AniMat’s cast of crazy cartoons appears in: Silly Old Deadly Bear (2022)
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Four young children make a mysterious discovery on their home planet that leads them to be stranded in a strange and dangerous galaxy. Jude Law stars as the "Skeleton Crew" and other stars from a galaxy far, far away. The holographic circus that entertains Neil’s little brothers is the same one Chewbacca’s family sees in the infamous The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978).
Give me an Old Republic Andor-type show with Jedi, Sith, and Nick Gillard as the effects coordinator for the lightsaber battles
Like many kids from the ’80s, I have fond memories of The Goonies, but I’d be lying if I said it was the direction I desperately wanted new Star Wars content to take. I mean, after the disappointment of the sequel trilogy and many others (I rate all of Disney’s live-action content as average to bad except for the first two seasons of Andor, Rogue One, and Mando), I’m hungry for some good, mature, epic Star Wars content. However…
to be fair, I’ll say Skeleton Crew is okay
It’s not offensive or poorly done; it’s not blatantly cheap like the Boba Fett book; it’s not aimless like Mando Season 3; it’s not breaking tradition like the sequel and Kenobi; he’s not tone-deaf like the Acolytes. Hurrah? Basically, it’s Star Wars Goonies, a little story about a group of kids who go on adventures in the Star Wars universe.
So far so good
The script so far (as of episode two) is decent: the effects, costumes, and locations are great: there’s a certain charm to everything. I think this, like Andor, is a passion project for its creators, and was considered a minor side project by the higher-ups and therefore didn’t bother to get involved, which is a blessing in disguise at Lucasfilm these days. 7.5/10.