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Skeleton Crewadded a punch of pirate adventure to the typicalStar Warsformula, providing viewers with a unique experience focusing on child protagonists. It recently concluded its debut season with the eighth episode seeing Wim and his friends return to their home world and save it from the space pirates.
Meanwhile, the series slowly uncovered the true nature of Jude Law’s character, who is revealed to have some connection to the Jedi. However, with the Jod Na Nawood twist, the series broke a majorStar Warsrule. Nonetheless, the franchise is better off with this rule break, andSkeleton Crewmust stick to its guns and continue down the path it has carved for Law’s character.
Jude Law’sSkeleton Crewcharacter broke a majorStar Warsrule
Skeleton Crewintroduced viewers to the character of Jod Na Nawood played byJude Law. The character is initially a mentor figure to the children who helps them return to their homeworld of At Attin. However, Jod isn’t as benevolent as he projects himself to be.
As the first season approaches its end, it is revealed that Jod is the disgraced pirate Silvo. He later turns on the children and uses them to invade At Attin and the planet’s reserves of Imperial Credits. However, he is ultimatelydefeated after the children destroy the planet’s barrierleading to the New Republic’s arrival.
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Meanwhile, Jod is revealed as the show’s primary antagonist and his fate breaks a majorStar Warstrend. In the franchise’s previous installments, a majority of its villains have been redeemed. However, Jod remains a villain and will seemingly face the consequences of his actions in a potential second season.
Skeleton Crewseason 2 needs to keep Jude Law a villain
TheStar Warsfranchise is known for redeeming its villains with the original trilogy and the prequels being one epic story of Anakin Skywalker’s fall to the dark side and eventual return to the light side. Similarly,Kylo Ren’s redemption was also a key plot pointin the sequel trilogy.
Given that the franchise is primarily geared toward children, it has mostly black and white characters.Skeleton Crewhas bucked this trend by making Law’s character a much more complex villain with potential for redemption. Jod’s history with the Jedi is hinted at in the finale, which might suggest he is redeemable.
However, by redeeming the character in a potential second installment, the series will strip Jod of all his moral ambiguity. Since the series heavily borrows from the tropes of pirate fiction, it would certainly be a bad move to take away Jod’s moral ambiguity which will make him a less compelling pirate. As a result, the series needs to stick to Jod’s dark turn.
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Series creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford admitted in an interview withTechRadarthat they were hopeful about the prospects of the series getting renewed for a sophomore outing. However, the series hasn’t been officially renewed for a second season as of this writing, leaving the fate of Jod uncertain.
Skeleton Crewis streaming on Disney+.
Pratik Handore
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With a keen interest in comic book movies and blockbuster franchises, Pratik usually covers news and updates on the DCU, MCU, Star Wars, and more.A die-hard fan of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Pratik spends most of his time exploring different storytelling mediums that invoke a sense of wonder and adventure. Other filmmakers whose works have deeply influenced him include Alfred Hitchcock, James Gunn, and Guillermo del Toro.
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