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Hint: Did you ever dream of finding a wrecked starship in your backyard?
Thats all I did growing up.
But, it turns out, thats just the setup.Skeleton Crewis playing a longer game.
We were so immersed in that world that you cant help it.
Were never consciously referencing any of that stuff.
It just is part of our DNA.
In short, the demographic forSkeleton Crewis, in their minds, themselves.
We didnt go into this trying to write an AI prompt of combining cool things, Ford says.
the Extra-Terrestrial, but perhaps more relevantly,The Goonies,Gremlins, andYoung Sherlock Holmes.
But just because the show focuses on children, that doesnt mean the stakes are low.
If anything, the innocence and naivete of the kids make the tension even greater.
Youre still going to get the jeopardy, series star Jude Law explains.
Which Jon turns way up; he makes the threat very real.
In this show, life and death mean life and death.
But you still have the innocence.
Accordingly, stepping intoSkeleton Crewis like stepping into a rich, live-action version of those 90s books and comics.
These details arent just there for the sake of being dorky Easter eggs.Skeleton Crewhas a method to its madness.
Vane was supposed to die inMando, Ford reveals.
But they loved him, and they let him live, and then we took him.
It still has to be an adult world that theyre in.
Part of the shift inSkeleton Crewcomes from a basic point-of-view change.
This isnt a reboot or a new timeline at all.
Its just the people who are different.
I think it changes the perspective without changing the world, Watts explains.
Its the first time where [Star Wars] is really told through the eyes of four 10-year-old kids.
So, you might callSkeleton CrewtheStranger Thingsversion ofStar Warsor even Gooniesin Space.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew hits Disney+ on Monday, Dec. 2 at 9 pm ET.
