[Spoilers] Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Other Media (2025)

DailyRich said:

Nick Frost's 'droid character is a great addition, evoking Long John Silver in more than a few ways.

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Yeah, I thought he was the best bit that I wasn't expecting. The rat running in and out of his eye socket was silly and fun.

The other bit that I wasn't expecting, certainly that none of the promo bits I'd seen had given away, is that the kids' homeworld has apparently been hidden away for a long time, certainly before the Empire was ever a thing. It makes a nice wrinkle for how it is this fairly pristine space suburbia that doesn't have the beat-up look that most of the SW setting has (when it isn't spotlessly futuristic.)

DailyRich said:

I think I know what's going on with Jude Law's character, but it'll be fun seeing if I'm right or not.

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I think it is pretty clearly telegraphed. And that's fine.

The kid actors were okay for the most part. The performance created for the nonhuman kid was probably the weakest overall, and that has a fair amount to do with how the effects seemed too plastic. Some ropey child acting bits here and there, but some of that (particularly for Wim and his naive ideas about things) underscored that these are kids and not kids painstakingly scripted to be adults' ideal nostalgia identification figures. Overall I think I prefer that to things like the absurdly precocious Kid Leia from the Kenobi series.

I was profoundly amused by the kids trying to do the PotC-esque "have the rat fetch the keys" bit and having it just run off because, duh, it's a rat. Again, you see that coming all the way but it pays off perfectly.

At Attin being some hidden planet that somehow survived the fall of the republic is interesting. I figured the ship would be the source of the treasure/'republic credits', but having them minted on planet is a twist. It'll be interesting to see where that's going. Also, how the ship wound up there to begin with. Given that SM-33 didn't know, I'd guess they wound up/crashed there after it had disappeared.

I'm really wondering about those Jedi figures Wim was playing with, & what was depicted on his datapad. My first assumption was Luke & Vader/the Emperor, but it seems that At Attin likely isn't even aware of the New Republic, and possibly not even the Empire either, if only because I think the Empire would be some serious effort into a planet vanishing. I wonder how long ago did the planet vanish into legend. I'd guess some time during the Clone Wars, but I suppose it's possible it was even before that.

DailyRich said:

I think I know what's going on with Jude Law's character, but it'll be fun seeing if I'm right or not.

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I came into an immedate assumption about Jude Law's character, and that was only reinforced by what we saw in the second episode. If that's not the case, they're working really hard to misdirect the audience. Him actually being able to sense the Force is interesting. I think his age would be about right for someone that was a Padawan before the fall of the Republic.

Garyfury said:

Some ropey child acting bits here and there, but some of that (particularly for Wim and his naive ideas about things) underscored that these are kids and not kids painstakingly scripted to be adults' ideal nostalgia identification figures.

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Wim's home life, especially compared to Neel's, really seems to speak for his actions while exploring the ship.

dmjalund said:

SM-33 is Ships Mate 33 in case you were wondering

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I figured it was an easter egg for Smee, from Peter Pan.

Dromio said:

I figured it was an easter egg for Smee, from Peter Pan.

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probably right, but they have very different energy

Ooooh that’s delightful!

While you could interpret it as being a little bit forced…there’s something heartwarming that kids in SW also think that Jedi are the coolest thing ever.

And yeah, the true nature of At Attin is certainly curious. More importantly, why did an Old Republic Era planet disappear from the galaxy to begin with? Since thinking about it more, there was an undercurrent of At Attin having an…authoritarian bent to it.

tasti man LH said:

Ooooh that’s delightful!

While you could interpret it as being a little bit forced…there’s something heartwarming that kids in SW also think that Jedi are the coolest thing ever.

And yeah, the true nature of At Attin is certainly curious. More importantly, why did an Old Republic Era planet disappear from the galaxy to begin with? Since thinking about it more, there was an undercurrent of At Attin having an…authoritarian bent to it.

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It might just be my feelings about suburbia in general, but At Attin seems to be a planet of stifling conformity. If you're in the wrong place, or out at the wrong time, the safety droids will find you and report you. When you're ten or twelve or however old these kids are supposed to be you take some sort of assessment test that determines your future and that you can pass or fail.