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Skeleton Crew Plays With Its Jedi Obsession
What if being a fan of the Star Wars galaxy was actually desperately uncool?
Skeleton Crew takes place after the Rebel Alliance overthrew the Empire (post– Return of the Jedi, pre– The Force Awakens), and although the New Republic is working to “maintain order” within the galaxy, piracy is on the rise. And when Wim finds a massive structure hidden in the hill between his house and school, he’s convinced it’s a Jedi Temple — so much so that even though it’s clearly a spaceship, and he promises his classmates he won’t touch anything, he presses a button that turns the vessel on and sends them into hyperspace. Still, Skeleton Crew ’s willingness to include this winking bit of self-awareness, and present it as a borderline character flaw for Wim, is an unexpected breaking of the mold that opens up all kinds of other questions about the Star Wars galaxy, how the people within it processed the downfall of the Empire, and how the Rebel Alliance’s actions were portrayed for future generations.
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