Episode 7 of Skeleton Crew is now streaming on Disney+, and things are really starting to get dicey for our young heroes, who begin to realize just how much danger they're in when they reunite with an old "friend."
There be major spoilers ahead.
In "We're Gonna be in So Much Trouble," the kids finally make their way back to At Attin, but Jod, aka Captain Silva, aka Crimson Jack, stows away after first dispatching Brutus and convincing the remaining members of his former crew to rejoin him in order to plunder the planet.
When SM-33 realizes that Jod is on board, he approaches the former Jedi(?) only to meet his end(?) via a lightsaber stroke. Droids can often be repaired depending on the damage (decapitation is pretty severe), so hopefully this isn't the end of the fan-favorite character (at least Jod spared the rat that lives in his eye socket).
Here, we see just how intimidating and ruthless Nawood can be, as he threatens the children and swears to kill their parents unless they keep quiet and do exactly as he says. Might want to adjust your expectations for that redemption arc!
When they arrive on At Attin, Jod poses as an Old Republic emissary, and manages to get a look at the vast riches being kept in one of the many vaults. As Wim, Fern, Neel and KB's parents arrive on the scene and embrace their kids, Nawood approaches ominously, and the episode ends with him igniting his lightsaber.
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."