Jude Law plays a Jedi in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.
The Star Wars universe continues to expand on streaming television with the release of the first trailer for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew this weekend at Disney's annual D23 Expo. The eight-episode standalone series will take place in the same time frame as The Mandalorian And Ahsoka.
Executive producer Kathleen Kennedy was intrigued when series co-creator Jon Watts proposed a Star Wars series inspired by the 1985 film The Goonies(Kennedy co-produced that film and co-founded Amblin Entertainment.) She told co-creator Christopher Ford that The Goonies wasn't specifically made for children, but instead told a story that happened to be about children going on adventures. So Ford and Watts wrote Skeleton crew with the same mindset: a show for anyone who happens to have children as main characters. According to the official premise:
Skeleton crew follows the journey of four children who make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, only to find themselves lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy, where they cross paths with people like Jod Na Nawood, the mysterious character played by [Jude] Right. Finding their way home—and meeting unlikely allies and enemies—will be an adventure greater than they ever imagined.
Jude Law leads the cast as the quick-witted and charming (according to Law) “Force-user” Jod Na Nawood. Ravi Cabot-Conyers plays Wim, Ryan Kiera Armstrong plays Fern, Kyriana Kratter plays KB and Robert Timothy Smith plays Neil. Nick Frost will voice a droid named SM 33. The cast also includes Tunde Adebimpe, Kerry Condon and Jaleel White in as-yet unannounced roles.
The trailer opens with our young protagonists at school, preparing for a test that will determine the course of their respective futures. At least one of them is bored with the daily routine and longs for something more exciting. “What if we could go anywhere we want in the entire galaxy?” he asks. “A real adventure. No more pretending.” Naturally, they find a mysterious “lost Jedi temple” buried in the woods and soon find themselves blasted off on a spaceship—and lost. Can they survive the perils of space and find their way back to their home planet? With the help of Law’s Jedi, we find their chance.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will premiere on Disney+ on December 3, 2024.
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