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Jude Law in “Skeleton Crew”; plus more stars from a galaxy far, far away

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Four children make a mysterious discovery on their home planet that leads them to get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy. The holographic circus that entertains Neel’s young siblings is the same one that Chewbacca’s family watches in the infamous Star Wars holiday special (1978).

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Like most kids from the ’80s, I have fond memories of The Goonies, but I’d be lying if I said it was the direction I was desperate for new Star Wars content to go, I mean, after the disappointment of the sequel trilogy and so many others – all of Disney’s live-action content, aside from Andor, Rogue One, and the first two seasons of Manda, I’d rate somewhere between mediocre and bad – I’m just hungry for some good, mature, epic Star Wars content. Give me an Andorra-like show set in the Old Republic with Jedi, Sith, and Nick Gillard as lightsaber battle coordinator…

to be fair, I’ll say Skeleton Crew is fine

It’s not offensive or poorly done; it’s not blatantly cheap like The Book of Boba Fett; it’s not aimless like season 3 of Manda; not breaking lore like the sequels and Kenobi; not deaf like Acolyte? This is basically Star Wars Goonies, a neat little story about a bunch of kids having an adventure in the Star Wars universe.

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The writing so far (as of episode 2) is decent: the effects, costumes and locations look great: the whole thing has a certain charm, I guess this, like Andor, is a passion project for its creators and is seen as a minor side project by the higher ups, who therefore didn’t bother to get involved, which is lucky at Lucasfilm today, so 7.5/10.. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is one of the biggest TV and streaming premieres this month.