Skeleton Crew’s Galaxy’s Edge Easter Egg?

Though Star Wars: Skeleton Crew stays considerably faraway from Star Wars’ ordinary narrative, the collection has many references to the franchise’s wider content material, from Jod’s (Jude Law) alias of Crimson Jack that comes from Legends to the point out of Atollon, which plays a role in the animated series Star Wars: Rebels. The collection even references extra area of interest content material by together with the ship seen in the Disney Parks attraction Star Tours. Although these small moments do not change the story drastically, they tie the world collectively and supply one other degree of enjoyable for the followers to find. However Episode 6, “Zero Friends Again,” provides one other refined Easter egg to the combination, highlighting a much less acquainted a part of the world because it parallels the Star Wars: Millennium Falcon – Smugglers Run attraction from Disney Park’s Galaxy’s Edge.

This Easter egg is much less of a particular ingredient than a common scenario, however it’s an attention-grabbing connection, particularly because it enhances Skeleton Crew‘s story. The 2 tales share one similarity already: each concentrate on the galaxy’s pirates. Whereas Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), KB (Kyriana Kratter), Whim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), and Neel (Robert Timothy Smith) by chance encounter the pirates after they get misplaced, Smugglers Run depicts a mission led by none apart from the Star Wars franchise’s most beloved pirate Hondo Ohnaka (Jim Cummings), who was launched in Star Wars: Clone Wars. But Episode 6 makes a extra particular parallel between the 2 tales.

What Is Smugglers Run?

So as to add Star Wars to the parks, Disney created an immersive world known as Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland and Disney World’s Hollywood Studios. Depicting the planet Batuu within the time of the sequel trilogy, Galaxy’s Edge has a transparent focus, however Smugglers Run takes it a step additional. Hondo will not be featured in any Star Wars movies, making his look an extra little bit of lore for the attraction. The story has Hondo enlisting the visitors to a mission for his firm, Ohnaka Transport Options. Nonetheless, like with most of Hondo’s schemes, this mission is lower than authorized and really harmful. Borrowing the Millennium Falcon, Hondo has his new flight crew steal coaxium from the First Order and smuggle it again to him.

The experience permits followers into the Millennium Falcon in an interactive expertise, with completely different outcomes relying on the participant’s ability. Smugglers Run gives completely different jobs for the riders, with every assigned a place as a pilot, gunner, or engineer as they undertake the mission. The story of Smugglers Run will not be referenced in Skeleton Crew (partially as a result of it hasn’t occurred throughout the Disney+ show’s time frame). Quite than exhibiting any particular element from the experience, Skeleton Crew borrows the setup as, just like the riders, the youngsters desperately work to flee.

‘Skeleton Crew’ Parallels Smugglers Run

The episode takes the central kids on separate journeys as they argue about what to do with out Jod or SM-33 (Nick Frost) and their ship, the Onyx Cinder, out of attain. Whereas Whim and KB bond by their try to discover a protected approach again to the Onyx Cinder, Fern and Neel undertake a harmful climb. Nonetheless, the Smugglers Run reference solely happens when all 4 are again collectively, now with a greater understanding of their particular person skills. After the Onyx Cinder is dumped right into a junk pile, it’s almost inside their attain, however with a trash compactor threatening to crush the ship and the youngsters inside, the 4 children hurry to take off.

Neel, Fern, KB, and Whim divide their duties equally to Smugglers Run, with Neel and Fern sharing piloting duties, KB manually offers the ship a lift of energy, and Whim tries to shoot off the machine attacking them, every fulfilling one of many assigned roles within the attraction. Fortunately, they narrowly escape after Fern presses the Emergency Hull Demolition button, inflicting the Onyx Cinder to shed its outer layer and releasing the remainder of the ship from the compactor’s grasp. The youngsters divide their duties in the identical approach as Smugglers Run is such a common Easter egg that it’s straightforward to overlook, however it gives one more connection to the theme parks for these wanting.

New episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere each Tuesday on Disney+.

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