Skeleton Crew (Disney+): Release date, story, casting, photos… everything you need to know about the Star Wars series

November 18, 2024

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Unbelievable few months later Acolytethe Star Wars universe is preparing to welcome a brand new series coming to the Disney+ streaming service.

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A series that promises to take us to the four corners of the galaxy, along with a group of brave kids and a strange Force-sensitive man. Release date, story, casting, photos… here’s everything you need to know about the highly anticipated series. Star Wars: The Skeleton Crew.

History of the series

Skeleton staff Takes place in the same period of the series. The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett etc Ahsokaor after the events of Return of the Jedi. In 9 ABY (after the Battle of Yavan), as the New Republic returned to power after the defeat of the Empire.

The series is presented by Lucasfilm. “Like a galactic version of Amblin Studios’ adventure movies from the ’80s.”like The sack, ET, extraterrestrial Or even Back to the future.

Its co-creator also clarified that it is. “A series with children, but not for children”. Here is the official summary:

“After a mysterious discovery on their seemingly peaceful planet, four children find themselves unwittingly traveling through a galaxy as strange as it is dangerous. As they search for a way home, They will encounter unexpected allies and enemies, and embark on an adventure bigger than they ever imagined…”

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Who is in charge. Star Wars: The Skeleton Crew ?

Created by screenwriter Christopher Ford. Chaotic running etc Robot and Frankand Jon Watts, at the helm Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: No Way Home Or a recent movie? Wolves d’Apple TV+, Skeleton staff One can count on beautiful names to sign off on its episodes.

In addition to Watts, episodes of the series were directed by David Lowery (Green Knight, A ghost story), Jack Shrier (series unbridled D.Netflix) and duo Daniel Schinert/Daniel Kwan (Everything everywhere at once).

In the production, we find the usual members of the Star Wars universe at Disney, namely Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni and Kathleen Kennedy. Filming took place from September 2022 to January 2023 in Los Angeles under the working title “Grammar Rodeo”.

Among the rest of the technical team, we note the presence of Mike Giacchino, son of legendary musician Michael Giacchino.Star Trek, A rogue, The Incredibles), and are already on top of the series’ original soundtracks. Penguin etc Zootopia+.

What is the release date?

The eight-episode series will air on the Disney+ streaming service from December 4, 2024 with its first two episodes.

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A new episode will then be released every Wednesday until the grand finale on 14 January 2025.

Who is in the cast of the series?

With children as the main characters, the cast of the series obviously consists of actors who are still little known. Thus the core group consists of young Ryan Kira Armstrong (black widow), Robert Timothy Smith (Legendary Quest), narrator Cabot Conyers (#BlackAF) and Kyriana Kratter (Camp Kekiwaka).

In addition to this quartet, we get more established actors including Jude Law (Imaginative, excellent animals, Sherlock Holmes), Carrie Condon (Rome), or Nick Frost (A warm blur) who voices the rusty and grumpy droid SM-33.