It’s the beginning of a new week and you know what that means … Skeleton Crew is back in acton!
After dropping the first two episodes of Skeleton Crew at once on December 2, Disney+ is dropping one episode per week at 9 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays. The fourth episode will be directed by The Daniels, who directed the surprise 2022 hit, Everything Everywhere All at Once.
But before we look ahead, let’s take a look back at the third episode of this series, which really moved the plot along and shed some new light on the mysteries set up in the first two episodes.
Timing notes
Last week’s episode, Very Interesting, As An Astrogration Problem, clocked in at 39 minutes with credits. That’s right in line with the expectations I mentioned last week. It felt like a very quick 39 minutes, too, in all the best ways. It hit all the fond and familiar notes we’re accustomed to in the Galaxy Far, Far Away as was the most satisfying episode of the series to date, at least for me. It left me very excited to see what comes next.
Notes
(Warning: Spoilers for episode three of Skeleton Crew ahead.)
- Last week I was skeptical of Jude Law’s “Jedi” Jod Na Nawood. I said he felt more Haja Estree than Obi-Wan Kenobi. I was right Nawood was also known as Captain Salvo, seen in the series’ opening moments. However, after escaping the brig and Borgo Prime we learn that Captain Salvo isn’t his only identity. His “friend” Kh’ymm reveals he is also known as Crimson Jack. What’s interesting about that is that Crimson Jack is a callback to a long-lost Legends character from early Star Wars comics. Of course, Lucasfilm cast some doubt even on that, indicating that he could be assuming that identity as well, leaving us questioning still who Nawood really is.
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- That’s not to say that Nawood/Salvo/Jack isn’t blessed with the Force. He appears to use a trick similar to what Obi-Wan Kenobi used to distract stormtroopers on the Death Star, so while Law’s scoundrel admits HE never indicated he’s a Jedi that doesn’t mean he can’t wield the Force.
- Call me crazy, after being confronted by the kids on the Observatory Moon about his identity I detected some truth when Nawood said he was like them — lost. I wonder if we will discover there was some trauma in his past that led him to become the pirate he seems to be and perhaps there are some redeemable qualities buried down deep. Or he could just be utilizing misdirection and deception to satisfy his needs. We’ll find out soon enough, I’m sure.
- Like The Mandalorian, Nawood seems to have a healthy distrust of droids. He seemed perfectly fine leaving SM-33 behind and only relents when the kids force him to. He is also unafraid to treat the droid with disdain or hide his true feelings about the trustworthiness of their kind. Perhaps his claim of being lost is in some way due to the actions of a droid? We’ll have to wait and see.
- Nawood has a bit of a standoff with KB, perhaps based in part on her cybernetic implants. He asks if she ever sleeps and when she admits that she doesn’t think he’s telling the truth about being a Jedi because she calculated the odds (somewhat reminiscent of C-3PO). Nawood does his best old sage impression by noting that not everything in the galaxy can be calculated and sometimes you have to trust your gut, but the whole scene carries a bit of an unsettling feeling to it.
- So it seems At Attin has indeed hidden itself from the rest of the galaxy in order to protect its resources. Kh’ymm’s powers of deduction quickly work to perhaps discover the coordinates to the mythical planet of treasures, which could bring trouble knocking on the door of our idyllic Star Wars suburbs. How will the kids’ parents react to a potentially cataclysmic invasion of pirates, conquerors and everyone else who ever heard the myth of the mysterious lost planet? They all seemed extremely freaked out once they learn the kids exited the barrier, with the notable exception of Wim’s father.
- The kids continue to be unaware of what’s happened in the galaxy since the days of the Old Republic. They aren’t even aware of the Clone Wars, or the sad fate of Alderaan. I have a feeling they’re going to get a crash course on all the events that have been hidden away from them over the years.
- Kh’ymm is giving off Maz Kanata vibes. Voiced by Alia Shawkat, the owl-like creature seems to be one of those characters who knows everything. She has some past connection to Crimson Jack/Nawood, but she seems to have more scruples and was quick to drop a dime on him to the New Republic. She also seemed to have formed some type of connection with KB, contrasting Nawood by telling her to trust her head and to get the truth. She also let KB know that if she ever needs help she can call on her, which seems to suggest future appearances in the series.
- We got to see a dog fight between the kids and a couple of X-Wings. Wim seemed taken by the adventure of it all, and Fern even has something of a smirk once she starts firing away. Wim was looking for adventure and seems happy to be getting it even as everyone is looking to get home.
- Speaking of the X-Wings, no Carson Teva (yet), but there is still time and it’s always good to see them flying through the sky.
I’ll leave you with another fun nod to the show’s 80s inspiration, with this excellent sitcom-style credit sequence that feels like it would have been right at home on TGIF back in the day. May the Force be with you!
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