It's easy to forget that the "Star Wars" we've seen unfolding since director George Lucas's first entry erupted onto the big screen back in 1977 actually happened ages ago — as in "a long time ago," — and not in some far future period, despite the futuristic spaceships and lightsabers.
That might seem perfectly obvious to most fans, but it's worth mentioning as we delve into the timeline of Disney+'s "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew" to hone in on the calendar to determine where Wim, Fern, Neel, KB and Jod Na Nawood's misadventures with treasure and space pirates fall in the overarching "Star Wars" timeline. Considering all the prequels, sequels, and spinoffs seemingly sprouting up in theaters and on the Disney+ streaming platform, it can be disorienting trying to arrange the material in a consistent datebook that can be quickly ascertained.
