Skeleton Crew lie ahead. After several thrilling weeks of storytelling, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’s season came to a close on the 2025 TV schedule, and the finale was as explosive as it was cathartic.

In its final episode, Skeleton Crew sticks the landing with lots of action and some genuinely tense moments, but its answers are limited.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew wore its influences on its sleeve. Despite being part The Goonies, part Treasure Island, and coated in a sweet, science-fantasy shell, Skeleton Crew ’s best homage was not to existing Star Wars characters or stories, but to the joy of discovering the larger world of George Lucas’ galaxy through another person’s eyes.

I’m still a Star Wars fan, so I’m looking forward to Andor Season 2 and the next Daisy Ridley Star Wars movie. I'll watch The Mandalorian & Grogu when its release date arrives next year. I just hope that at least some of these projects aren't simply chapter in the same story that we've been watching for nearly 50 years.

Kid-oriented Star Wars stuff has been around forever, and Disney has specifically never shied away from selling Star Wars to children, but this is one of Disney’s first (and most successful) attempts to actually use the power of Star Wars to say something to kids.

The latest show out of the Lucasfilm galaxy is Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. The family adventure harkens back to the nostalgia of 80s classics like The Goonies and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. After eight action-packed episodes, Skeleton Crew ended this week with an explosive finale.

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