Disney goes ahead and moves up that Skeleton Crew release date

Much as Lucasfilm’s television shows have found critical acclaim in, like, serious meditations on defeating fascism (a lá Andor), it just feels right that we’re finally getting around to a Star Wars show that centers childlike fun. The show’s adult star, Jude Law, would agree. “I love the concept. I loved the idea of making kids the protagonists because it sort of drew on the innocence and added a little bit of playfulness back into the experience,” he said in a recent interview with Reuters. 

“I mean, every day felt kind of fun and special and as it should on a show like this,” he shared in a separate interview with Moviefone. “What was interesting and what we played into was that [his character, Jod Na Nawood] doesn’t really understand what childhood is or who kids are. So, my role really was to also bring that element to the relationships. He’s kind of aghast that they don’t know how to look after themselves or that they get hungry, or they miss their parents and seemingly can’t fly ships or firing blasters or any of that. I enjoyed that dynamic. I thought there was a lot of humor in it and, if I’m honest, the way I saw it was it is a relationship that evolves over an adventure.”

The first two episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will drop on December 2 at 6 PM E.T., with subsequent episodes dropping every Tuesday through the rest of the season. In addition to Law, the series also stars Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith, Tunde Adebimpe, Kerry Condon, and Nick Frost.