Three things we know about Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

The young cast are joined by British actor Jude Law in the Disney+ series

A new trailer for the upcoming Star Wars series, Skeleton Crew, has dropped.

It will be released on Disney+ on 4 December, and has been years in the making.

Fans have described it as "Star Wars meets Stranger Things" and the creators reckon you don't even need to have seen the Star Wars films to enjoy it.

“What's great is you don't have to know anything,” lead writer Christopher Watts told StarWars.com.

But what else do we know about the new series?

The story begins with a discovery...

The official poster nods to the original Star Wars posters of the late 70s and 80s.

For the dedicated Star Wars fans, we know the series is set around the same time as The Mandalorian - about ten years after the events of Return of the Jedi.

We are introduced to a crew of four young characters - Wim, Fern, KB and Neel.

They make a mysterious discovery on their home planet and accidently blast off at warp speed to a strange and dangerous galaxy.

Here they meet Jod, a "force user", played by famous British actor Jude Law, who played the young Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

"There's thrills, jeopardy and familiar species, themes and threads of Star Wars, but it's seen through the eyes of children," Law said in 2023.

The youngsters head on an adventure trying to get back to their home planet, and have eight episodes to do so!

Makers say they want it to be "for kids, starring kids"

Jon Watts and Christopher Ford are the writing and directing duo behind the MCU Spider-Man movies.

Two of the series' creators, Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, are the brains behind some of Marvel's biggest hits.

Watts directed the three Spider-Man movies - Homecoming, Far From Home and No Way Home.

The pair said they were inspired by children's movies in the 1980's including classics The Goonies and E.T - made by Stephen Speilberg's production company, Amblin.

“Amblin always stands out to me because there was a feeling that they took the kids seriously", said Watts.

"They didn't feel like kids’ movies when you watched them as a kid, and even now looking back, they feel like grown-up films that just happened to star kids.”

The cast in Skeleton Crew includes four young actors:

• Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Wim

• Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Fern

• Kyriana Kratter as KB

• Robert Timothy Smith as Neel, who plays an elephant-like alien called an Ortolan.

Expect pirates!

Will we see Pedro Pascal crop up as The Mandalorian in the new Star Wars series?

Writer Christopher Ford said the journey of the kids will be made harder by "pirates and space criminals", with fans suggesting they may run into some familiar faces along the way.

Some fans have said due to the time frame the series takes place in, we may cross paths with The Mandalorian.

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