Skeleton Crew ended with an exciting episode that left us wanting more

The first season of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew it’s over now and we’re a little on the fence about it. On the one hand, the finale gave us everything we wanted and hoped to see. Most of all, the children used everything they learned during their adventure beat Jod and his pirates at their own game. We got this and loved it.

The episode also left us with a lot of lingering unanswered questions, which would be great if we were sure there was more to come. But we don’t know that yet. As good as the show’s season finale was, we’re a little concerned that its incredibly abrupt end might become known as The Acolyte or The Rise of Skywalker. We hope not, but let’s talk about it below.

The finale of Skeleton Crew (titled “The Real Good Guys”) picked up right where the previous episode left off: Jod with his lightsaber caught fire standing in front of the kids and their families. However, we quickly learn that Jodh isn’t going to go all “young Anakin” on them. It was just a little peacock. They still think he’s the emissary of the Republic and he’s fine with them thinking that, which is why he sends droids home with all the kids to watch them and let him know if they betray him.

Wim, KB and Neil head home while Jod takes Fern and her mother to see the Overseer. We’ve been hearing about this AtvAttin Overseer since the first episode of the show, and now Jod has to meet him because he’s the only one allowed to get his second ship through the barrier and onto the planet.

However, the supervisor is not human. It’s a droid that Fern’s mother, Farrah, already knew about. Still, he’s a very smart droid. It knows all about the kids who leave and Fern’s academic talents. He also knows that Jodh is lying about something, because according to his database, all Jedi are traitors (that Palpatine really covers all the bases, right?). Knowing he’s caught, Jod destroys the Supervisor and cuts power to the entire planet. It also affects the droids, so it allows Wim, Neel and KB to meet up and try to clean up their mess.

As the pirates descend on the planet and immediately start wreaking havoc, Wim, Neel and KB spring into action. After a very cool action sequence with a speeder, they formulate a plan: get off the planet in Onyx Ash, get a message to Kh’ymmand have her send the New Republic to defeat the pirates. The only problem is that the ship is stuck and they have to restore the power to unstick it. That means it’s time for the showdown we’ve all been waiting for: Wim and Jod.

Wim goes to the tower to confront Jod, lying to him by saying that they have already called the New Republic. Jod doesn’t believe him, but he also doesn’t see Wim Wendell’s father sneak in during the distraction and turn on the power. When this happens, Wim and Fern try to hold Jod down while KB sets the ship on fire. The pirates chase after her, but with a little help from Neel, she manages to escape beyond the barrier. KB gets the message and Kh’ymm says the good guys are on their way. But they still have the barrier to deal with.

It’s time to choose. Leave the barrier up, potentially serving under Jodh and the pirates, but also remaining blissfully hidden from the rest of the war-torn galaxy – or lower the barrier, get rid of Jodh and the pirates, and reintegrate into the galaxy. Jod obviously wants the previous scenario where he remains rich and powerful, so he fights Fern, Wim and their parents simultaneously in a tense, emotionally charged sequence.

During the scene, we learn that Jodh was a poor, homeless young boy who was discovered by an equally unlucky Jedi. She began training him, which is why he knows how to do a few small things with the Force, but before he could get too far, Order 66 happened and the Jedi was killed before his eyes. So he comes from nothing, has a chance to be something, and it’s brutally taken away from him. It explains a lot.

Jod tries his best, and even though the parents aren’t completely sold on the idea to start, they eventually get over the barrier. Jod surrenders, the New Republic invades (including a functioning B-Wing for the first time in live action), and the day is saved. Wim and Fern rush to make sure KB (who crashed back on the planet after getting the message) is okay, and Wim even calls out to Jod almost like an olive branch. But Jod ignores him, walks off, and the last we see of the pirate is him watching his ship crashing to the ground with the tiniest of smiles on his face. Is he proud of the children? Already formulating a new plan? we don’t know

Sure enough, Neel, Wim and Fern get to KB and she’s fine. “Did we win?” she asks in absolutely perfect timing. yes Yes, the children won. They saved Attin, but they also changed him forever. Fern jokes that Wim probably doesn’t have to take grades anymore as he looks up at the sky, watches the X-Wings fly by and the frigate arrive, and thinks about all the possibilities the galaxy holds. No, we think Vim is meant for things beyond Athens. He is about to become the hero he always wanted to be.

Then we pick up a few weeks later with… no, just kidding. The show ends with Wim’s notion of heroism and hope, which is lovely, but more than a little abrupt. What happened to Jod? Where did you go? How do the people of At Attin feel about their way of life for generations changing overnight and without their consent? And how will they deal with this decision because of these four children? None of this is essential to the plot, but, you know, you’d like to see a little more of it. A little more closure. And maybe we will if Skeleton Crew gets a second season or the characters appear in another series. But it leaves the tiniest bit of disappointment at the end of what was obviously a fantastic episode.

And with that, the credits rolled Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. It got a little repetitive at times, but now that it’s over, more than anything, I’ll remember how I really fell in love with all four of the main characters throughout the series. This hasn’t happened with new characters in a long, long time. Even on The Acolyteyou really liked these characters, but most of them were doomed in the end. with Skeleton Crewthis is not the case. These kids can grow up to be saviors of the galaxy. we don’t know. But we do know that they’re fantastic, and we hope to see more of them, as well as their arch-rival Jodh, in the years to come.

All eight episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew are now streaming on Disney+.

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