Skeleton Crew trailer is heavy on Spielberg vibes

There’s a brand new Star Wars present popping out in simply over a month. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premieres on December 3 with two episodes on Disney+. The streamer simply launched a brand-new trailer to show it.

For the uninitiated, this can be a dwell motion present set throughout the identical time interval as The Mandalorian and Ahsoka, or round ten years after the occasions of Return of the Jedi. We don’t know an excessive amount of in regards to the plot, aside from it includes some suburban youngsters discovering a spaceship and occurring an journey.

If that reminds you of some basic flicks from the Eighties, you aren’t alone. The entire thing appears to be an homage to Steven Spielberg, Amblin and the huge array of kid-friendly adventures from that decade. Individuals have been calling it “Goonies in house,” however a extra trendy reference could be “Stranger Issues in house.”

The trailer additionally showcases one of many issues I’m personally most enthusiastic about with this present. A few of it’s set in settled planets, doubtless core worlds reminiscent of Coruscant. There are suburban neighborhoods and colleges. There are folks going to work. We haven’t gotten many appears to be like as to how common folks dwell in a galaxy far, distant. That’s my jam, proper there.

The showrunners listed below are Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, who made the current Spider-Man motion pictures for the MCU. The forged is primarily composed of unknown youngsters, together with an elephant alien who could or might not be associated to Mos Espa band chief Max Rebo. Nevertheless, Jude Regulation is in it. He’s doubtless enjoying a Jedi, although there may very well be a twist there.