Skeleton Crew Can Bring Jon Watts' Spider-Man Lessons To Star Wars
The newly-announced Disney+ series Skeleton Crew can bring creator Jon Watts' Spider-Man trilogy lessons toStar Wars. Skeleton Crew was created by Watts and his writing partner, Christopher Ford, and is said to be "a galactic version of classic Amblin coming-of-age adventure films of the ’80s" that will focus on a group of preteen kids from a "tiny little planet" who get lost in the galaxy far, far away. The series will explore their journey to get home and will take place sometime after the events of Return of the Jedi. Ford said that while Skeleton Crew is about kids, it's not necessarily for kids, meaning it will have appeal beyond a younger audience.
Jon Watts began his career as a music video director before branching out to features with the 2014 horror movie Clown and then the 2015 thrillerCop Car before being hired to tackle the latest Spider-Man reboot with Spider-Man: Homecoming. Watts went on to direct the next two Spider-Man movies, Spider-Man: Far From Home and Spider-Man: No Way Home, completing a massively successful run with the MCU. Watts had a similar thread through all of those films in that they all involved a younger cast in leading or pivotal roles, showing that the director has a strong understanding of how to direct young actors to strong performances. This makes him and Ford great creative additions to the Star Wars universe with Skeleton Crew.
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While it's easy to scoff at the idea of a Star Wars show starring young kids, both Watts and Ford have proven to have a deft understanding of young characters, as well as how to write for and direct younger actors to strong, moving, and believable performances. Jude Law will star in the Skeleton
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