‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Premiere Review: A Breath Of Fresh Air

Read our Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere review below.

Skeleton Crew follows a group of students that uncover a mysterious bunker on their home planet of At Attin, they eventually get lost in the galaxy and must find their way home making friends and foes along the way.

One thing I’ve paid extra attention to lately is seeing how various projects shift the tone of the story in drastic ways. The first episode of Skeleton Crew does exactly that by opening with an intense high stakes sequence involving space pirates setting quite the expectation for the series. I also loved that they included the disloyal aspect of the crew, easily switching sides when it’s convenient to them.

We then shift to that lighter tone with series protagonist Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers) playing with Jedi action figures and getting ready for school. The suburban setting really stood out to me, I’ve grown accustomed to the more “alien” locations shown in other Star Wars projects so this took me by surprise and helped to gain more of my attention. Were it not for the droids, references to Jedi and the Republic I’d assume this was simply a futuristic Earth.

I really enjoyed the main characters, each have their own characteristics that differentiate them and throughout the first episode we go in depth into their struggles. I also found myself relating to Neel’s (Robert Timothy Smith) personality a lot which added a lot of fun during the premiere. Overall the first episode did a good job at setting up the stories of the cast with the exception of KB (Kyriana Kratter) who remains underdeveloped for now outside of being Fern’s (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) best friend.

Despite the shorter runtime, the second episode gave us a good idea of where this series is headed with our cast being forced into this dangerous world and learning that their lives back home may not be exactly what it seems. The introduction of SM-33 (Nick Frost) adds on to the moments of comedic relief in a series that has taken a more menacing tone with the second episode.

With the exception of the opening sequence I found the CGI to be done pretty well. I mostly focused on the aliens which I’m always amazed by, however the mouth movements always felt a bit unnatural to me.

Skeleton Crew is one of the more interesting concepts I’ve witnessed, throwing a crew of unsuspecting characters into a pirate filled galaxy. The series has easily managed to capture my interest and I eagerly await the following episodes.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew stars Jude Law as Jod Na Nawood, Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Wim, Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Fern, Kyriana Kratter as KB, and Robert Timothy Smith as Neel. The first two episodes are now streaming on Disney+. Episode 3 premieres on December 10th at 6PM PT / 9PM ET.

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