A Skeleton Crew Season 2 Could Face the Stranger Things Problem

We’re inactive implicit a period until the debut of the next Star Wars show, Skeleton Crew, but the unit itself finished a long, agelong clip ago. In a caller interrogation with 1 of the show’s stars, Jude Law, it’s mentioned helium filmed the amusement successful 2022 and 2023, which mightiness airs a applicable problem for the aboriginal of the series.

Skeleton Crew follows a radical of kids who find a spaceship and ride it disconnected into an adventure. Along the mode they tally into a imaginable Jedi, Jod Na Nawood (Law), who impacts that travel successful immoderate way. And nary substance what that escapade is, wherever it ends up, oregon however it impacts the Star Wars universe, Law thinks the information the kids volition beryllium respective years older by the clip a 2nd play could perchance hap mightiness origin a problem. “The kids were astatine an property wherever you permission six months and they turn 4 inches,” helium told Variety successful a career-spanning profile.

This was an contented Netflix ran into with Stranger Things. After the astonishment occurrence of the show’s archetypal play successful 2016, everyone knew the amusement would continue. But though a comparatively abbreviated magnitude of clip has passed for its characters, it’s astir a decennary aboriginal successful existent life. By the clip that show’s 5th and last play debuts successful 2025,  the “kid actors” volition each virtually beryllium adults.

That didn’t halt Netflix from moving guardant though and there’s nary denotation it would halt Lucasfilm oregon Disney+ either. It’s not similar the institution doesn’t recognize the conception of clip and aging. But, Law thinks, it mightiness go a concern. io9 reached retired to Lucasfilm for remark and volition update this portion if oregon erstwhile we perceive back.

There is 1 overmuch bigger obstacle earlier this really becomes a full-on concern, though. That’s the question of is the amusement bully and volition radical ticker it? Created by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, Skeleton Crew volition people the archetypal live-action, modern Star Wars communicative to absorption connected kids. Which seems chaotic considering George Lucas has ever said it was a franchise for 12-year-olds. But volition radical of each ages bask watching 12-year-olds successful a postulation far, far, away? And, aft Disney pulled the plug connected The Acolyte truthful soon aft its archetypal season, volition Skeleton Crew person a likewise abbreviated leash? We’ll find retired starting December 3.

In summation to Law, Skeleton Crew stars Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith, Tunde Adebimpe, Kerry Condon, and Nick Frost. Directors see Jon Watts, David Lowery, the Daniels, Jake Schreier, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Lee Isaac Chung. Executive producers see Ford, Watts, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson.

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