Star Wars Skeleton Crew Season 1 Review by Ryan Balkwill

Plot: In the New Republic era, a group of kids lost in the Star Wars galaxy desperately try to find their way home.

I was looking forward to this new star wars TV Series.

Season 1 of Skeleton Crew was Pretty Good.

Pros: This show does remind me of the goonies. I like the four kids and what they did with there. I’m impressed how they used Jude Law’s Jod Na Nawood as a character. How well it kept separate from the other Star Wars series came before it and also being it’s known thing. It took a white to catch my attachment to what’s going on with the main storyline & how it kept me invested throughout.  

Cons: The pirates are totally underdeveloped. Dialogue did feel weak at times. A few episodes were quite full of feather and the final ending did felt climatically.

Genre: Adventure, Coming-of-age, Science fiction

Created by Jon Watts, Christopher Ford

Based on Star Wars by George Lucas

Showrunners: Jon Watts, Christopher Ford

Starring: Jude Law, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith & Nick Frost.

Composer: Mick Giacchino

Executive producers: Christopher Ford, Jon Watts, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson

Producers: Susan McNamara, John Bartnicki

 Production location: Los Angeles, California

Cinematography: Sean Porter, David Klein, Paul Hughen

Editors: Andrew S. Eisen, Terel Gibson

Production companies: Lucasfilm, Golem Creations

Network: Disney+

Casts & Characters:

Starring:

  • Jude Law as Jod Na Nawood: A pirate captain and a Force-user who was trained in the Jedi arts.  Law described Jod as a quick thinker who uses his charm to get out of different scenarios.
  • Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Wim: A human boy from the planet At Attin.
  • Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Fern: A human girl from the planet At Attin.
  • Kyriana Kratter as KB: A human girl and friend of Fern from the planet At Attin who wears a cybernetic visor connected to an implant on her head ever since an unspecified accident.
  • Robert Timothy Smith as the voice of Neel: An elephant-like alien boy who is Wim’s friend from the planet At Attin. Kacie Borrowman serves as the performance artist for Neel.
  • Nick Frost as the voice of SM-33: The decrepit droid first mate of the Onyx Cinder. Rob Ramsdell serves as the performance artist for SM-33.

Featured co-stars:

  • Tunde Adebimpe as Wendle: Wim’s dad.
  • Kerry Condon as Fara: Fern’s mom who works as a teacher and undersecretary on At Attin.
  • Alia Shawkat as the voice of Kh’ymm: An unidentified owl-like alien and map expert with a testy allyship with Jod.
  • Hala Finley as Hayna: A child soldier in the Troika clan on At Achrann.
  • Mathieu Kassovitz as General Strix: The leader of the Troika clan on At Achrann and father of Hayna.
  • Kelly Macdonald as Pokkit: A freelance gun for hire and former partner of Jod’s.

Other co-stars:

  • Fred Tatasciore as the voice of Brutus, a Shistavanen member of Jod’s pirate crew who led a mutiny against him and took over. Stephen Oyoung serves as the performance artist for Brutus.
  • Jaleel White as Gunter, a human pirate
  • Dale Soules as Chaelt, a human pirate
  • Marti Matulis as Vane, a Nikto pirate previously seen on The Mandalorian.
  • Sisa Grey as Kona, a pirate
  • M. J. Kang as Garree, one of KB’s moms. She is worried KB may not come back alive because she has very urgent medical needs.
  • Dominic Burgess as Beef, a humanoid pirate of indeterminate species
  • Paloma Garcia-Lee as Melna, a Theelin female on Port Borgo who is concerned about the children’s presence there.
  • Alan Resnick as Tuut Orial, a pirate merchant on Port Borgo.
  • Anthony Atamanuik as the voice of an unidentified fry cook on Port Borgo. David St. Pierre serves as the performance artist for the unidentified fry cook.
  • John Gemberling as the voice of a greasy pirate customer on Port Borgo. Dane DiLiegro serves as the performance artist for the greasy pirate customer.
  • Alfred Molina as the voice of Benjar Pranic, an Ishi Tib pirate. Alexander Ward serves as the performance artist for Benjar Pranic.
  • Geneva Carr as Nooma, Neel’s mother.
  • Julie Ann Emery as the Hotelier, the manager of the spa and hotel on Lanupa.
  • Patrick Seitz as the voice of Cthallops, a large unidentified alien patron on Lanupa who helps Jod’s group get into Tak Rennod’s hidden base.
  • Jacob Roanhaus as Glerb, a Quarren pirate.
  • John Hodgman as the voice of Snobbius Snee, a Keteerian pirate. Jasper Anderson serves as the performance artist for Snobbius Snee.
  • Stephen Fry as the voice of the Supervisor, the ruler of At Attin.

I highly recommend watching this season on Disney+.

Rating: 6.5 out of 10 Stars

Ryan Balkwill:

Resident film reviewer,

Level Best Art Cafe

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