In the shadow of the D2 announcement that The Mandalorian and Grogu–a new movie–is in the works come new details on the next Star Wars TV show.  Disney has proven in the past few years it’s impossible to tell whether a new Star Wars television series is going to succeed based on the excitement of its trailers, but the first trailer for the next streaming series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew looks like fun.  Grogu aka Baby Yoda proved Star Wars is at its best with great new aliens.  The trailer looks fun because we haven’t seen a real live-action Star Wars show for kids since well before the Disney era.  And this series appears a little bit Stand by Me, a little bit The Goonies, and a whole lot Explorers.  Best of all it has Jon Favreau’s name on it, and he’s batting a thousand in the Star Wars galaxy.  Plus the little nephew (?) to Max Rebo looks better than the average Star Wars character creation.  Is there some Muppets influence here, too?

Check out the new official poster and the trailer for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew:

Is that a new borg?  Is Jude Law some kind of disenfranchised Jedi?  We’ll find out soon enough.  Star Wars: Skeleton Crew begins on Disney+ December 3, 2024.

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