Episode 7 of Skeleton Crew is now streaming on Disney+, and the stakes have definitely been raised for our prepubescent protagonists, who start to realize just how much danger they're in when they reunite with an old "friend."
There be major spoilers ahead.
"We're Gonna Be in So Much Trouble" begins with the kids' parents sending a transmitter into space with a message explaining how the crew can pass through At Attin's barrier, and that they need the help of a Republic Emissary to gain access.
Wim, Fern, Neel and KB manage to escape from the pirates with SM-33's help and set a course for home on the Onyx Cinder, but Jod, aka Captain Silva, aka Crimson Jack, stows away after first dispatching the mutinous Brutus and convincing the remaining members of his former crew to rejoin him so they can set about plundering the planet.
When SM-33 realizes that Jod is on board, he approaches the scheming Force-user with the intention of incapacitating his former ally, only to meet his end(?) via a lightsaber stroke.
Droids can often be repaired depending on how much damage they've sustained (decapitation is pretty severe), so hopefully this isn't the last we see of the fan-favorite character (at least Jod spared the rat that lives in his eye socket).
Here, we see just how intimidating, ruthless and really downright evil Nawood can be, as he threatens the children and promises to kill their parents unless they keep quiet and do exactly as he says.
Might want to adjust any expectations you may have had for that redemption arc!
When they arrive on At Attin, Jod poses as the emissary, and manages to get a look at the vast riches being kept in one of the many vaults. As the parents arrive on the scene and embrace their kids, Nawood approaches, and the episode ends with him ominously igniting his lightsaber.
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Academy Award-winning Everything Everywhere All At Once duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (The Daniels) are on board as directors, and showrunners Jon Watts and Christopher Ford recently announced that they have also assembled: Bryce Dallas Howard (The Mandalorian), Lee Isaac Chung (Twisters), David Lowery (The Green Knight) and Jake Schreier (Thunderbolts*).
"Ford and I sat down like, 'Who are our favourite directors, who would be good at this?'" said Watts. "We went out to all you guys, and you all said yes. No-one turned it down! 'Hey, do you want to do Star Wars? Play around in the Volume? Do pre-vis? Meet some pirates, some puppets, hang out with Jude Law?' 'Yeah, sounds great!'”
In addition to Law, the titular crew consists of Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Wim, Kyriana Kratter as KB, Robert Timothy Smith as Neel, and Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Fern.
"When four kids make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, they get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy," according to the show's official synopsis. "Finding their way home, meeting unlikely allies and enemies will be a greater adventure than they ever imagined."