Last year, a new series in the Star Wars franchise was announced during the Star Wars Celebration convention in California. This year, Disney+ has revealed the cast and premise of Skeleton Crew, as well as a first look at the trailer, at the convention in London.
Skeleton Crew will follow Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripely, Closer) as a Jedi and “a group of rebellious kids traveling the galaxy,” according to Deadline.
Law was featured at the event and commented on his role, via IGN: “I was six years old when this galaxy gripped me, blew my mind, and I feel like I’ve been in preparation ever since. It was a total pleasure, I think one of the highlights was working with the incredible, talented people working behind the scenes. It was a true dream come true.”
Among the child actors are Ravi Cabot-Conyers (Encanto, #BlackAF), Kyriana Kratter (Bunk’d, The Healing Garden), and Robert Timothy Smith (Mythic Quest, Good Girls).
The cast of #SkeletonCrew took the stage together for the first time at #StarWarsCelebration. pic.twitter.com/370sha2Zc6
— Star Wars (@starwars) April 7, 2023
From Variety, the show “is said to evoke classic Amblin films” and the teaser features “shots of the children on speeders, in school, on spaceships and a tease of a familiar villain from The Mandalorian.”
The sci-fi thriller has also announced a slew of directors for its eight-episode season, including creator Jon Watts (Cop Car, Spider-Man: No Way Home), David Lowery (Pete’s Dragon, The Old Man & the Gun), The Daniels duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once, Swiss Army Man), Jake Schreier (Beef, Paper Towns), Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World: Dominion, The Help), and Lee Isaac Chung (Minari, Abigail Harm).
While the official trailer is not available online, photos of the clip have circulated through Twitter since the event:
First peek at ‘STAR WARS SKELETON CREW’. #SWCE pic.twitter.com/Z3Dl5HEaZl
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) April 7, 2023
Behind the scenes look at ‘STAR WARS SKELETON CREW’. #SWCE pic.twitter.com/d93CHJaNpH
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) April 7, 2023
Skeleton Crew will air sometime in 2023, only on Disney+.
The Celebtration event also revealed details for several other Star Wars shows, such as the new Ahsoka trailer, season two of Andor, and new information for The Acolyte.