Skeleton Crew Episode 6 pays tribute to Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean

This article contains Spoilers For Episode 6 of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, “Zero Friends Again”.

The last day of 2024 brings us the sixth episode of “Skeleton Crew” from the “Star Wars” series, which revolves around a group of children who are lost in the galaxy and are trying to return home. On the way they meet Jude Na Nawood (Jude Law)a cunning pirate with dozens of different names and identities, is wanted by bounty hunters, his old crew, the New Republic, and many others. In the final episode, he betrayed the children, took control of their robot, SM-33 (Nick Frost), and set out to steal their legendary ship, the Onyx Cinder.. As this new episode, “Zero Friends Again,” opens, the kids have escaped Jude’s treacherous clutches and are free to grab all the treasure he can hold and move on on his merry way. As such, the kids are forced to spend this episode trying to fight their way back to their ship without the help of their adult companion (even as they begin to get on each other’s nerves more and more).

Along the way, there are more discoveries about the series’ young protagonists, especially KB (Kyriana Kratter) and her medical condition, forcing Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers) – the leader of the group of sorts – to help her perform maintenance on her AI unit because she’s afraid to show This weakness is for her boyfriend Vern (Ryan Keira Armstrong). As for Jude, he quickly discovers that his past life has caught up with him. The crew he escaped from after they mutinied against him in the series premiere have managed to capture him again, and they have every intention of making him pay for his tricks. There the ancient pirate codes of the “Star Wars” universe take center stage in a turn of events that seems ripped straight from another popular Disney franchise.

Once Judd’s former crew recaptures him, their current commander Captain Brutus (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) sentences Captain Silvo – one of Judd’s many aliases – to death by airlock. However, before that could happen, he was quickly granted “equal time” to plead his case. This seems to be something in their hacker code that gives Judd a chance to speak for himself in his defense. Although he got suspended and hacked Agree to go to Attin to look for treasure there After Jude awakens them with a cheerful rendition of a tune about an ancient pirate legend and the planet itself, he is still ultimately their prisoner, thrown into an airlock, ready to kill at any moment.

It’s a development that’s instantly reminiscent of a situation in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, in which “Captain” Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) obtains a meeting with treacherous former first mate Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush). By invoking the right to “invest”. The term “money investment” was present in the “Pirata Codex” and allowed for a temporary truce between pirates that allowed them to talk without fear of hurting each other, which usually ended with them negotiating satisfactory terms and allowing them to go their separate ways. Like Judd (or Captain Silvo, depending on who he’s talking to), this particular investment doesn’t sit well with Jack, and he remains Barbossa’s prisoner after being thrown into the ship.

With “Skeleton Crew” focusing so much on the pirates of the “Star Wars” universe, it’s no surprise that Disney’s show now includes several tributes to the company’s efforts. last A hugely successful swashbuckling franchise. The chain was already there She tipped her hat to the original “Pirates of the Caribbean” theme park rideSo it made sense that she would eventually express her respect for the “pirate” movies as well. You can also trace the inspiration for “Skeleton Crew” back to an older Disney work in the form of 1950s “Treasure Island,” itself a film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic 1883 novel. It’s a story in which the rules of piracy also play a role, Especially the one related to the “black spot” (which itself is a way of officially indicating that a pirate has been sentenced to death by other pirates). Plus, there’s no missing the influence of the evil Treasure Island pirate Long John Silver (whose name is remarkably similar to Silvo).

“Skeleton Crew” has been a fun ride, combining a version of the old “Star Wars” projects and their serial adventure style with a touch of hope and optimism for the various dangers and challenges faced along the way. It was an absolute pleasure watching Law shepherd a group of children through the dangers and pitfalls (and inevitable betrayals) of a galaxy far, far away to get to them and their planet’s treasure. The young actors behind the kids themselves, including Robert Timothy Smith as the gentle, pacifist Neil, similarly give strong, charming performances as they go up against some truly great talent, and they all seem to be having the time of their lives fighting pirates, especially in this episode. .

New episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will be released every Tuesday at 6pm PT on Disney+.