Jude Law's Star Wars Show's Epic Budget Makes It Less Exciting
The budget for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew has been revealed, and it's made the project less exciting, which is a big problem for the upcoming Disney+ show. Skeleton Crew will be another Star Wars TV series taking place in the post-Return of the Jedi era, which puts it in conjunction with The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and next year's Ahsoka. But its excessive budget could mean more spectacle over substance.
While only a few details have been revealed about Star Wars: Skeleton Crew so far, including the attachment of Captain Marvel actor Jude Law to the project, the cost for the show has now come out, giving a sense of its surprisingly epic scope. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew season 1 has a budget of $136 million, surpassing the $100 million budgets of both The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. This may come as a surprise after the creator of the show, Jon Watts, described the plot of the show as centering on four young children.
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The news of the Star Wars: Skeleton Crew budget makes it a less exciting project, potentially more effects-driven than character-driven. The promise of a focus on children, something uncommon for Star Wars TV projects thus far, had previously suggested that the show would be smaller in scale. Watts's further comments on thestory being about the kids becoming lost in space — assumedly where Jude Law's character finds them — seemed to imply a smaller, more intimate adventure for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew's cast of characters than other shows in the franchise have presented up to this point. The budget significantly outweighing those of both The Mandalorian and The Book of
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