Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is an American television miniseries created by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, taking place in the same timeframe as The Mandalorian and its other interconnected spin-offs after the events of the film Return of the Jedi (1983). Skeleton Crew tells the story of four children searching for their home planet after getting lost in the galaxy, and the strange aliens and dangerous places they encounter on their adventure. Jude Law stars in the series with Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith, and Nick Frost. Watts approached Lucasfilm about telling an Amblin Entertainment-style coming-of-age story set in the Star Wars universe, and he was developing the series with Ford by early 2022. It was officially announced that May at Star Wars Celebration, with Law revealed to be starring. Filming began by September 2022 in Los Angeles, and wrapped by late January 2023. The child actors in the series were revealed in April 2023. Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Favreau, and Dave Filoni returned from The Mandalorian as additional executive producers. Skeleton Crew premiered on Disney+ on December 2, 2024, with episodes released weekly until January 14, 2025. The series received generally positive reviews from critics. It received seventeen nominations at the 4th Children's and Family Emmy Awards, winning four, including Outstanding Young Teen Series.
Premise Roughly five years after the fall of the Galactic Empire, four children end up on an adventure to make their way home after being lost in the galaxy following a discovery they make on their home planet At Attin while befriending a Force-user.
Cast and characters
Starring Jude Law as Jod Na Nawood: A pirate captain and a Force-user who was trained in the Jedi arts. Law described Jod as a quick thinker who uses his charm to get out of difficulties. Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Wim: A human boy from the planet At Attin. Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Fern: A human girl from the planet At Attin. Kyriana Kratter as KB: A human girl and friend of Fern from the planet At Attin who wears a cybernetic visor connected to an implant on her head ever since an unspecified accident. Robert Timothy Smith as Neel: An elephant-like alien boy (a Myykian) who is Wim's friend from the planet At Attin. Smith performed multiple takes as the character, which were mimicked by Kacie Borrowman, a performance artist wearing an animatronic head of the character. This would allow the creatives to use either Smith or the animatronic in the final edit. Nick Frost as the voice of SM-33: The decrepit droid first mate of the Onyx Cinder. Rob Ramsdell serves as the performance artist for SM-33.
Featured co-stars Tunde Adebimpe as Wendle: Wim's father. Kerry Condon as Fara: Fern's mother who works as a teacher and Undersecretary in the office of The Supervisor on At Attin. Alia Shawkat as the voice of Kh'ymm: An unidentified owl-like alien and map expert with a testy allyship with Jod. Hala Finley as Hayna: A child soldier in the Troik clan on At Achrann. Mathieu Kassovitz as General Strix: The leader of the Troik clan on At Achrann and father of Hayna. Kelly Macdonald as Pokkit: A freelance gun for hire and former partner of Jod's.
Other co-stars M. J. Kang as Garree, one of KB's mothers. She is worried KB may not come back alive because she has very urgent medical needs. Cass Buggé as Maree, one of KB's mothers. Fred Tatasciore as the voice of Brutus, a Shistavanen member of Jod's pirate crew who led a mutiny against him and took over. Stephen Oyoung serves as the performance artist for Brutus. Jaleel White as Gunter, a human pirate Dale Soules as Chaelt, a human pirate Marti Matulis as Vane, a Nikto pirate previously seen on The Mandalorian. Sisa Grey as Kona, a human pirate Dominic Burgess as Beef, a humanoid pirate of indeterminate species John Hodgman as the voice of Snobbius Snee, a Keteerian pirate. Jasper Anderson serves as the performance artist for Snobbius Snee. Mike Estes as the performance artist of Pax, a Gran pirate Geneva Carr as the voice of Nooma, a Myykian who is Neel's mother. Dawn Dininger serves as the performance artist for Nooma. Carey Jones as the performance artist of Nol, a Myykian who is Neel's father. Paloma Garcia-Lee as Melna, a Theelin female on Port Borgo who is concerned about the children's presence there. Alan Resnick as Tuut Orial, a pirate merchant on Port Borgo. Anthony Atamanuik as the voice of an unidentified fry cook on Port Borgo. David St. Pierre serves as the performance artist for the unidentified fry cook. John Gemberling as the voice of a greasy pirate customer on Port Borgo. Dane DiLiegro serves as the performance artist for the greasy pirate customer. Alfred Molina as the voice of Benjar Pranic, an Ishi Tib pirate. Alexander Ward serves as the performance artist for Benjar Pranic. Julie Ann Emery as the Hotelier, the manager of the spa and hotel on Lanupa. Patrick Seitz as the voice of Cthallops, a large unidentified alien patron on Lanupa who helps Jod's group get into Tak Rennod's hidden base. Jacob Roanhaus as Glerb, a Quarren pirate. Sydney Rose Walker as Sweeda, a Weequay pirate. Stephen Fry as the voice of the Supervisor, a large droid who is the ruler of At Attin.
Episodes
Production
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