Some followers (together with myself) consider that captain Rennod, or doubtlessly a member of his crew, really survived the crash and someway swindled themselves into changing into the mysterious Supervisor of At Attin. We conveniently nonetheless don’t know what Rennod really appears like because of his purposely corrupted information log, nor have we seen the Supervisor of At Attin. It will be the last word option to achieve wealth and energy with out anybody threatening to take it away. At Attin’s residents are forbidden from speaking or venturing out into the larger galaxy all of the whereas inspired to contribute to The Nice Work, which all indicators now level to being gold manufacturing.
The primary drawback with this principle is – we nonetheless don’t know precisely when At Attin was based nor when Rennod’s ship crash-landed on the planet. Given how deeply buried the ship is when the kids discover it, it looks as if the ship has been caught on At Attin for some time. However on the similar time, not one of the people appear to know something about it. Its discovery is a large shock to them, which implies that both it landed earlier than this society was created, or somebody in cost has been burying its existence and ensuring that nobody finds it for generations. This is able to clarify why the droids patrolling the realm are so adamant about conserving folks out of the woods.
There are plenty of indicators that time to At Attin present way back to the Excessive Republic. Wim’s tales of the Jedi and Sith, references to The Nice Work, Kh’ymm calling it a “jewel of the Outdated Republic,” and now even the lightsaber present in Rennod’s lair level to a time method earlier than the Republic we see in The Phantom Menace.
Which means that if Rennod or any member of his crew actually did grow to be the Supervisor and are answerable for turning At Attin into the virtually totalitarian world we see in Skeleton Crew, they might doubtless must be a species that lives an extremely very long time, or else have chosen a successor to maintain up the ruse of their demise.
Skeleton Crew is doing an exceptional job of weaving and crafting Star Wars historical past into the New Republic period. This story is not going to solely doubtless have ramifications on the opposite reveals occurring throughout this time interval, it may additionally influence how we see the galaxy’s previous. Was At Attin meant to be a benevolent creation, or has greed and gold all the time been its goal?
No matter whether or not or not this principle is revealed to be true because the collection goes on, it’s clear that At Attin and Rennod each have an essential half to play within the Star Wars timeline. We might not but know precisely how far again in time this thriller goes, however in Skeleton Crew, the previous is simply as essential as the current.
