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Multimedia => TV-9D9 => Topic started by: Jeff on May 26, 2022, 03:08 PM
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Officially announced at Celebration -
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
"4 kids get lost in the Star Wars galaxy and have to find their way home." Takes place in the post-ROTJ timeline. (Maybe Mando has to save them since he's on every other show in this era :P)
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Interesting idea. I wonder how this will connect to the Mandoverse.
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Sounds like the Caravan of Courage (An Ewok Adventure). Yub nub.
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This has to be the Vespa gang. Too prominent in BoBF and explains why they look out of place.
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I really hope not, but you’re probably right.
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This has to be the Vespa gang. Too prominent in BoBF and explains why they look out of place.
I think the target for this show is much more "Goonies" or "Stranger Things" in Star Wars, so it sounds like the kids will be younger than the Vespa gang. The casting notice was looking for four kids aged 11 to 12 years old.
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Not a chance in million years it's the Vespa gang
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I'm curious about this series. Hoping to see more info soon.
It's a relief that casting and such is steering this away from the Lite Brite crew. Still, something tugs at me -- I kinda want to see a back story that would make their appearance in BoBF more palatable.
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I'd be willing to bet money that this mysterious, lost planet winds up being Tatooine ::)
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It seems like an interesting premise. And a thought comes to mind based on something that's existed more in print than on screen. But oddly enough, the protocol droid that was teaching the classroom full of kids on Nevarro in The Mandalorian brought up the concept - Hyperspace Routes (https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Hyperspace_route?so=search)!
In a galaxy where making the jump to hyperspace seems like old hat, it's actually more complicated than that. Han Solo said it himself when the Millennium Falcon left Tatooine:
Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?
The protocol droid on Nevarro talked about one of the great Hyperspace routes through the galaxy. And it turns out that navigating through hyperspace depends largely on these mapped out lanes through the galaxy that make hyperspace travel safe. The Wookiees were renowned for their Claatuvac Guild of hyperspace navigators. They were located in Kachirho, which was the location of the Battle of Kashyyyk in ROTS (probably the reason the Separatists attacked there).
I suspect that the kids who wind up on this ship end up having major issues with the navigation computer, and have great difficulty finding their way home because navigating through hyperspace isn't exactly easy.
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Saw this morning that Skeleton Crew has wrapped production (https://deadline.com/2023/01/star-wars-skeleton-crew-disney-series-jude-law-wraps-filming-1235236933/).
I honestly forgot this show was even happening...
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I've been doing my best to avoid spoilers and leaks, I am looking forward to seeing how this will fit into the bigger picture of the Mandoverse, if at all.
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I heard about the basic premise of the show, and that Jude Law is the star of the project. Beyond that? I don't know. And that's fine, because I want to be surprised.
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New trailer is out (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f19gfOMZTtg). Not too bad - hopefully its not totally little kid oriented.
I do like the Major Tom music playing throughout.
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I'm pleasantly surprised after the first two episodes, but I had pretty low expectations going in. I dug the pirate station aesthetics, lots of cool aliens and some great set design.
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First impression after watching the first couple of episodes is this is not a bad show at all. Like Ryan noted above, I had low expectations going in, but was pleasantly surprised. It is definitely family/kid oriented show and very much has a Goonies or 1980s kids adventure movie vibe. Good athletics and set designs and the kids acted well and weren’t annoying. Lots of callbacks and Easter eggs as well. The opening sequence with the pirate raid had an ANH vibe to it, right down to some of the dialogue. And did anyone catch the kids watching those holographic circus performers from the SW Holiday Special?
The strangest parts for me were seeing what amounts to a regular middle class neighborhood/town and school in the Star Wars universe. It seemed too earth like in a way, but then why couldn’t something like that exist on some planet in that universe? Also, apparently “Star Wars” style action figures of Jedi and villains are an in-universe thing now ;D
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I really enjoyed the first two episodes and the whole vibe of the show. I feel like I'm already all-in on the mystery at the core with the whole At Attin planet.
Wim knows a heck of a lot about Jedi considering that most Jedi stuff was fully wiped out post-Order 66. How does he have so much Jedi info, not to mention his dad gave him Old Republic dataries as coins/lunch money. Sure feels like that is a planet that is a bit lost in time or cut off from the galaxy - all reinforced by the way the pirates react to their "lost" planet. Looking forward to hopefully getting more about the planet's history and 'treasure'.
did anyone catch the kids watching those holographic circus performers from the SW Holiday Special?
I really like how Filoni/Favreau keep dropping Holiday Special easter eggs/items into the Mandoverse shows. It's like they are bound and determined to drag that HS into full continuity somehow! :D
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I'm enjoying it. Curious to see where this story goes.
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After watching this, I realized that SM-33 is nod to Smee. Also another brief glimpse of a certain blink and you miss him TFA character (if it is indeed the same guy).
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Same as others - I liked it too but I had low expectations.
How involved are Filoni (and Favreau) in this? I know they're listed as executive producers but this feels new and fun and not like his usual stuff. So much of Filoni's stuff seems so over imbued with Campbell's hero journey / samurai symbolism that a lot of the new Star Wars stuff just feels so heavy. Sometimes I think Filoni feels he needs to out George Lucas George Lucas.
Sure there is still some Goonies hero journey stuff in this but its so lighthearted. So far I'm really digging it.
Chances we'll get more than the Jude Law character as an action figure in 3.75" scale? So far I don't see any obvious repaints available.
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I sat down to watch this last night and realized we don’t have D+ anymore. :-[
I thought i still had access through Hulu or something but apparently not.
Hopefully they will run some kind of free trial or holiday promotion where I can catch up on these.
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How involved are Filoni (and Favreau) in this?
Sounds like they were there as mentors and to help guide them through the LFL process but mainly they just let Jon Watts do his thing...
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/star-wars-skeleton-crew/
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How involved are Filoni (and Favreau) in this?
Sounds like they were there as mentors and to help guide them through the LFL process but mainly they just let Jon Watts do his thing...
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/star-wars-skeleton-crew/
So far I really like it and am glad that Filoni isn't overly involved. I'm looking forward to how this plays out.
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My theory is that this is some type of meta fever dream. At Attin?
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I was finally able to watch these last night and mostly agree with what everyone else has said. Not bad, episode 1 didn’t feel very Star Warsy but the second one sure did.
I liked Space Werewolf, but didn’t find the other characters particularly appealing outside of Joe Na and KB. I wish Wim was smarter and braver and Elephant boy wasn’t such a whiner, and Fern is just a bossy jerk. (I know they will grow and change throughout the show) And what a tool Wim’s Dad was. What kind of jackwagon is too busy to read a bedtime story to their kid? Geez, dude.
I am curious to see where it goes and feel like it is a good space for them not to mess with any of the other continuity that is out there. (Please don’t have ex-Jedi throwing people out of airlocks though, that is just not believable)
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I'll be interested to see if they get to a backstory on At Attin.
I've not read any internet speculation but it could be an Old Republic banking planet. Maybe its an old pirate lair with lots of loot. Either way it seems to be fairly Utopian without much need for money and hidden from the rest of the universe through its stealth satellite barrier. Wim didn't seem to have any sense for what his credits were worth and it seems like they're still worth a lot outside of At Attin.
The timeline is only 9 years after the fall of the Empire, so I'm guessing whatever it is its existed that way for a reasonable amount of time while the Empire was around and during at least the latter part of the Old Republic.
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The pieces are starting to come more into focus. For instance, Wim and Neel know about the Jedi and Jedi temples. During the reign of the Empire they suppressed all information about the Jedi. I was also surprised to hear the fry cook or someone at the food stand refer to Wim's credits as Dataries! IIRC, that's the same kind of currency that Qui-Gon initially offered to Watto in TPM, but he said that Republic credits were no good to him on Tatooine. Between that and the Barrier that people were talking about, it seems like At Attin may have been isolated from the Empire completely! This could be why it could be such a challenge for the kids to find their way home.
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Spoilers…
Fun episode. I like the combo of learning a little of the backstory of At Attin and the reveal that Jude Law’s character is also a pirate. I wonder if he is an ex-Jedi as well.
I recognized the name Crimson Jack from the old Marvel days. A quick google search makes me think that they’re probably not related as the Marvel version was killed by Han Solo.
So far I’m pretty entertained by this show.
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I recognized the name Crimson Jack from the old Marvel days. A quick google search makes me think that they’re probably not related as the Marvel version was killed by Han Solo.
I lobbied so hard for a Marvel Star Wars #15 Han Solo/Crimson Jack comic pack back in the day. That was my very first Star Wars comic. Loved the visuals.
I guess we'll have to wait and see if they are doing a little ret-con thing or if "Crimson Jack" is just another alias Jod Na picked up, like the "Captain Silvo" name he was using in episode 1.
So far so good. Really enjoying this show so far. Good pacing, interesting mystery, fun adventure, mix of new and old aliens. All good.
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Something tells me he's had many different names. I would not be shocked if someone calls him Jack Sparrow at this point.
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It is fun so far. I give major points to any star wars property that gives speaking lines to OT aliens. Speaking parts for a wolfman, an Ish Tib is great. I'm even handing points for Neel and his famliy on this one.
I like the ship too. The interior seems mysterious. It feels like there is more to be discovered there.
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I like the ship too. The interior seems mysterious. It feels like there is more to be discovered there.
Future HasLab maybe? :D
I liked the third one, my friend was telling me the Dad is in a band he likes IRL but it didn’t register with me.
I keep wondering why they can’t just pull up their previous jump points from the hyperdrive computer. Shouldn’t they be able to figure out their starting point just from the log data?
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I have to watch the 3rd one still, but like all of you I'm pleasantly surprised by this show. I like that it seems to know what it is and isn't trying too hard and is sort of nailing that Goonies / Super8 / Kids-in-adult-sized-adventures thing pretty well.
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So far this has been a fun ride, more reminiscent of Speilberg films than Lucas' Star Wars. It just happens to reside in a "galaxy far, far away". And I'm ok with that. I'm just looking for entertainment.
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Two episodes to go and so far its been pretty fun. I'll be interested to see how it gets wrapped up.
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It's been some seriously fun viewing! And my kid and I have been having a great time trying to figure things out. We didn't see the wrinkle at the end of the episode coming. But then the re-cap at the beginning of the episode laid out a bit of foreshadowing that made it come together a bit.
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Yeah, I've got a couple of theories on some things we'll see happen in the next two episodes...
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We didn't see the wrinkle at the end of the episode coming. But then the re-cap at the beginning of the episode laid out a bit of foreshadowing that made it come together a bit.
As soon as that wrinkle happened, I tried to figure out how that might affect our chances of a HasLab Onyx Cinder. ;)
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Relieved the quality has not dropped off and they seem primed to finish strong with just two episodes left and a lot to wrap up.
I’d like to see them all end up back on At-Attin where Jod takes over for old pirate guy as the new Supervisor. But that will require killing A LOT of pirates first lol.
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Really enjoyed the finale tonight and thought they ended on a high note. I guess the ratings are not so hot but maybe that is just SW fatigue? Anyway, I liked it a lot overall. Curious if any of these characters will turn up in other media someday.
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I really enjoyed the show as well. Certainly not the greatest TV show ever made, but still a very fun watch over the past few weeks.
Maybe Wim grows up to be one of the ST era X-Wing pilots in the X-Wing Rogue Squadron movie. :P
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I thought it was a really well done show. I'm hoping that the numbers increase now that it's all out there and the people who like to binge series start giving it a watch.
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I enjoyed the show overall - it actually felt rather refreshing and fun. It definitely added some new elements to the SW universe without horribly rewriting cannon. I’m glad they ended on a strong note as well with no cliffhangers and tying up many of the loose ends (e.g. Jod’s history, At Attin’s purpose, who/what the Commissioner was, etc.)
A couple other thoughts: I wonder how the influx of all those Old Republic Credits affected the galactic economy and the New Republic? The show clearly showed that Old Republic credits were highly valued in the New Republic era in the show, but that value would surely plummet with the influx of all those credits that had been hidden for decades on At Attin. There are many historical examples where nations that had a sudden influx of extra cash often met with declining currency values, inflation, and weakened economies… That happened with the Spanish Empire in the 1600s due to the influx of silver it got from its South America mines… But I’m thinking too hard there :P
However, it was awesome to see the B-Wing appear in (CGI) live action again after some 42 years and this time show off their heavy firepower 😎
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The show was a lot of fun. My kid and I were really looking forward to finally watching the finale last night. And it didn't disappoint! We were even saying we had never seen B-Wings like that since they had been in REBELS, and never in live action. I was glad to see KB reach Kh'ymm in the call for the X-Wings. And while I really enjoy Carson Teva in the other Disney+ series, I'm glad that his character didn't get shoe-horned into this show.
The kids in the cast were great, and the writing suited them really well. And I think Jod was an interesting character. He explained enough about himself without it sounding like he was "monologuing", and the Supervisor part was a bit of surprise. Jod's character seemed somewhat inspired by Long John Silver from "Treasure Island", and perhaps you can't have a story about pirates that includes a kid without drawing that possible parallel - even in a galaxy far, far away.
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That was solidly entertaining. My daughter liked it too.
It didn't do a whole lot advancing a broader plot, or exploring interesting lore, but it was really fun and I would take that any day over The Acolyte or The Book of Boba Fett that barely made sense.
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A couple other thoughts: I wonder how the influx of all those Old Republic Credits affected the galactic economy and the New Republic? The show clearly showed that Old Republic credits were highly valued in the New Republic era in the show, but that value would surely plummet with the influx of all those credits that had been hidden for decades on At Attin. There are many historical examples where nations that had a sudden influx of extra cash often met with declining currency values, inflation, and weakened economies…
With a treasure hoard like that, you could afford to build a whole fleet of Star Destroyers equipped with planet killing weapons! :D ;)
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I was thinking a short post credit scene showing Mon Mothma suddenly having a huge discretionary budget would've been funny.
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Can we all agree that the supervisor was pretty awesome?
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A couple other thoughts: I wonder how the influx of all those Old Republic Credits affected the galactic economy and the New Republic? The show clearly showed that Old Republic credits were highly valued in the New Republic era in the show, but that value would surely plummet with the influx of all those credits that had been hidden for decades on At Attin. There are many historical examples where nations that had a sudden influx of extra cash often met with declining currency values, inflation, and weakened economies…
With a treasure hoard like that, you could afford to build a whole fleet of Star Destroyers equipped with planet killing weapons! :D ;)
Awesome point, McMetal 8)
I know we’ve all seen how Dave Filoni, John Farveau, etc. are trying to use some of these live action and animated shows to provide a more logical explanation and foundation for the events in the ST…