The Skeleton Crew Ended With An Exciting Episode That Left Us Wanting More

The first season of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew now it’s over 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. In particular, the children used everything they learned on their trip beat Jod and his bandits at their own game. We found it and loved it.

The story also left us with a lot of unanswered, unanswered questions, which would be nice if we were sure there would be more. But we don’t know that right now. As good as the last season of the show was, we’re a little worried that its abrupt end will be like well known as The Acolyte or The Rise of Skywalker. We hope not but, let’s talk about it below.

The end of the Skeleton Crew (titled “Real Good Guys”) picks up right where the previous episode left off: Jod with his flashlight, standing in front of the kids and their families. Then we learn that Jod will not take “Anakin’s children” from them. It was just a little peacock. He still thinks he’s an agent of the Republic and he’s fine with them thinking that, which is why he sends droids home with all the kids to check on them and let him know if they get rid of him.

Wim, KB, and Neel go home while Jod takes Fern and her mother to see the Warden. We’ve been hearing about the AtvAttin Supervisor since the first episode of the show, and Jod now has to meet him because he’s the only one who has permission to allow his second ship to cross the barrier and onto Earth.

The manager, however, is not a person. It’s a droid—which apparently Fern Fara’s mother already knew. It’s a very intelligent droid though. It knows all about the kids who leave and Fern’s academic skills. He also knows that Jod is lying about something because, according to his data, all Jedi are traitors (so Palpatine really covered all the bases, didn’t he?). Realizing he’s been captured, Jod destroys the Watcher and knocks out the power to the world. It also involves the droids so it allows Wim, Neel, and KB to meet up and try to clean up their mess.

When the bandits descend on Earth and immediately start causing chaos, Wim, Neel, and KB jump into action. After a very cool stunt on a speed bike, they make a plan: get off the planet Onyx Cinder, get a message from Kh’ymmand tell him to send the New Republic to take down the pirates. The only problem is, the train is stuck and they have to reverse the force to free it. That means it’s time for the show we’ve all been waiting for: Wim and Jod.

Wim goes to the tower to meet Jod, lying to him saying that he has already called the New Republic. Jod doesn’t believe him, but he also doesn’t see Wim’s father Wendle sneaking through the mess and turning on the power. When this happens, Wim and Fern try to stop Jod while KB burns the boat. The bandits are on him but with a little help from Neel, he manages to escape the barrier. KB releases a message and Kh’ymm says the good guys are on their way. But he still has a hurdle to overcome.

It’s time to choose. Leave the barrier, able to serve under Jod and the pirates, and remain happily hidden from the war-torn galaxy – or lower the barrier, remove Jod and the pirates, and rejoin the galaxy. Jod, clearly wants to experience the past where he is still rich and powerful, so he fights with Fern, Wim, and their parents at the same time in a row, emotionally.

In the event, we learn that Jod was a poor, homeless boy who was found by a down-on-his-luck Jedi. He began training him, so he knew how to do small things with the Force, but before he could get far, Order 66 happened and the Jedi were killed in front of him. So he came from everything, he had the opportunity to be something, and it was 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, he eventually lowers the barrier. Jod surrenders, the New Republic moves in (including a B-Wing operating for the first time in action), and the day is saved. Wim and Fern rush to make sure KB (who fell back to Earth after releasing the message) is okay and Wim calls Jod as almost an olive branch. But Jod ignores him, walks away, and the last thing we see of the pirate is watching his ship go down with a very small smile on his face. Are they proud of the children? Already planning a new plan? We don’t know.

Yes, Neel, Wim, and Fern make it to KB and they are fine. “Did we win?” he asks in the perfect moment. Yes. Yes, the children won. He saved At Attin and changed it forever. Fern jokes that Wim probably shouldn’t try looking up at the sky anymore, watching the X-Wings fly by and the Frigate land, and think about all that the galaxy holds. No, we think Wim designed things beyond Attin. He is on his way to becoming the hero he has always wanted to be.

From there, we pick up a few weeks later and… no, we’re playing. The show ends on Wim’s sense of heroism and hope, which is beautiful, but more than a little unexpected. What happened to Jod? Where did he go? How do the people of Attin feel about their lives for generations changing overnight without their consent? Will they deal with this idea for the sake of these four children? Nothing really important to the plot but, you know, you might want to see more. Another closing. And maybe we like Skeleton Crew they get a second season, or characters appear in other series. But it leaves a very small disappointment at the end of what is, clearly, a very good episode.

And with that, the credits rolled Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. It’s a bit repetitive at times but now it’s over, more than anything, I’ll remember how I grew to love all four of them most popular in the whole show. This has not happened with new characters for a long time. Even at The Acolyteyou really liked the characters, but most of them were completely overpowered. I am Skeleton Crewit is not. These children can grow up to be the saviors of the galaxy. We don’t know. But we know they are very good and we hope to see more of them, and their arch rival Jod, in the years to come.

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