The Star Wars franchise has been on a bit of a hiatus from the big screen but, in the interim, fans have been blessed with a plethora of TV shows. The latest new offering from a galaxy far, far away to hit the small screen is Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. The long-gestating production is set to feature mostly child protagonists, with Jude Law playing their protector.
Well, now, the first trailer has arrived, and it’s giving off all the Amblin movie vibes that were promised, and I love it. However, I still have a major question. From the jump, it’s made clear within the trailer that our four leads are the young and precocious Wim, Fern, KB and Neel, who live on a sleepy, yet-to-be named planet.
The quartet are facing major choices regarding their futures but, ahead of that, they happen to stumble upon what seems to be an old Jedi temple. But, even more than that, what they unravel is a shuttle that launches them into space, kicking off their adventure. What I love about this trailer is that it gives off the airy, and warm vibes that have historically been associated with Amblin movies.
Even the iconography, believe it or not, is similar to what cinephiles have seen and loved about those productions over the years. The kids’ home planet even has a neighborhood that looks like a Star Wars-ized version of a community from a movie like E.T.
the Extra-Terrestrial or The Goonies. Quite frankly, I’m impressed with how series creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford managed to blen.