Greater than something, Watts desires to make it clear that Skeleton Crew isn’t seeking to distract viewers with large surprises or references to different Star Wars tales. “I don’t need individuals to suppose that there’s going to be some insane cameo in the course of the present,” he says firmly. After which, Ford provides, “Yeah, to not rule something out, however Jude isn’t actually Palpatine or something like that.”
A Step Right into a Bigger World
By the tip of the second episode, the children meet a mysterious grownup ally within the type of shadowy Pressure-user Jod Na Nawood (Jude Legislation), who might or is probably not a Jedi, a former pirate captain, a con artist, or the entire above. As Legislation factors out, the tone of Skeleton Crew will really feel decidedly nearer to one thing you’ll be able to think about watching with the entire household moderately than, say, the extra grownup grittiness of Andor. And but, that is nonetheless the Star Wars universe, and as Ford insists, the duplicitous character of Jod suits in completely with the back-stabbing wretched hives of scum and villainy that comprise a surprisingly giant a part of the Star Wars mythos.
“Nicely, Jude’s character may completely be in Andor,” Ford factors out, to which Watts provides, “We didn’t need this to really feel like a youngsters’ present. It nonetheless must be an grownup world that they’re in.”
A part of the shift in Skeleton Crew comes from a primary point-of-view change. Sure, we occur to be in the identical timeframe as The Mandalorian, however sure revelations within the present’s first few episodes make it clear that the background of those kids and their particular planet creates a singular alternative to convey characters into the Star Wars galaxy slowly. This isn’t a reboot or a brand new timeline in any respect. It’s simply the people who find themselves completely different.
As Obi-Wan Kenobi instructed Luke in Return of the Jedi, the truths we cling to rely tremendously on our personal viewpoint. The fascinating factor about Skeleton Crew is that it really does shift that viewpoint in a manner that we’ve by no means fairly seen earlier than.
“I believe it adjustments the attitude with out altering the world,” Watts explains. “It’s the primary time the place [Star Wars] is absolutely instructed via the eyes of 4 10-year-old youngsters. And by doing that, I believe it simply routinely provides it a brand new feeling with out altering the elements of Star Wars that we already know and love.”
