watts (Spider-Man: Homecoming to No Way Home), Jake Schreir (Beef), Lee Isaac Chung (Minari), Bryce Dallas Howard (The Mandalorian), the Daniels (Everything, Everywhere, All at Once), and David Lowery (The Green Knight).

Hopefully we get an official update soon.

No official release date has been announced for Star Wars’ Skeleton Crew, but it is rumored to be releasing early 2024.

This comes from ComicBookMovie’s Jeff Wildling:

I’d made the mistake of overlooking #SkeletonCrew before today, but damn, this show looks insanely good.

Jude Law is playing a Jedi and #TheMandalorian villain Vane makes a brief appearance in the trailer. Count me in! #SWC2023 pic.twitter.com/oI8TW8kQiN

— Josh Wilding (@Josh_Wilding) April 7, 2023

We don’t have too many specifics on the story, but the series is said to follow a group of 10-year-old kids who find themselves lost in the Star Wars universe. They’re said to be driving a ship with no one else but themselves and their captain (Law) who is said to be a former Jedi master.

As far as timeline goes, Skeleton Crew is said to take place around the New Republic era, around the same time as The Mandalorian. It’s also been said that the show is inspired by coming-of-age films like Stand By Me and The Goonies, with a touch of Star Wars.

If the premise isn’t enough to tickle your fancy, the show has managed to gather quite an impressive roster of directors including Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home), David Lowery (The Green Knight), the Daniels (Everything, Everywhere, All at Once), Jake Schreier (Beef), Lee Isaac Chung (Minari), and Bryce Dallas Howard (The Mandalorian).

With so much focus on more action-heavy series like Mando on Star Wars, I’m actually excited to watch a coming-of-age adventure set in the universe. Hopefully it won’t be too focused on mining nostalgia, but actually deliver on some meaningful arcs coming from space kids in the world of Star Wars.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is expected to premiere sometime this year on Disney+.

As announced during Star Wars Celebration last weekend, Watts will be co-producing a project called Star Wars: Skeleton Crew which will focus on a group of kids adrift in Star Wars space, searching for their way home. We don’t have a good look at the show yet, but Watts did say during the panel, “It stars four kids, but it is not a kid’s show.”

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, an Original series starring Jude Law, from executive producers Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, is streaming in 2023 only on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/cEP3uXO4Aw

— Star Wars (@starwars) May 26, 2022

Alongside Watts, the project also has Christopher Ford, Jon Favreau, and Dave Filoni producing. Also the series has managed to sign on Fantastic Beasts and Captain Marvel star Jude Law. We don’t know who he could be playing in the show, but after his turn as Dumbledore, I think he could make for a fun Star Wars villain.

When the series was first announced, I actually thought that the show was going to feature a full cast of droids. That being said, though we have four children protagonists, I think that the series is also going to feature a colourful cast of droids— I mean, how else are four kids supposed to keep a ship running through space? You need to have a bunch of droids doing all kinds of maintenance as well.

No release date has been announced for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, but the series is expected to hit Disney+ sometime in 2023.