Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

[trappedslider]

Also, the treasure will turn out to have been aboard the ship all along. Probably moved there by SM-33.

The real treasure is the friendships they made along the way

 

[Ryujin]

The real treasure is the friendships they made along the way

And, you know, the actual treasure.

 

[pukunui]

And, you know, the actual treasure.

I hope the show explains why the myth talks about "eternal treasure". To me, that implies something other than material riches. I expect someone (e.g. the pirates) will be disappointed come the end of the show ...

 

[MarkB]

I hope the show explains why the myth talks about "eternal treasure". To me, that implies something other than material riches. I expect someone (e.g. the pirates) will be disappointed come the end of the show ...

My mind initially went to "banking planet" but I'm betting it's significantly more than that. I'd consider galactic stock market, but that wouldn't explain how it kept functioning in isolation. Perhaps the Republic mint? Fern teases Wim about mines beneath the school, maybe they were minting the currency because they had large reserves of whatever gold-like precious metal it's made out of.

 

[pukunui]

My mind initially went to "banking planet" but I'm betting it's significantly more than that. I'd consider galactic stock market, but that wouldn't explain how it kept functioning in isolation. Perhaps the Republic mint? Fern teases Wim about mines beneath the school, maybe they were minting the currency because they had large reserves of whatever gold-like precious metal it's made out of.

Yeah, I suggested the Republic mint upthread as well. That being said, if that were the case, the Republic would have needed to send the equivalent of armored cars to pick up the minted currency at regular intervals ... and those pickups would not have necessarily stopped when the Republic turned into the Empire ... or when the Empire turned into the New Republic. Yet there's a stated ban against any ship passing through the barrier in either direction.

The society on At Attin seems like it's been isolated from the wider galaxy for some time. Long enough that Fern believes the Jedi to be as mythical as the pirates believe At Attin to be. But they're not wholly ignorant of the wider galaxy's existence. Wim has a book about Jedi along with some action figures. Fern knows enough to know what Wim means when he talks about a Jedi temple. And while the kids didn't realize they were looking at stars at first, they did know what stars were, and weren't that overwhelmed by the experiences at the pirate port. (I did enjoy Neel being surprised at seeing other aliens.)

The mystery here isn't just what makes At Attin special ... it's also what At Attin's leaders (like Undersecretary Fara) know about wider galactic events. Are they just as ignorant as the rest of the populace, or are they aware of the rise and fall of the First Galactic Empire? Are they keeping up appearances because they don't want anyone to find out that they've been cut off from the outside galaxy, or are they deliberately keeping everyone else in the dark? If the latter, why are they keeping up the pretense that the planet is still contributing to a long-defunct grand plan?

There is definitely something strange about this "ordinary world".

 

[MarkB]

Yeah, I suggested the Republic mint upthread as well. That being said, if that were the case, the Republic would have needed to send the equivalent of armored cars to pick up the minted currency at regular intervals ... and those pickups would not have necessarily stopped when the Republic turned into the Empire ... or when the Empire turned into the New Republic.

If the place is remote, I could see Palpatine having chosen to centralise currency production under his rule. It might even have been in or beyond territory claimed by the Separatists. But it feels like they've been isolated longer than that, somehow.

Yet there's a stated ban against any ship passing through the barrier in either direction.

And what even is the barrier, anyway? Clearly it didn't stop the ancient ship from leaving, though it might have been responsible for it crashing in the first place. Did it used to be more functional than it currently is? We know that planetary shields are a thing, but they're usually invisible (as on Hoth) or a clear bubble (as on Scarif). Perhaps it functions more as a cloaking device than a shield if viewed from outside.

The society on At Attin seems like it's been isolated from the wider galaxy for some time. Long enough that Fern believes the Jedi to be as mythical as the pirates believe At Attin to be. But they're not wholly ignorant of the wider galaxy's existence. Wim has a book about Jedi along with some action figures. Fern knows enough to know what Wim means when he talks about a Jedi temple.

And Wim knows some deeper lore, talking about Jedi temples that could bury themselves to escape detection, like the one on Lothal.

In the wider galaxy, the kids thinking the Jedi were semi-mythical wouldn't be unusual, but that's due to Empire propaganda, which they clearly haven't been exposed to, so it seems more likely that they've simply gone a long time without seeing any Jedi.

And while the kids didn't realize they were looking at stars at first, they did know what stars were, and weren't that overwhelmed by the experiences at the pirate port. (I did enjoy Neel being surprised at seeing other aliens.)

Clearly not much idea of galactic geography, though - they didn't seem to even know what region of the galaxy they were in, before or after jumping through hyperspace (I do love the detail that the ship leaves a cloud of dust whenever it enters hyperspace, because it's still caked in soil).

The mystery here isn't just what makes At Attin special ... it's also what At Attin's leaders (like Undersecretary Fara) know about wider galactic events. Are they just as ignorant as the rest of the populace, or are they aware of the rise and fall of the First Galactic Empire? Are they keeping up appearances because they don't want anyone to find out that they've been cut off from the outside galaxy, or are they deliberately keeping everyone else in the dark? If the latter, why are they keeping up the pretense that the planet is still contributing to a long-defunct grand plan?

It's certainly no accident that the planet is lost and has a barrier around it. It feels like it was deliberately hidden away, intended to go on working upon something in secret. Whether it was intended to remain so for this long, or if it was somehow forgotten about in the shift of galactic politics, is another question.

There is definitely something strange about this "ordinary world".

And it's going to be interesting finding out.

 

[pukunui]

And what even is the barrier, anyway? Clearly it didn't stop the ancient ship from leaving, though it might have been responsible for it crashing in the first place. Did it used to be more functional than it currently is? We know that planetary shields are a thing, but they're usually invisible (as on Hoth) or a clear bubble (as on Scarif). Perhaps it functions more as a cloaking device than a shield if viewed from outside.

Good question. The barrier involves a blue-tinged cloudiness that blocks the night-time view of the stars. There were also glimpses of red lights amongst the cloudiness so there's a mechanical aspect to the barrier as well as an organic one. But yeah - what it actually does is unclear.

And Wim knows some deeper lore, talking about Jedi temples that could bury themselves to escape detection, like the one on Lothal.

Yes, I appreciated that reference to the Rebels cartoon.

In the wider galaxy, the kids thinking the Jedi were semi-mythical wouldn't be unusual, but that's due to Empire propaganda, which they clearly haven't been exposed to, so it seems more likely that they've simply gone a long time without seeing any Jedi.

Exactly. This isn't Han arguing that the Force is a mythical thing after only 18 years of Imperial propaganda. This planet has clearly been isolated for much longer than that - probably centuries given Fara's use of a High Republic era term ("Great Work").

Clearly not much idea of galactic geography, though - they didn't seem to even know what region of the galaxy they were in, before or after jumping through hyperspace (I do love the detail that the ship leaves a cloud of dust whenever it enters hyperspace, because it's still caked in soil).

True. And yes, I liked the little dust cloud detail as well.

It's certainly no accident that the planet is lost and has a barrier around it. It feels like it was deliberately hidden away, intended to go on working upon something in secret. Whether it was intended to remain so for this long, or if it was somehow forgotten about in the shift of galactic politics, is another question.

And it's going to be interesting finding out.

Indeed!

 

[trappedslider]

It's earth and the great barrier is the remnant of kessler syndrome

 

[Zardnaar]

Fun show. Tbf Disney live action tends to start reasonably well. Andor was kinda slow first 3 episodes though.

 

[MarkB]

It's earth and the great barrier is the remnant of kessler syndrome

It didn't seem like that first hyperjump was long enough to take them far, far away.