What if you could watch Star Wars for the first time again? That's sort of the main idea behind Skeleton Crew, the new Star Wars show for Disney Plus, but it's applied to the characters themselves instead of the viewers. It's not about reliving the same type of Star Wars story, but about exploring the galaxy through the eyes of a group of lost children.
On its surface, Jon Watts (recent Spider-Man trilogy) and Christopher Ford's (Cop Car) eight-episode series – which may or may not set up a second season – wears its Amblin influences proudly on its sleeve. It's very much trying to recapture that 1980s magic of adventure flicks involving kids who get into deep trouble. The thing is... we haven't had anything like that set in the Star Wars universe (an ever-expanding sandbox trying out all sorts of subgenres). Moreover, their pitch has a 'meta' element to it that's as charming as it is intriguing.
