Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew episodes 1 & 2Skeleton Crew with the first two episodes. Starring Jude Law as Jod Na Nawood and a collection of kids who find themselves lost in space, the new series is full of exciting Easter eggs and Star Wars references. However, there are also some very fun references to real-life Star Wars fandom, as well as some cool nods to some classic Disney pirates.
As seen in Skeleton Crew episodes 1 and 2, young Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), KB (Kyriana Kratter), and Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) find themselves swept from their quiet and uneventful lives on At Attin and into an exciting and dangerous adventure in the greater Star Wars galaxy, one filled with pirates and a long-lost treasure that somehow connects to their world they call home. To that end, here are 28 of the biggest Easter eggs and references to be found in Skeleton Crew episodes 1 and 2.
29 Opening Text Resembles Ahsoka
A New Tradition For New Republic Shows?
Skeleton Crew episode 1 opens with some key blue text in front of open space, confirming the show's setting during the New Republic Era. It also confirms that piracy continues to plague the main hyperspace routes. To that end, this is very similar to Ahsoka, the last New Republic-set show that also featured this blue text opening to set the scene, rather than the typical yellow text scroll seen in the main Star Wars movies.
28 “If This is a Bulk Freighter..."
A Great New Hope Reference
Attacking a cruiser in the opening scene of Skeleton Crew's first episode, one of the crew tries explaining to the band of raiding pirates that they have no credits, claiming that they're only a bulk freighter. This prompts Captain Silvo to question, "If this is a bulk freighter, why is your vault magnetically sealed?" Combined with the pirates' infiltration and skirmish with the crew who'd been waiting for them, it's easy to see the mirroring to the opening scene of A New Hope when the Empire attacks Princess Leia's ship which had claimed to be a consular ship: "If this is a consular ship, where is the ambassador?"
27 Brutus Betrays Captain Silvo
“Et Tu Brute?”
After the vault is revealed to only hold a single credit, Brutus turns on Captain Silvo (which feels like an intentional nod to Treasure Island's Long John Silver) and stages a mutiny. Not only is Brutus a wolf-life Shistavanen whose species first appeared in the Mos Eisley Cantina during A New Hope, but his name and betrayal of the captain also bring to mind the Latin final words of Julius Caeser from Shakespeare's classic tragedy: "Et tu, Brute?"
26 Wim's Action Figures
Jedi and Sith
Wim is shown playing with two figurines wielding red and green lightsabers in Skeleton Crew episode 1. Thanks to the subtitles, it's confirmed that Whim's figures are a Jedi and a Sith Lord. As such, it's quite unique to see a young child playing with the same kind of toys in-universe that kids in real life might play with as well.
25 Blue Milk
Part Of A Complete Star Wars Breakfast
Eating breakfast before taking his bus to school, Wim is shown pouring blue milk into his cereal. Having first debuted in A New Hope, blue milk has become a galaxy-wide beverage. The classic drink can even be purchased at the Disney Parks when guests visit its Star Wars-themed land, Galaxy's Edge.
24 Wim and Neel's Pretend Lightsaber Fight
Just Like Real-Life Kids
In the same vein, Wim and Neel are shown having a pretend lightsaber fight, complete with arms being "cut" off and the fake spillage of guts. It's a very comical scene, one that certainly helps convey the idea that these kids are just like kids in real life who love Star Wars and wish they could be the idealized Jedi heroes of their own stories.
23 RX-Series Bus Driver Droid
Just Like Star Tours
Wim and Neel are driven to school by none other than an RX-series pilot droid. Fans who have visited Disneyland will recognize the RX-series model as the same kind of droid who once piloted the shuttles in Star Tours before Threepio took over, as well as the retired RX droid who became the DJ in Oga's Cantina at Galaxy's Edge. An RX droid was also featured in the animated Star Wars Rebels series.
22 "Great Work Of The Republic"
A High Republic Reference?
During class, Neel, Wim, and their fellow students are told that they will be taking their Career Assessment Tests the following day, which will help them know how to best serve the planet's Great Work of the Republic. This feels very similar to the "Great Works of the High Republic" that was started by Chancellor Lina Soh during the High Republic Era. This included Starlight Beacon, a shining Jedi orbital outpost that was built in the Outer Rim to aid colonization efforts.
21 Power Converters
Toshi Station Anyone?
In Skeleton Crew episode 1, it's revealed that Fern and KB are in desperate need of a power converter for their hoverbike ahead of an race with some older kids. In A New Hope, Luke Skywalker similarly wanted to go get some power converters at Toshi Station.
20 Bonjj Phalfa
Referencing Harrison Ford's Bob Falfa In American Grafitti
The bully whom KB and Fern intend to race is named Bonjj Phalfa. This is a reference to Bob Falfa, the name of Harrison Ford's character in American Graffiti. American Graffiti was directed by George Lucas in 1973.
