SPOILER WARNING: This story includes major plot developments for the entire first season of “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,” currently streaming on Disney+.
In 2017, when filmmaker Jon Watts and his writing partner Christopher Ford first approached Lucasfilm with their idea for a new standalone “Star Wars” movie, all they really had was the bare essentials.
“The only thing that I pitched was, ‘It’s about a group of kids that get lost in the “Star Wars” galaxy that have to get home again,’” he says. “That was as much as we had worked out.”
Watts’ career exploded that year with the release of “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” and by the time he was able to untangle himself from Spidey’s web following the release of 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Lucasfilm’s focus had pivoted to making TV series for Disney+.
So Watts and…
