Today’s new Star Wars TV show was originally a movie, but why have plans changed?

The creators of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew have revealed that there is something new today star Wars The TV show was originally a film pitch. 2024 was a pretty tough year for Lucasfilm The Acolyte proved particularly controversial and was the first ever star Wars Disney+ TV show is canceled. Skeleton crew looks completely different; Created by Jon Watts and Chris Ford, it promises to be a unique adventure starring a group of children stranded on an Earth-like planet star Wars Galaxy. The trailers for Skeleton crew were stunning and there is great anticipation for the release this evening.

In conversation with TV lineWatts and Ford have revealed that the original pitch was for a film. As Watts explained:

“I pitched it a long time ago. I pitched it right after the first pitch.”
Spider-Man
(
Homecoming
) movie.
It was originally pitched to Lucasfilm as a film
and then I had to do two Spider-Man movies because the first one did quite well. As time went on, (Jon) Favreau did
The Mandalorian
and Disney+ came about, and so while the Spider-Man movies were being made, it evolved into one
show
and that gave us more time to explore the galaxy, delve into the world of piracy and have a little more fun with it. And when I finished the third Spider-Man movie (
No way home
), we were finally able to get to work.”

This is not the first time star Wars Film presentation for conversion into a TV show; that applied to both The Book of Boba Fett And Obi Wan Kenobi. In this case, the longer format obviously offers a great opportunity to get to know the characters Skeleton crew.

Why did Skeleton Crew become a Star Wars film?

There is a trend here

In a way Skeleton crewThe transformation into a TV show reflects changing corporate priorities at Lucasfilm and Disney. It sounds like this was originally intended to be one of those star Wars Anthology projects, however, were abandoned after the failure of Solo: A Star Wars Story. This coincided with Disney’s need to create content for Disney+ and every studio had to make this their priority. Lucasfilm turned several of its anthology films into television shows.

It should be noted that these had a mixed response. The Book of Boba Fett was a bit of a disappointment, and it’s telling that Temuera Morrison’s Boba Fett was shelved after misfiring so badly. Obi Wan Kenobi was heavily criticized, although it still felt like a real event due to the returns of Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor. It’s actually proven to be quite difficult to adapt a film into a television show (or vice versa). Moana 2 has just shown). The pace in particular is very different.

Our version of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

It still has a lot of potential

Fortunately, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Sounds like a project that was primarily intended to be a TV show. The focus is clearly on the characters, and everything we’ve seen so far suggests the cast is great. The dynamic between Jude Law’s Jod Na Nawood and the kids looks fantastic and the extra length should leave plenty of time for character work. In this case, hopefully the transition from film to TV show worked well.

Source: TV Line

Set in the Star Wars universe, Skeleton Crew follows four young adventurers as they find themselves lost in the galaxy in search of their home planet. The series chronicles her explorations and encounters with different worlds and characters, presenting themes of friendship, discovery and the search for belonging.

writer

Jon Watts, Christopher Ford

Directors

Jon Watts, Daniel Kwan, David Lowery, Daniel Scheinert, Jake Schreier

Showrunner

Jon Watts, Christopher Ford