Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is an American science fiction adventure television series created by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, taking place in the same time frame as The Mandalorian series and its interconnected spin-offs after the events of the film Return of the Jedi (1983).

May 17, 2022 · Hot off the resounding success of Tom Holland’s Spidey trilogy, Watts is set to helm a “Star Wars” series resembling coming-of-age movies from the 1980s, Vanity Fair confirmed in a report...

Nov 1, 2024 · Seeking advice on casting his squad of young actors for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, creator Jon Watts looked to the longtime film and television director who had brought together The Goonies: the late Richard Donner.

Dec 2, 2024 · Jon Watts and Christopher Ford are reuniting for a nostalgic journey through a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.

Nov 25, 2024 · Jon Watts and Christopher Ford created the upcoming Star Wars universe series Skeleton Crew, which is slated to premiere soon. Watts revealed in an interview that he hoped the series would address the dangers of adventuring in the galaxy far, far away.

Jan 18, 2025 · Jon Watts: Oh yeah. “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” is streaming in full on Disney+ right now. Read Next How ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Assembled the Hippest Directors in the Galaxy.

Oct 18, 2024 · Jon Watts and the directors for Skeleton Crew speak about how the showrunner brought them all together for Star Wars.

Oct 18, 2024 · In a major new group interview, Empire assembled the Skeleton Crew directors – sans the Daniels, lost somewhere in the multiverse – for an epic Star Wars chat, talking their love of the...

May 12, 2024 · Skeleton Crew creator Jon Watts says that "prior Star Wars knowledge" is not required for viewers to enjoy the upcoming Disney+ series. Watts incorporates a mix of modern and old-school...

Jan 2, 2025 · To create Star Wars: Skeleton Crew ’s lumbering mother crab, a massive version of the seemingly harmless hermit crab-like creatures the pair followed skittering across the sands, series co-creators Jon Watts and Chris Ford called upon Tippett Studio to design, build, and animate the stop-motion puppet in their Berkeley, California studio.