Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

[pukunui]

Well after Reva and Tales of the Empire you just flick a switch and you're redeemed. Super easy barely an inconvenience.

Forever the darkside dominates your destiny means the best episode potentially.

Yeah, I guess Yoda was wrong about that, which is a shame. I mean, sure, we shouldn’t necessarily take everything Yoda says as gospel, but still … the whole concept of deathbed repentance is icky. Like, Vader (temporarily) killing Palpatine should not have made up for all the horrible atrocities he committed before then. And the idea that Anakin and Vader aren’t the same person and therefore Anakin isn’t responsible for the things Vader did is ludicrous.

At least with Barriss, I got the sense she wasn’t ever fully committed to being a dark sider, and she earns her own redemption by helping another Inquisitor find redemption as well.

I don’t remember Reva’s redemption all that well. I’ll have to rewatch that. I think they did a good job portraying her as an adult suffering from unresolved childhood trauma, though.

The other one I would mention is Trilla Suduri (the Second Sister), who also repents moments before her death. At least here, we don’t see her Force ghost afterwards. She just repents and asks for vengeance before being killed by her boss.

 

[Dioltach]

Apropos of not much concrete, does anyone else get the impression that Jude Law had the time of his life in this role?

 

[Dioltach]

Plenty of violent death in the animated Star Wars shows too.

Star Wars is always full of violent death. Skeleton Crew has had several already - didn't the kids blast some pirate fighters already?

But this was cold-blooded and deliberate. It wouldn't have been out of place in Andor, for instance, but from a SW character who's not an outright villain it came as a bit of a shock.

 

[pukunui]

Apropos of not much concrete, does anyone else get the impression that Jude Law had the time of his life in this role?

Oh, absolutely! He’s been terrific, and his enjoyment of the role shows in his performance.

Star Wars is always full of violent death. Skeleton Crew has had several already - didn't the kids blast some pirate fighters already?

I don’t think so. They shot at the X-wings but didn’t blow any of them up.

But this was cold-blooded and deliberate. It wouldn't have been out of place in Andor, for instance, but from a SW character who's not an outright villain it came as a bit of a shock.

It is a bit shocking, and it serves to show that he really is a ruthless pirate.

 

[Ryujin]

Yeah, I guess Yoda was wrong about that, which is a shame. I mean, sure, we shouldn’t necessarily take everything Yoda says as gospel, but still … the whole concept of deathbed repentance is icky. Like, Vader (temporarily) killing Palpatine should not have made up for all the horrible atrocities he committed before then. And the idea that Anakin and Vader aren’t the same person and therefore Anakin isn’t responsible for the things Vader did is ludicrous.

At least with Barriss, I got the sense she wasn’t ever fully committed to being a dark sider, and she earns her own redemption by helping another Inquisitor find redemption as well.

I don’t remember Reva’s redemption all that well. I’ll have to rewatch that. I think they did a good job portraying her as an adult suffering from unresolved childhood trauma, though.

The other one I would mention is Trilla Suduri (the Second Sister), who also repents moments before her death. At least here, we don’t see her Force ghost afterwards. She just repents and asks for vengeance before being killed by her boss.

Anakin also killed children, so even trying to fob it off as only Vader did evil fails to launch.

 

[Ryujin]

Apropos of not much concrete, does anyone else get the impression that Jude Law had the time of his life in this role?

Watch the interviews. He definitely did.

 

[MarkB]

Star Wars is always full of violent death. Skeleton Crew has had several already - didn't the kids blast some pirate fighters already?

No, they shot at X-Wimgs and barely grazed one. The Barrier took out the fighters.

But this was cold-blooded and deliberate. It wouldn't have been out of place in Andor, for instance, but from a SW character who's not an outright villain it came as a bit of a shock.

Certainly ruthless, but an excellent way to demonstrate that they took the wrong hostage.

 

[pukunui]

Anakin also killed children, so even trying to fob it off as only Vader did evil fails to launch.

Yes, exactly! He massacred all those sand people. And then Padme was just like, “We all get mad sometimes. Let’s get married!”

 

[pukunui]

Did anyone else catch that At Attin has 1,139 vaults? That's an oblique Easter egg reference to THX-1138, right?

Given how huge and deep underground those vaults are makes me think there may have been a grain of truth in Fern's comment about bad children being sent to work in the mines beneath the school. Like, given how At Attin is meant to be secret, the supply of metal needed to make the money would need to be sourced locally rather than delivered from off-world.

The piece of the puzzle that doesn't quite fit is the role of At Attin's society. If the planet was hidden because it's where the Old Republic minted and stored its money, why would there need to be a local civilian population dedicated to financial analysis and the like? Couldn't that stuff be done in the open on Coruscant or the like? Why sequester them on the hidden money factory world? And why do it nine times? I know the Old Republic was big but still ...

In his message, Wim's dad talked about how the kids weren't supposed to find out about something until after they graduated. It's not entirely clear what all he was referring to ... other than maybe the full purpose of the planet as a mint? I hope that in this final episode all will be revealed and we won't have to wait for a future Star Wars Visual Dictionary or whatever to fill in the gaps.

 

[Omand]

Did anyone else catch that At Attin has 1,139 vaults? That's an oblique Easter egg reference to THX-1138, right?

Yup