Skeleton Crew season one is done, but that doesn’t mean for a second that the galaxy – and us here at Fantha Tracks – won’t continue to talk and discuss this charming, exciting series, and that goes for StarWars.com who look at the directors of the debut season. Here. we hear from Jon Watts, the director of the billion-dollar grossing Spider-Man trilogy and episodes 1 and 8 of Skeleton Crew.
The story that Watts and Ford were looking to bring to life in the Star Wars universe was unique — following four kids as they got lost in space. “Based on what the concept of the story was going to be, we knew they had to start on a more safe planet,” Ford shares. “It was an opportunity to design a new thing.”
And while they designed something brand new in the world of At Attin, Watts, Ford, and many of the other directors pulled inspiration from the familiar Amblin Entertainment films such as The Goonies and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial when it came to shaping their episodes. “There’s a really interesting tonal balance. The thing that made those Amblin movies have that spirit was something that Kathleen Kennedy would talk about,” Watts shares. “She would say they were grown-up films that just happened to star kids.”
“You’re combining that childlike sense of wonder with a real dangerous world and a Star Wars show that can sit next to all the other things in the Star Wars environment.”
