34/31

Starred in AniMat: Silly Old Deadly Bear (2022) Crazy Cartoon

Four children make a mysterious discovery on their home planet that causes them to get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy… Jude Law in the «Skeleton Crew» and other stars from a galaxy far, far away… The holographic circus that entertains Neel’s young brothers is the same as which Chewbacca’s family watches in the infamous The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978).

substantial and mature Star Wars

Like most 80s kids, I have fond memories of The Goonies, but I’d be lying if I said this was the direction I was desperate for new Star Wars content to go. I mean, after the sequel trilogy and so many other disappointments — all of Disney’s live-action content except for Andor, Rogue One and the first two seasons of Mando — I’d rank it between mediocre and terrible — I’m just hungry for a good epic. Give me an Andor-style show set in the Old Republic with Jedi, Sith, and Nick Gillard as stunt coordinator for lightsaber battles.

to be fair, I’ll say Skeleton Crew is fine

Anyway… It’s not offensive or poorly made; it’s not as blatantly cheesy as The Book of Boba Fett; not as aimless as Mando Season 3; it’s not a break from tradition like the sequels and Kenobi; it doesn’t sound tone deaf like the Acolyte. Hooray?

So far so good

It’s basically Star Wars Goonies, a cute little story about a group of kids on an adventure in the Star Wars universe. The script so far (up to episode 2) is decent: effects, costumes and locations look great: everything has a certain charm. I imagine this, like Andor, was a passion project for its creators, and the upper echelons saw it as a little side project, so they didn’t bother to take it on, which is a blessing at Lucasfilm these days.

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7.5/10.