‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ and a Delightful Jude Law Take the Franchise Back to Its Kid-Friendly Roots: TV Review

variety.com:

Alison Herman TV Critic “Star Wars” has always been, on some level, for children. That’s neither condescension nor criticism: George Lucas created a swashbuckling fairy tale set in space, and its mantle has been taken up by successive generations of filmmakers who encountered it at a formative age.

But, with the exception of “The Phantom Menace,” “Star Wars” stories have rarely been about children. That’s the value proposition of “Skeleton Crew,” the latest TV series from a franchise that now largely exists on the small screen.

In a way, it’s also the most true to the saga’s DNA — or at least a particular strain of it. Though “Star Wars” hasn’t delivered a blockbuster to the multiplex since 2019, Lucasfilm has maintained a steady drip of releases on Disney+.

These projects have been variable in quality, from “Andor” on the high end to “Obi-Wan Kenobi” on the low, but they’ve also had the effect of isolating certain elements of the “Star Wars” gestalt.