With “Skeleton Crew” the audience is supposed to set off on new “Star Wars” adventures and feel the nostalgic fascination for an 80s classic.
A major weakness of the majority of the previous (live-action) “Star Wars” series, regardless of whether it is the highly praised “The Mandalorian”, “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “The Book of Boba Fett” or “Ahsoka” is also about, the elements are far too familiar. Optics, plot, locations: it’s all been there before. Sure, that could be interpreted as complaining at a high level, after all they mostly offer fans exactly what they want to see. On the other hand, you never feel like you’ve missed something if you don’t get around to it.
With “Andor” and “The Acolyte,” those in charge at Disney and Lucasfilm tried to break out of this pattern – with success. But this year there will finally (and hopefully) be a completely new approach. Under showrunners Jon Watts (“Spider-Man: No Way Home”) and Christopher Ford (“Robot & Frank”), “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” will be that “Goonies in Space” give, if you will. The direction of travel should be clear: a group of curious kids on a great adventure flight in a galaxy that can be incredibly dangerous, but also contains so many unexplored, breathtaking and life-changing worlds. And what that looks like is shown in the full trailer that has now been released, in which local fans in particular can hear a German music hit by Peter Schilling that has recently become popular again in the Huttese version (!):
Can one still experience a real adventure and go on a journey of discovery in a time that supposedly offers everything in terms of technical achievements and thus access to all possible worlds? That’s the big question with Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. But just like the eighties cult film “The Goonies” by director Richard Donner and producer Steven Spielberg, the upcoming “Star Wars” series should also prove that adventure often and unexpectedly awaits right on your doorstep. No matter when and where you are.
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“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” brings together gigantic names behind the camera
The special thing about this upcoming “Star Wars” series is the creative clout that pulls the strings behind the camera: In addition to the aforementioned showrunners Watts and Ford, Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni are also on board as producers and are responsible for the renewed triumph of the galaxy far, far away.
Things get even more interesting when it comes to directing: The total of eight episodes of the first season were directed by Watts, Lee Isaac Chung (“Twisters”), David Lowery (“The Green Knight”), Bryce Dallas Howard (“The Mandalorian”) and Jake Schreier (“Beef”) and the directing duo “The Daniels”, consisting of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The latter won the Oscar for Best Film in 2023 with “Everything Everywhere All at Once”.
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Some well-known and popular faces can also be seen in front of the camera. In addition to the child actors, Hollywood stars Jude Law (“Captain Marvel”) and Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) will also be seen. For the 51-year-old Law, this is the series “a timeless adventure story in the spirit of the Amblin films”as he revealed on stage. Amblin Entertainment is the production company founded in 1980 by Steven Spielberg, among others, which produced some of the most formative film works of the 1980s with “ET – The Extra-Terrestrial”, “Gremlins – Little Monsters”, “Back to the Future” and especially “The Goonies”. created.
“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” will be available from December 4, 2024 made available via Disney+.
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