Disney has officially announced ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,’ starring Jude Law and ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ director Jon Watts as executive producer on the series.
Revealed at Star Wars Celebration, the series will follow a group of 10-year-old kids from a small planet who get lost in that galaxy far, far away and must try to find their way home. The story will take place after ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’ and will fit within the timeline ‘The Mandalorian’ and Ahsoka take place in.
Watts and Ford had been using the code name ‘Grammar Rodeo.’
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Watts was on hand at the Star Wars Celebration expo yesterday to reveal the show’s official title and Law’s casting. He says the series “stars four kids but is not a kids show” and has previously been compared to 1980s Amblin Entertainment coming of age features in tone.
Created by @Spider-Man: No Way Home’s’ Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni will serve as producers.
Star Wars Celebration 2022 is being held May 26-29 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California just as the latest live-action Star Wars series, ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’, hits Disney+ today. Other panels to be held during the fan weekend include Light & Magic (previewing the Disney+ docuseries debuting July 27), an Attack of the Clones 20th Anniversary Celebration and Mando+: A Conversation with Jon Favreau & Dave Filoni.
