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‘Skeleton Crew’ Creators on the Real Rules of ‘Star Wars,’ Jude Law’s Lightsaber and Being Optimistic About a Season 2

'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford on the finale, why Jude Law's lightsaber doesn’t turn red and expanding 'Star Wars' canon.

So Watts and Ford refashioned their idea into what became “Skeleton Crew,” a rousing adventure focused on four kids — Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), KB (Kyriana Kratter) and Neel (Robert Timothy Smith) — who accidentally escape from their secluded planet, At Attin, on a buried ship that once belonged to a legendary space pirate. As they strive to find their way home, they forge a shaky partnership with another wayward pirate, Jod Na Nawood ( Jude Law), who uses his rudimentary knowledge of the Force to trick the kids (at first) into thinking he’s a Jedi. WATTS: Usually, it’s Ford drawing a rough thumbnail on a piece of paper, and then you give it to [“Star Wars” lead production designer] Doug Chiang, and they come back with the most incredible 10 different versions of that rendered by the greatest artists.

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