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,
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