He appears in the cast of AniMat’s crazy animated feature: Silly Old Deadly Bear (2022)
Line of Events
Four kids make a mysterious discovery on their home planet that lands them lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy. Jude Law stars in “Skeleton Crew” and more stars from a galaxy far, far away. The holographic circus that entertains Neil’s little brothers is the same one Chewbacca’s family sees in the infamous The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978).
Give me an Andor-type show set in the Old Republic with Jedi, Sith, and Nick Gillard as a stunt coordinator for the lightsaber battles
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 disappointment of the sequel trilogy and so much else (I would rate all of Disney’s live-action content except for Andor, Rogue One, and the first two seasons of Mando as mediocre to poor), I’m just hungry for some good, mature, epic Star Wars content. HOWEVER…
to be fair, I’ll say Skeleton Crew is good
It’s not offensive or poorly made; It’s not blatantly cheap like The Book of Boba Fett; It’s not pointless like Mando Season 3; It’s not breaking tradition like the sequels and Kenobi; It’s not tone-deaf like the Acolyte. hooray? It’s basically Star Wars Goonies, a neat little story about a group of kids having an adventure in the Star Wars universe.
So far so good
The script so far (from episode 2) is decent: the effects, costumes, and locations look great: everything has a certain charm. I’m guessing that this, like Andor, was a passion project for its creators and was seen as a minor side project by the higher-ups who therefore didn’t bother to get involved, which in this day and age at Lucasfilm is a blessing. 7.5/10.