The ships gathered around the pirate port seen early in Skeleton Crew included a nod to a legendary Star Wars designer.

How the designers behind the charming TV series built an immersive world to make ‘Star Wars’ feel new again. Skeleton Crew is 10-year-old me’s favorite Star Wars show. The series follows four children who escape the boring planet of At Attin in search of adventure only to try to get back to it chased by a space Long John Silver and a cohort of bloodthirsty,

Skeleton Crew’s charming, family-friendly space adventure could have been a nice refresh for the beleaguered franchise.

Skeleton Crew creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford finally answered one of the lost-standing questions about a fan-favorite character.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew wore its influences on its sleeve. Despite being part The Goonies, part Treasure Island, and coated in a sweet, science-fantasy shell, Skeleton Crew ’s best homage was not to existing Star Wars characters or stories, but to the joy of discovering the larger world of George Lucas’ galaxy through another person’s eyes.

Skeleton Crew had an uphill battle in front of it. When the teaser trailer first dropped, the diehard Star Wars “fans” decried it because it had lawns and suburbia and those weren’t Star Wars. These are the same people who complained about the bricks in Andor,

There didn't appear to be a huge amount of hype heading into Skeleton Crew's two-episode premiere but the Disney+ series received the lowest viewership of any Star Wars TV show during its first