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Molly Edwards

Skeleton Crew review: "Perfectly captures the vibes of classic Star Wars with a swashbuckling twist"

Jude Law and the young cast of Skeleton Crew.

Stop me if you've heard this one before: a starry-eyed youngster trapped on a boring planet where big dreams go to die secretly yearns for adventure, while the authority figures in their life tell them to get back to work. No, I'm not talking about Luke, Anakin, or Rey Skywalker – I'm talking about Wim, a kid living in the stifling suburbia of his planet At Attin. Here, one test will dictate the course of his entire life, and none of the career paths open to him lead to adventure.

Everything changes for the Jedi-obsessed youngling when he stumbles upon a strange object buried in the woods. He's convinced it's a Jedi Temple, but it turns out to be an abandoned starship. Together with his best pal Neel and neighborhood kids Fern and KB, Wim ends up accidentally blasting off into hyperspace with only the malfunctioning, cantankerous droid SM-33 for company. Lost alone in space, they'll have to find their way home – only, their droid has no record of At Attin in his memory bank, and everyone else seems convinced it's actually the fabled home of eternal treasure.

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