Attention “Star Wars” fans! Disney+ is releasing its end-of-year series that reeks of 1980s productions and exciting children's adventures. What is “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” worth?
What is it about?
After a mysterious discovery on their home planet, four children get lost on a dangerous journey across the galaxy. By all means, they try to find the path that will take them home.
Their adventure, much greater than anything they could have imagined, will be punctuated by encounters, both with allies and unlikely enemies…
Who is it with?
Headlining Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is none other than Jude Law, known as much for romantic comedies as he is for intense dramas and blockbusters. The British actor, seen in The Holiday, The Talented Mr. Ripley or Fantastic Beasts, plays a very mysterious role that fans will surely enjoy unmasking.
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Other well-known names include Nick Frost (Good Morning England), who lends his voice to the droid SM-33, Kerry Condon, the Irish actress who made a splash in The Banshees of Inisherin with Colin Farrell, and the singer and actor Tunde Adebimpe, seen in The Girlfriend Experience and Twisters.
This Star Wars series is completed with a quartet of endearing children, played by promising young talents. Thus, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, who lent his voice to Antiono in the animated film Encanto, plays Wim; Ryan Kiera Armstrong, seen in Black Widow and Firestarter, plays Fern; Robert Timothy Smith, seen in Wolfs and soon in Dear Santa, plays Neel, and finally the young Kyriana Kratter (Camp Kikiwaka) plays KB.
Is it worth a look?
Each Star Wars series has its own tone. After Star Wars: The Acolyte, a radical change of atmosphere is taking place for the new Skeleton Crew fiction. But it's a family atmosphere full of adventure, creatures and childish mischief that's good for the end of the year.
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Created and showrun by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Star Wars : Skeleton Crew is an action series for young and old that smells of the 80s, strongly inspired by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment productions, such as The Goonies, ET or Back to the Future.
A cuddly toy series made with passion and nostalgia
As if Stranger Things met Star Wars, this series should allow the whole family to follow this thrilling adventure by a group of terribly endearing children, from the dreamer Wim, to the intrepid Fern, including the brilliant KB and the adorable Neil.
No Upside Down World for the group but a journey to the edge of space during which they will encounter an abandoned ship, pirates, bounty hunters, creatures and other aliens, droids and even beings sensitive to Strength.
All illustrated by the excellent work of the technical artists for the authentic and immersive sets, reproduced on a human scale for the pleasure of the big children who are the creators and directors but also for the performance of the young talents on the set.
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Like old school productions, most of the creatures and aliens are puppets and animatronics created from scratch, and we feel that the use of special effects or Volume (the giant LED panels whose image can be modified in real time) was made in a very fair balance.
Set after Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, the series shows us a calm New Republic, even if we feel that the dark side is never far away, and that the ashes of the Empire are still hot.
The perfect family series for the end of the year
But we shouldn't expect any big scares either (at least in the first three episodes that we were able to see), especially since the series is often punctuated with very childish music.
Although the children hope to find their way home, they will not be alone in their quest. They can count on a mysterious guide with multiple identities, played by the brilliant and charismatic Jude Law, who uses and abuses malice, authority and force to frame them (or trick them?).
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In addition to this enigmatic mentor that fans will surely enjoy unmasking, Wim, Fern, KB and Neel are also accompanied by a damaged and grumpy droid named SM-33, vocally carried by Nick Frost.
We enjoy following this group formed by chance and bad luck in search of secrets and other treasures contained in their very secret home planet, At Attin. Is their home, so warm and formatted, as secure and healthy as the suburban residences, the school and other infrastructures make it appear?
We will find out in the rest of this delightful family tale, which puts stars in the eyes and warms the hearts of young and old children, whether they are Star Wars fans or not.
Even if there are obviously many nods to this universe which still makes us dream so much and we appreciate this return to the sources of a saga which still has some under the ship.
The first two episodes of the series “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” are available on the Disney+ platform. The rest of the series will be broadcast one episode per week.
