Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is the latest Disney Plus series to take place in a galaxy far, far away. Instead of focusing on a lead Jedi hero, the program follows four unlikely child heroes who, after an unbelievable discovery, find themselves journeying to the far reaches of the galaxy.
For them, the Jedi are mere fairy tales. According to co-creator Christopher Ford, this was all a part of the plan. “We wanted to include the idea that these kids had heard of Jedi and tales of good versus evil in the kind of way in our planet we have fairy tales or King Arthur stories of the Knights of the Round Table,” he told The HoloFiles.
The biggest name attached to the series is Academy Award nominee Jude Law. Details about his character have been kept under wraps thus far. Joining him are Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Wim, Robert Timothy Smith as Neel, Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Fern, Kyriana Kratter as…