Skeleton Crew - Episode 7 - Discussion Thread!

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[u/youarelookingatthis]

Another great episode. Next to Andor this feels the most consistent.

Loved all the pirate stuff, especially the music. We’re definitely seeing Jod at his worst here, but I want to believe he’ll change in the last episode. His comments to the kids about them being spoiled seemed almost jealous, like he never got the chance to have a real childhood.

Jod just taking out Brutus was definitely dark, but all of the good children’s stories have a bit of darkness in them, I’m glad Disney is acknowledging that.

I think the communication beacon will be relevant and will bring the New Republic into things in the final episode.

I’m convinced that the Supervisor is a droid or automated in some way. It’s been hinted at and lampshaded now a few times.

I want to believe that Jod’s saber being blue means he’s not all bad and still has some good in him, though that belief has been tested quite a bit in this episode!

[u/LunchBoxMercenary → u/youarelookingatthis]

His comments to the kids about them being spoiled seemed almost jealous, like he never got the chance to have a real childhood.

Makes the theories of him being at least a padawan making sense, they essentially had no childhoods. But after this episode, I want him to just be a nobody with magnets. Fuck Jod (that's how good the character is written lol).

[u/youarelookingatthis → u/LunchBoxMercenary]

I think him being a former padawan makes him more complex as a character.

[u/ChanceVance → u/youarelookingatthis]

The cruel hand of fate that someone like Ezra falls in with good people and becomes a Jedi while someone like Jod isn't so lucky and becomes an evil pirate.

The Purge may have set him on a bad path but he chose to continue walking it. Definitely like that.

[u/youarelookingatthis → u/ChanceVance]

Yeah, I think the Ezra comparison is a good one here.

[u/threeglasses → u/youarelookingatthis]

Sometimes a complex character isn’t a better character

[u/jgtengineer68 → u/LunchBoxMercenary]

It's very obvious he was Jedi trained. What he said to win about attachments was verbatim a Jedi lesson

[u/threeglasses → u/jgtengineer68]

Hold on now I really want the magnet theory to be true. It seems jedi culture is a big part of culture in star wars, so it might not be surprising that most random people at least vaguely know their code and ethical stances. Also disneys star wars cannot help but to quote star wars. See “I have a bad feeling about this” this episode

[u/Bobjoejj → u/threeglasses]

I mean…that’d be some next level misdirection from the sound department, cause when the cuffs came off we definitely heard the sound of the force being used.

[u/threeglasses → u/Bobjoejj]

Tbh I didn’t realize the force made a sound. Do you mean like whooshing? I kind of feel like that’s how a sound department would do magnetoness too. In this most recent episode? I can hear horns but I might still be missing it. You’re all probably right about the force, I just want the magnet thing to be right!

[u/jgtengineer68 → u/threeglasses]

The force has a sound design in Star wars. It was actually what set apart the magnets in Kenobi from the real thing for the audience.

[u/Hageshii01 → u/youarelookingatthis]

I wouldn’t take the blue lightsaber to mean anything. It’s not his saber, it’s a random saber from Rennod’s vault that Wim picked up. Whatever color it is would be based on the original Jedi who created it and bonded with the kyber crystal inside.

[u/JellyfishSpare2859 → u/youarelookingatthis]

Remember that was in the hidden stash of Tak Rennod... So it wasn't Jod's...

[u/Junior_Operation_422 → u/youarelookingatthis]

Star Wars can support excellent stories as different in tone as Andor and Skeleton Crew. Just write them well and trust the audience’s intelligence.

[u/Starrr_Pirate → u/youarelookingatthis]

I wonder if the beacon will lead to a cameo now that you mention it. I could see that as a good opportunity for C-3PO to show up as an actual emissary or something like that. 

[u/ILoveRegenHealth → u/youarelookingatthis]

Another great episode. Next to Andor this feels the most consistent.

Yup, just like Andor every single episode has been good to me, and I wouldn't mind watching it again some time.

I cannot say the same for Ahsoka, Acolytes, Book of Obi Wan, etc. Some of those episode bored me to tears, and characters did things that made no damn sense.