Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew episode 1 & 2While I absolutely loveSkeleton Crew’sfirst two episodes, there’s one mistake I hope gets corrected as theStar Warsshow continues.Starring Jude Law as Jod Na Nawoodwho helps a group of four kids who find themselves thrust from their homeworld and lost in the greaterStar Warsgalaxy, the trailers for the new show teased some very exciting music elements. However, I’m somewhat disappointed following the show’s two-episode premiere.
InSkeleton Crewepisodes 1 & 2, Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), KB (Kyriana Kratter), and Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) find themselves launched into theStar Warsgalaxy after exploring a buried cargo freighter on their homeworld of At Attin. As such, these kids are now lost in space trying to make it back home while evading greedy pirates seeking a lost treasure connected to their planet.While the first two episodes ofSkeleton Crewdo a wonderful job of kicking off this series and premise, there’s one big thing that I hope theStar Warsshow includes going forward.
The Skeleton Crew Trailer Used Real-World Music In A Wonderfully Creative Way
Major Tom (Coming Home) in Huttese
A popular real-world song was used in the marketing forSkeleton Crew, albeit in a very unique and exciting way.Connecting to the show’s Amblin inspirations and 80s vibes, Peter Schilling’s “Major Tom (Coming Home)” was used inSkeleton Crew’sofficial trailer. However, it was not used in a way that anyone could have expected as the song had been redone especially for theStar Warstrailer.
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Rather than being the original song,this new pop cover was done in theStar Warsalien language of Huttese. This was a very clever means of making a familiar real-world song fit into theStar Warsfranchise, and it instantly got me hyped about the new series and its aesthetic. That said, the song has yet to be featured in the show itself followingSkeleton Crew’spremiere episodes. Likewise, no other song in Huttese has been featured either.
Skeleton Crew’s Soundtrack Is Nothing Like The Trailer
An Original (And Fitting) Score By Mick Giacchino
In contrast,the music that’s thus far been heard inSkeleton Crewthus far is noticeably different. Rather than providing those 80s vibes, the score from Mick Giacchino leans more into the show’s pirate elements. After all,Skeleton Crewis heavily inspired byThe Goonies,which also features pirates and lost treasure.Skeleton Crewalso has a handful of Easter eggs and nods to other pirate mediasuch asTreasure IslandandPeter Pan.
Keeping that in mind, the score by Mick Giacchino is very fitting in the sense that it’s aStar Warsshow full of pirates. I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with it by any means. That said,I can’t help but feel that it lacks the cutting-edge and major excitement I felt fromSkeleton Crew’strailer with such an iconic songthat had been specially remixed to fit into theStar Warsgalaxy.
Will Skeleton Crew’s Trailer Music Inform The Show At All?
I’m Still Really Hoping For Huttese Covers
That being said,there’s certainly still time and far more of theStar Warsgalaxy to be explored asSkeleton Crewcontinues. Beyond the two-episode premiere, there are still six more episodes to go. That means there’s still plenty of opportunity for an alien band to be featured at some point to potentially provide the “Major Tom” Huttese cover in the show itself, or perhaps some other song in the same style, rather than just being part of the trailer alone (which I feel would be a major disservice).
“Is it too much to ask for an alien cover of Cyndi Lauper’s “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough”? It would totally sound like a song Sy Snootles would sing.”
Having a band play some 80s songs in alien languages at some point does feel like the easiest way forSkeleton Crewto have both its pirate aesthetic and 80s vibes simultaneously to achieve that trueGooniesfeel. I would love a sequence that pays homage toThe Max Rebo band first seen in Jabba the Hutt’s palace inReturn of the Jedi. At any rate, my fingers are certainly crossed that a Huttese cover of “Major Tom (Coming Home)” will get its time to shine inSkeleton Crewbeyond just the trailer.
In that same vein, one can hope that even more covers could be featured as well.For example, is it too much to ask for an alien cover of Cyndi Lauper’s “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough”?It would totally sound like a song Sy Snootles would sing.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Cast
Skeleton Crew follows four ordinary children who become lost in the expansive Star Wars galaxy. As they navigate unfamiliar worlds and the challenges they present, the group endeavors to find their way back to their home planet, undertaking a journey across the iconic Star Wars universe.
