From the very beginning, when it was first announced in 2022, there’s been a question mark hovering over Star Wars: Skeleton Crew: the question of whether they could pull it off. It’s a very different idea for a Star Wars show, the kind that could fall apart if handled wrong. See, unlike The Mandalorian and Ahsoka and The Acolyte, the cast of Skeleton Crew is entirely children.
The show has been dubbed “Star Wars Goonies” from its first reveal, and as the D23 trailer proves, that’s definitely what they’re going for. The opening shots reveal the existence of a Southern LA Suburb Planet, and four younglings yearning for adventure, who soon find it. They “make a mysterious discovery,”according to the synopsis, that soon gets them “lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy, crossing paths with the likes of the mysterious Jod Na Nawood.” You already know Nawood will turn out to be a Jedi, don’t you? The trailer admits it.
The reason movies and TV shows continue to follow the Amblin Formula laid down by Spielberg 40 years ago is because it works. Take relatable main characters just like you, send them into a larger-than-life adventure, amp up the stakes and whimsy, and you’ve got a captive audience. But can you get the FULL audience or just the kids in the family? That’s the tricky part.
The Duffer Brothers said in a recent interview they spent way more time auditioning for the preteen characters on Stranger Things than they did anybody else. They looked through hundreds of audition tapes for one big reason: they needed kids that came off as natural, and not annoying. They wanted adults to sit down for those scenes too, and the results have proved they succeeded in that goal. It’s something the producers of Skeleton Crew are gonna have to figure out as well if they want this to work — but did they? A trailer alone doesn’t tell.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will launch December 3 with the first two episodes, followed by one new episode on a weekly basis. The Force is gonna need to be with this one.
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