This text incorporates spoilers for Skeleton Crew.
It looks as if Jod Na Nawood (Jude Legislation) might have crushed any hope of a redemption arc along with his actions in Skeleton Crew’s newest episode. The pirate scoundrel has gone full villain after betraying the children in episode 5. Not solely does he kill Brutus the mutineer and rally his previous crew behind him however he additionally isn’t afraid to threaten Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), KB (Kyriana Kratter), Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), and even candy, harmless Neel (Robert Timothy Smith) to get the gold he craves so desperately. In doing so, he’s evoked the imagery of considered one of Star Wars’ most notorious villain moments—Anakin’s flip to the Darkish Facet in Revenge of the Sith.
Earlier than the episode aired, followers speculated that episode 7 would lastly present us a few of Jod’s backstory, after Jude Legislation revealed in an interview with Collider that “a lot involves a head [in this episode] and you discover out an terrible lot in a short time about my character.” Many followers believed that this could imply some type of Order 66 flashback given Jod’s obvious Drive talents. However as an alternative, the Order 66 imagery got here in a really totally different means.
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THEY CANNOT END IT IN A CLIFF HANGER LIKE THIS pic.twitter.com/7gliCYSn9J— ammys ❀ ceo of #NeelShield ❀ (@hondosbestie) January 8, 2025
On the finish of episode 7 “We’re Gonna Be in So A lot Bother,” the children are lastly reunited with their dad and mom. It’s a candy, touching second interrupted by a power-hungry Jod standing in entrance of them along with his lightsaber drawn earlier than the episode cuts to black and the credit roll. As many followers have identified, this scene is similar to the notorious second in Revenge of the Sith the place we see Anakin draw his lightsaber menacingly in entrance of a bunch of younglings on the Jedi Temple earlier than the film cuts away to the subsequent scene.
