Lucasfilm officially unveiled Star Wars: Skeleton Crew back in May 2022 – so when is it coming out? And is there any truth to rumors the Disney+ series is in trouble?
When Does Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Come Out on Disney+?
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premieres on Disney+ at 6 p.m. PT on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. It will run for eight episodes total, with the first two episodes dropping at launch. After that, Skeleton Crew will shift to Tuesday nights and a one-episode-per-week schedule. It’s been a long-time coming for Star Wars fans, many of whom had almost given up hope that Skeleton Crew would ever see the light of day. After all, the production wrapped filming back in January 2023! Why the hold up? The show’s visual effects intensive post-production presumably accounts for part of the delay, and Disney+’s stacked slate of Star Wars projects likely contributed, as well.
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Between 2023 and 2024, eight Star Wars live-action and animated shows have either dropped. This includes The Mandalorian Season 3, Ahsoka Season 1, Star Wars: Visions Season 2, The Bad Batch Seasons 2 and 3, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Season 1, Star Wars: Tales of the Empire, and The Acolyte Season 1. As such, Lucasfilm and Disney+ may have held back Skeleton Crew‘s release to avoid over-exposing the wider franchise. This is pure speculation on our part, though, and neither the studio nor the streaming platform has commented on the delay.
Is Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Cancelled?
Perhaps inevitably, the big gap between Skeleton Crew‘s shoot and its release spawned rumors that Lucasfilm and Disney+ had quietly cancelled the series. Obviously, we now know that’s not true, and Skeleton Crew will hit the small screen in a matter of days. That said, Skeleton Crew‘s protracted production cycle seemingly lends credence to related reports of issues behind the scenes.
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According to fansite Making Star Wars, an anonymous crew member complained about the “grueling” atmosphere on the Skeleton Crew set in late 2023. This unnamed insider further described production on Skeleton Crew as “rough” and tougher “than all the other Star Wars productions combined.” Even so, Making Star Wars’ source insisted that Skeleton Crew‘s off-screen issues hadn’t derailed the show itself.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew arrives on Disney+ on Dec. 2, 2024.
The above article was updated on 11/26/2024 by the original author to include the release date of Skeleton Crew.
Published: Nov 26, 2024 10:46 am