The latest live-action Star Wars series, Skeleton Crew, debuted on our screens last week and has received a warm welcome from both fans and critics alike, a far cry from the release of the last Star Wars series that released, The Acolyte. It’s been refreshing to see most Star Wars fans happy with a new project, something that feels like a rarity these days. Granted we’ve only seen the first two episodes, but hopefully the series continues on its current trajectory.
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Skeleton Crew was created by the duo behind the first two Tom Holland led Spider-Man movies, Homecoming and Far From Home, Jon Watts and Christopher Ford (Watts also directed Spider-Man: No Way Home) and the pair have now revealed that they have plans for a second season of Skeleton Crew, if the show gets the green light for a season two. When speaking with Collider, Jon Watts said:
“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.”
Christopher Ford followed up Watts’ comment and added:
“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.”
If the duo were to get their wish of a second season of Skeleton Crew, we fans likely wouldn’t see it hit our screens for another three years at least, which would coincide with the time jump the creators mentioned. If all goes well and the series gets picked up for a second season, you’d imagine the duo would spend most of next year in the writing stages and production likely wouldn’t get underway until the following year and then on our screens the year after.
I’m sure Lucasfilm and Disney are itching for a hit Star Wars series on the service that could run for multiple seasons, especially as The Mandalorian transitions to the big screen. Lucasfilm were hoping that The Acolyte could be that series, but unfortunately for the studio, the series became quite divisive among fans and brought in very disappointing viewing figures, the worst of any live-action Star Wars series.
Viewing figures will likely be what decides the future of Skeleton Crew more than anything. Disney have been and are planning to be more conservative with their spending on Disney+ content and are looking to cut back on high cost series such as live-action projects set in the Star Wars and Marvel Cinematic Universe. Skeleton Crew is reportedly the most expensive Star Wars series produced in California ($136M). Other California Star Wars productions include The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka.
Andor was renewed for a second and final season despite somewhat disappointing viewership figures, but was bolstered by critical acclaim. Critic and fan reception will undoubtedly play a part in decision to green light a second season of Skeleton Crew, but viewership will prove to be the most important.
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