Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

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“We 100% Have An Idea For a Second Season”: ‘Skeleton Crew’ Creators Discuss Season 2 and the Time Jump [Exclusive]​

By Adam Blevins Published 6 days ago


Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiered earlier this week, and fans everywhere are already curious what a potential second season of the Star Wars Disney+ would look like. We here at Collider have you covered, and during a recent interview with Steve Weintraub, show creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford revealed if there are plans for a second season and what it would look like. One of the kicks of Skeleton Crew is that it’s the first Star Wars show to feature children in prominent roles, which can pose a problem when it comes to stretching content out over multiple years because, as we all know, kids grow up. Watts and Ford already have plans in place to deal with this, and don’t want to end up like another show in the same boat:

“We 100% have an idea for a second season and know what we would do. [...] We have a built-in ticking clock of the kids and their age, and by the time we would get production going, we know what age they would be. So, we would be writing towards that. You’ll be growing up with the kids . [...] It would be something like [a three to four-year time jump] to make sense. We haven’t seen the kids in a while, so it just depends on how tall the kids are. But we wouldn’t do like a Stranger Things thing where we’re like ‘It’s the next day,’ because it won’t be. ”

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In a back-and-forth with Watts, Ford further explained:

“It’s built into it that it would be a bigger time jump forward because it does take so long to get things moving. This isn’t like it would take place the next day because the kids are going to be older. [...] There are so many repercussions. It’s like, you kind of want to catch up later.”

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One of the biggest issues among the fanbase for Stranger Things is that the show tries to treat young adults like they’re still children instead of further advancing the story to deal with the fact that the actors have aged. It’s already a major green flag to hear that Watts and Ford have contingencies in place to make sure Star Wars: Skeleton Crew doesn’t go down the same path and that if the story picks up in a potential second season several years later, it’s aligned with the children being three or four years older, and not pretending like they’re two weeks older when they’ve aged several years. As for where the plot could go, it’s impossible to speculate on that until the first season of Skeleton Crew has concluded.

Asta said:

The show may also be recalling Han Solo and the Lost Legacy: Xim the Despot, the son of a pirate king, conquered a vast interstellar empire in the Tion Cluster around 25,000 BBY. When he was defeated his fabled treasure ship, the Queen of Ranroon, escaped to the planet Dellalt, where it would be guarded for millennia by war droids and a secret brotherhood known as the "Survivors" descended from the original crew and elite guards on board the ship.

Xim became canon in Solo when the mytag crystal masthead of Xim was shown in Dryden Vos' museum:

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"In Eternal Homage to Xim, Whose Fist Shall Enclose the Stars and Whose Name Shall Outlive Time."

―Inscription on Xim's Treasure Vault on Dellalt


Could At Attin be connected to Xim's empire?

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"Master Obi-Wan Has Lost A Planet": Star Wars' Treasure Planet Remake Is Hiding Its Biggest Secret In Plain Sight - But We Think We've Cracked It​

By Daniel Tinaglia
Published 3 days ago

Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew episodes 1 and 2.

The latest Star Wars TV show, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew has fascinated fans with one central planetary mystery that could actually have more layers than they realize. In its two-episode premiere, Skeleton Crew introduces a group of kids from the planet At Attin who get sucked into a pirate adventure, leading them to Jude Law's character, Jod Na Nawood. In the brig on Port Borgo, this mysterious pirate seems to use the Force.


This fascinates the kids, and is certainly interesting, but it's not anywhere near the most compelling and complex mystery of the series so far. While we're all focused on Jod, the real mystery of the series seems to be the kids' home planet, At Attin. As the series is an homage to pirate classics like Treasure Island, we need to take a deeper look at At Attin, a treasure planet.

I Don't Think At Attin Is The Planet's Original Name​

Hiding The Mystery​

Shortly after the kids jump into hyperspace and leave their home system, they're met by their ancient ship's droid first mate, SM-33. They want to go home desperately, but SM-33 has never heard of their home planet. This is expanded upon at Port Borgo, where the pirates there have absolutely heard of At Attin – but are fully convinced that it doesn't exist, and that the kids are joking. They claim At Attin is the mythical location of an ancient treasure, one that's validated by Wim's usage of old Republic credits.

There's Only One Reason For Star Wars To Rename A Planet​

Hiding The Truth From The Fans​

So far, Skeleton Crew has not been afraid to offer sleek, well-done fan service, ranging from mock-lightsaber duels to RX series droids and more. It also, however, has been rather coy on some things, seemingly preferring to let the story play out at its intended pace, like the true identity of Jod. I think that another true identity, that of At Attin, is the real big mystery this series will build up to – and its name was changed to avoid fans putting this together too soon when they recognized it.

It makes sense that a planet would have its name changed to avoid fan focus, as Star Wars fans can get incredibly granular. We translate background Aurebesh, look deep into prop design and details, and even compare modern TV show plots to those of older Star Wars Legends books and comics to draw any parallels. These fan behaviors are what I'm actively doing now, as I think they lead us right to At Attin's true identity.

The Tionese Characters Are A Huge Clue​

Star Wars's Ancient Greek Alphabet​

Deep in the background and in costume details on At Attin, eagle-eyed fans can spot Tionese characters, mainly the Omega symbol. Tionese was an in-universe language created to explain the presence of Greek letters in Star Wars, like Lambda and Delta. In the galaxy, Tionese came from a corner of space known as the Tion Cluster, an incredibly ancient region of space that was the home to famed conqueror Xim the Despot in the galaxy's pre-Republic era.

While first established and explored much more in Legends, in canon, the Tion Cluster is largely out of contact by the time of the Empire's reign. According to the canon novel Tarkin by iconic Legends author James Luceno, most of the regions in the Tion Cluster lack hyperspace relay stations. This could very easily explain why there's so little communication and At Attin feels so isolated. The Tion Cluster's elusiveness, however, also might just be a part of the idea that At Attin was isolated on purpose.

There's Only One Treasure Planet In The Tion Cluster​

Is At Attin Actually Dellalt?​

A mysterious planet home to the long-lost treasure of an ancient pirate king in the Tion Cluster? There is only one location in Star Wars Legends that matches up with that description, and it's a world called Dellalt. Dellalt was home to the ancient treasure vaults of Xim the Despot, and was discovered by Han Solo and Chewbacca in the 1980 Star Wars novel Han Solo and the Lost Legacy by Brian Daley. This book has served as inspiration for several Easter eggs in modern onscreen Star Wars canon, so taking inspiration from it would not be unheard of.

In Han Solo and the Lost Legacy, Xim's legendary treasure ship, the Queen of Ranroon, which was sought after by pirates and smugglers the galaxy over, offloaded its treasures on Dellalt. Because the ship was considered lost, however, nobody ever found the treasure on Dellalt. This could be a loose version of what also happened in the canon timeline alongside Skeleton Crew, but with a few distinct changes. What if At Attin is that very same Dellalt, but discovered by a group of colonists of a few select species that wanted to keep the riches on the planet?

It makes sense to extrapolate this from a few different things in the series premiere. On top of everything else mentioned prior about the planet's supposed mysterious-yet-unknown legacy, a mural inside Undersecretary Fara's office seems to show the planet gloriously being founded, by humans and members of the only alien species seen on At Attin. It's not unreasonable to assume that the name was then changed to At Attin, and its legacy was spread by pirates in the following centuries, while its true identity has actually been the deep Star Wars pull of Dellalt this whole time.

Buttmunch said:

Supposedly they have an idea for a second season already and it would incorporate a time jump of a few years, presumably because the kids will be noticeably older.

There are times. Neel seems to have a real mask head and other times CGI. It might be like Grogu where they use a mix so that when they do use CGI it’s not as obvious they aren’t using the puppet. Probably just a quick and easy mask to put on and off so he’s not trapped in it all day and any movements of the mouth, trunk, or eyes are likely cgi enhancing.

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I'm liking the show so far, but I gotta say the elephant kid kinda takes me out of it every time he appears on screen. Despite whatever CG enhancements they do, it still just looks like a kid in a big goofy mask to me.

davejames said:

I'm liking the show so far, but I gotta say the elephant kid kinda takes me out of it every time he appears on screen. Despite whatever CG enhancements they do, it still just looks like a kid in a big goofy mask to me.

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Is this not Star Wars?

Star-Crunch said:

Is this not Star Wars?

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Well we're not exactly talking Chewie or Ackbar here in terms of great design.

Dreaming of one day playing in a band...

Wor-Gar said:

Dreaming of one day playing in a band...



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They’re not actually the same species

chrisstbh said:

They’re not actually the same species

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I know. It just the genius and originality of Disney.

Just passing through as gonna binge watch, so dodging comments. Dunno about ratings but Disney ought to consider some people don't like waiting around for another week, then another.....

They don't want people buying a month, binging 3-5 shows, then dumping the service.

chrisstbh said:

They’re not actually the same species

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They should be .... imagine that elephant kid with only pupils and no hair.....

That would be terrifying,

Couldn't resist.

He's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes...

I really do enjoy this show. Maybe it is the light tone, the absence of forcing "epicness" everywhere, and also the absence of any woke stuff, at least yet. It is an enjoyable relaxing ride.

Futurion said:

I really do enjoy this show. Maybe it is the light tone, the absence of forcing "epicness" everywhere, and also the absence of any woke stuff, at least yet. It is an enjoyable relaxing ride.

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Neel is a galactic treasure and you won’t convince me otherwise

Buttmunch said:

Neel is a galactic treasure and you won’t convince me otherwise

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I was quite enjoying this show but episode 4 was just awful. I felt like any excitement it built up just came to a dead halt. Totally boring, totally stupid. Eh. Maybe next week will be better.

Otomofan said:

I was quite enjoying this show but episode 4 was just awful. I felt like any excitement it built up just came to a dead halt. Totally boring, totally stupid. Eh. Maybe next week will be better.

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This episode was weird.

It was going okay with landing on the creepy Silent Hill vibe planet, meeting the armed kids and hiding from the enemy. Then as soon as they were brought to Hayna's father it felt like we were suddenly in an episode written by kids for kids, rather by adults for kids.

The whole sequence of training them for battle and pushing them to the front of the march felt so unrealistic, in that it broke the internal logic that keeps you engaged in an essentially unrealistic series (e.g., that Star Wars pirates are modelled after eighteenth century pirates, etc).

It was the straw that broke the eopie's back for a while.

With the conflict suddenly avoided we get back on track, but it's hard rationalising that middle segment because it felt...so...weird.