Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is the latest Disney Plus series set in a galaxy far, far away. Instead of focusing on the main Jedi hero, the program follows four unlikely child heroes who, after an incredible discovery, find themselves traveling to the far reaches of the galaxy.
To them, the Jedi are just fairy tales. According to co-creator Christopher Ford, it was all part of the plan. “We wanted to incorporate the idea that these kids have heard about the Jedi and stories about good versus evil in the way that on our planet we have fairy tales or King Arthur stories about the Knights of the Round Table,” he said. HoloFiles.
The biggest name associated with the series is Oscar nominee Jude Law. Details about his character have been kept under wraps until now. He is joined by Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Wim, Robert Timothy Smith as Neil, Ryan Kira Armstrong as Fern, Kirianna Crater as KB, Nick Frost, Kerry Condon and Radio TV's Tunde Adebimpe. Jon Watts co-created the program with Ford, and they share writing credits on six of the season's eight episodes.
Skeleton Crew is a standalone series separate from the Skywalker saga, which is a good thing. Instead of going into a darker topic like The acolyte looks like Star Wars: Skeleton Crew uses some Amblin-esque visuals and nostalgia to bring a sense of kiddie fun to the Star Wars universe. But will it succeed where previous Star Wars shows have failed? We have the full episode release schedule below so you can plan your viewing accordingly.
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Jude Law is Jodh Na Nabood in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.
How to watch Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
The first five episodes of the latest Star Wars series are available to stream on Disney Plus now. US viewers will be able to watch each new installment every Tuesday until January 14 and will be available to stream until 3:00 a.m. ET / midnight PT. New episodes will hit the streamer in the UK at 8am GMT and 7pm in Australia.
- Episode 5: December 24th
- Episode 6: December 31st
- Episode 7: Jan. 7
- Episode 8: Jan. 14
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