Skeleton Crew’s Model New Star Wars Planet Defined

Spoilers forward for “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” episode 1.

The “Star Wars” universe has all the time been filled with mysteries. Even planets have had their share, whether or not it was a mysterious Jedi temple on the floor, or the placement of the planet itself. “Star Wars Rebels” confirmed us the hidden location of the secondary residence world of the Lasat folks. “Ahsoka” took us to the planet Peridea in a legendary different galaxy. “The Power Awakens” took us on a journey to Ach-To, a planet nobody thought existed, which was residence to what was regarded as the location of the primary Jedi temple. The planetary oddities aren’t terribly frequent within the “Star Wars” lore, however when you have got a present rooted in pirates, you all the time want that mysterious island with an X marking the spot to a mystical treasure. And what higher place to drop that X than the planet that the children name residence, and are desperately attempting to get again to?

At Attin is the identify of the planet that Wim, Fern, Neel, and KB all name residence and the location of the crashed ship they discover. It appears to be like like your common suburban “Star Wars” planet, if not somewhat cleaner. It has trams and speeders hovering over tracks constructed into tree-lined streets. Everybody appears to be gainfully employed and everybody appears to have been positioned there, which appears somewhat completely different and way more utopian (or dystopian) than different locations we have seen in “Star Wars.” It feels way more like Lois Lowry’s “The Giver” than “Star Wars” has beforehand given us and it provides us a vibe that is somewhat off, though it’s a pitch excellent adaptation of ’80s Spielberg.

Because the narrative carries on, we study there’s extra to it than we understand. The primary clue is likely to be the fistful of Republic Dataries that Wim’s dad provides him as lunch cash. Some may keep in mind that Republic Dataries have been the identical forex Qui-Gon Jinn tried to make use of to pay Watto for the hyperdrive to exchange the Queen’s in “The Phantom Menace,” however they have been no good even then. Since we all know “Skeleton Crew” takes place a long time after the prequels, it stands to cause that these Dataries can be extremely uncommon. Particularly since they’d what seemed like that outdated Imperial emblem on them that stood in for the Grand Military of the Republic.

That subsequent massive tip off was the Nice Barrier and the truth that these children had by no means seen the celebs earlier than. One thing very uncommon was happening with their planet. However what?

One of many different extra uncommon features of At Attin was a reverence and widespread understanding of the Jedi and their lore. After years of Imperial occupation, such data had been run out of the galaxy. Wim’s hero worship of the Jedi and his pill filled with fairy tales about them and data of Jedi Temples and their skills appeared misplaced for a planet residing in a post-Empire society — particularly when you think about Rey on Jakku, not too lengthy after this, pondering that Luke Skywalker himself was merely a fantasy. It undoubtedly raises eyebrows as to what’s going on with this planet, and why it looks as if such a backwater of the suburbs. 

The mysteries saved piling up, and by the second episode, when the pirates of Port Borgo begin laughing on the children for claiming their residence was a fantasy, every part appeared all of the extra mysterious. Add to that the truth that the authorities do not permit starships to enter or exit the planet in any respect, and there needs to be some unimaginable cause they’re retaining secrets and techniques from everybody else and staying hidden in a approach we have nearly by no means seen within the “Star Wars” universe. It makes one marvel how lengthy they have been retaining this secret and the way lengthy the crashed ship the children discover has been on the planet, particularly with how lengthy the bushes have been rising from its hull.

Naturally, the only largest narrative query “Skeleton Crew” asks in its opening installment is whether or not or not the children will get residence. If the reply isn’t any, it can probably be a second or third season of the present earlier than we discover out. Because the present strikes ahead, whether or not they make it residence or not, we’re positive to study extra in regards to the mysteries of the planet that we do not but perceive. 

At Attin does not seem within the earlier “Star Wars” lore, so it is simply as mysterious to us because the viewers as it’s to everybody contained in the universe. We’ll all be studying with them, and I feel that is a superb factor, too. There’s acquired to be a cause this planet is a few kind of forgotten fantasy within the galaxy, hidden from everybody. No matter that cause is, it should be a giant one. As the children of the “Skeleton Crew” discover out, and as we within the viewers discover out, I think it should have some important ramifications for the broader “Star Wars” mythology.

New episodes of “Skeleton Crew” launch Tuesday nights on Disney+.