‘Skeleton Crew’ Review: Nostalgia For The ‘80s Amblin Era Cannot Save This Uninspired ‘Star Wars’ Detour

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Nostalgia is killing movies (and TV), which we know. Yet it’s not quickening its own extinction how you might typically imagine nostalgia destroying a “Star Wars” story.

The new series, “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,” created by Jon Watts (Marvel’s “Spider-Man” trilogy) and Christopher Ford (“Cop Car”), for example, isn’t a shameless remix of other Lucasfilm stories like “The Force Awakens,” nor is it laden with fan-service callbacks like “The Rise of Skywalker.” READ MORE: Fall 2024 TV Preview: 40 Must-See Series To Watch Instead, “Skeleton Crew” wishfully pines for the 1980s of Steven Spielberg’s Amblin coming-of-age epoch—the era of wide-eyed wonder, awe and imagination for kids, pre-teens and teenagers ala “The Goonies,” “E.T.” and the likeminded “Explorers,” essentially borrowing the magical tone of those films for a “Star Wars” story.

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