Skeleton Crew Episode 5 brings fun to the popular Star Wars Lightsaber Meme

It contains the following Spoilers For the final episode of “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew”.

“Skeleton Crew” is fun. while It’s a far cry from the “Andor” of the “Star Wars” shows.it still manages to deliver fun, strange, and often terrifying adventures in a galaxy far, far away week after week. “Skeleton Crew” also combines the worldbuilding and iconography of “Star Wars” with the fun and immersive danger of titles like “Treasure Island,” “Indiana Jones,” “Peter Pan” and “The Goonies.”

Although it may be an all-ages show starring children, there are Lots of terrifying moments to be found in “Skeleton Crew”. After all, the kids of the show are up against bloodthirsty pirates who are more than willing to skin their enemies alive and boil their entrails for fun.

“Skeleton Crew” doesn’t need a lightsaber or a Jedi either, even if one of the main characters can use the Force. However, Jude Law’s mysterious pirate with dozens of fake names is one of the best new “Star Wars” characters in years — a villain who acts like he has a heart of gold, but is more likely to leave you in a ditch than shoot you. In the face. He’s also charismatic and funny and has great chemistry with the young protagonists of the series. Jude (Law) has particularly good chemistry with Wim (Raffi Cabot Conyers), a wide-eyed kid who once dreamed of becoming a Jedi and going on adventures but now regrets leaving his home planet.

Their stories come to a boiling point in the final episode, “You’ve Got a Lot to Learn About Pirates,” as Jude finally shows his true colors and betrays the children in an attempt to collect the Attain treasure for himself. When Wim sees Jude threatening to kill one of his friends, he decides to stand up to the criminal and help him by grabbing an ancient lightsaber in the pirate treasure room where they find themselves, finally becoming the Jedi warrior he always dreamed of being. Except things don’t go exactly as planned, and instead we get a cheerful homage to the famous “Star Wars” meme.

The latest episode of “Skeleton Crew” is a great tribute to “Indiana Jones,” Complete with a “Last Crusade” inspired series of booby traps and puzzles leading to a grand pirate treasure. At the end of the episode, Jude takes a knife to Fern’s throat to make her give up her position as leader of Onyx Cinder. In an attempt to save her, Wim grabs a nearby lightsaber and ignites it. However, without realizing that the real thing is not the same as in the pictures or holograms, he lights it upside down. Facing the wrong direction, the lightsaber nearly stabbed Wim in the foot.

It’s a funny moment of misdirection and an honest mistake coming from a kid, showing that the reality of being a Jedi or going on space adventures was not at all what he expected. But what makes it so good is that the scene is very reminiscent of the famous meme of Mark Hamill on the set of “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” pointing his lightsaber directly at his face like a clown.

“It makes me cringe every time I see it,” Hamill once said about the meme while talking to him. Hollywood Reporter. “I don’t remember doing that in the movie. I think it’s just an on-set production, otherwise Obi-Wan wouldn’t look so noticeably indifferent.” In fact, the popular image comes from a photo taken rather than the actual movie, but that didn’t stop it from becoming a meme poking fun at Luke’s naivety and incompetence while wielding such an elegant weapon in a more civilized age.

However, as funny as this moment is, it does reveal one undeniable truth: Even though we all think we’d be cool if we went on a big Star Wars adventure, most of us would probably end up getting killed for nothing. Wrong way. Ourselves with lightsabers.

New episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere Tuesdays at 6pm PT on Disney+.