Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is an eight-episode Disney action series that will premiere on Disney+ on 2nd December 2024 at 6 PM PT and 9 PM ET. Jon Watts and Christopher Ford created and executive produced the show, which follows a group of children who get lost in space.
Originally scheduled for December 3, Disney and Lucasfilm moved the release date by a day, leaving less than a week until the premiere.
The cast of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew includes Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith, Tunde Adebimpe, Kerry Condon, and Nick Frost.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew has officially preponed its release date
The official Star Wars on X account has announced the release schedule for the new Disney+ series. It will debut with two episodes on Disney+ on Monday, 2 December at 6 pm PT / 9 pm ET. Subsequent episodes will air each Tuesday at 6 pm PT / 9 pm ET, culminating with the season finale on Tuesday, 14 January.
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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is directed by acclaimed directors Jon Watts, David Lowery, the Daniels, Jake Schreier, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Lee Isaac Chung. The head writers and executive producers are Watts and Christopher Ford.
Executive producers include Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. Contributing co-executive producers are Chris Buongiorno, Karen Gilchrist, and Carrie Beck.
The plot of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
The story of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew follows a group of brave children who embark on an adventure that turns out to be more than they bargained for. They end up lost in space and struggle to find their way home. Series creator Jon Watts mentions that the tone of the coming series will be darker than expected.
The official trailer released shows kids living on a forested planet, doing typical activities that include going to school, riding speeder bikes, and looking for adventure. One day they find a perfect opportunity for adventure and leave the planet on what looks like a mercenary spaceship.
The team consists of two girls, Fern and KB, a boy called Wim, and an alien child called Neel, who appears to be an Ortolan but is actually a member of another species. They encounter strange creatures and pirates such as Vane, Nikto's villain from The Mandalorian, who has found a new crew following the death of Gorian Shard on Navarro. They also meet the mysterious stranger Jod Na Nawood, who claims to be a hidden Jedi but seems to have his own agenda.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will explore how the pirate gangs are exploiting this anarchy in the rising power of the New Republic, which is trying to expand its government across many star systems after the fall of the Empire.
Once released the series will be available for fans to stream on Disney+.