Skeleton Crew Episode 6 Pays Tribute To Disney’s Pirates Of The Caribbean

This text incorporates spoilers for “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” episode 6, “Zero Pals Once more.”

The final day of 2024 introduced us the sixth episode of “Skeleton Crew,” the “Star Wars” sequence following a group of children who’re misplaced within the galaxy and attempting to get residence. Alongside the way in which, they meet Jod Na Nawood (Jude Regulation), a scheming pirate with a dozen totally different names and identities who is needed by bounty hunters, his outdated crew, the New Republic, and plenty of others. Within the final episode, he betrayed the children, took management of their droid, SM-33 (Nick Frost), and made off to steal their ship, the fabled Onyx Cinder. As this new episode, “Zero Pals Once more” opens, the children escape Jod’s treacherous clutches and he is free to seize all of the treasure he can carry and head on his merry manner. As such, the children are compelled to spend this episode attempting to claw their manner again to their ship with out the assistance of their grownup companion (at the same time as they begin to get increasingly on each other’s nerves).

Alongside the way in which, there are extra revelations in regards to the present’s younger heroes, significantly KB (Kyriana Kratter) and her medical situation, which forces Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers) — the group’s sorta-not-really chief — to  assist her do upkeep on her synthetic intelligence unit as a result of she’s too afraid to point out that weak point to her buddy Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong). As for Jod, he shortly finds out that his previous life has caught up with him. The crew he’d escaped from after they mutinied towards him within the sequence’ premiere handle to seize him as soon as extra, and have each intention of creating him pay for his shenanigans. It is there that the outdated pirate codes of the “Star Wars” universe take middle stage in a flip of occasions that feels ripped straight from one other well-known Disney franchise.

As soon as Jod’s former crew have recaptured him, their now-leader Captain Brutus (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) sentences Captain Silvo — one in all Jod’s many aliases — to dying by airlock. Nevertheless, earlier than that may occur, he’s swiftly granted the appropriate of “Equal Time” to plead his case. It appears that is one thing of their pirate code that provides Jod an opportunity to talk on his personal behalf in his protection. Though he receives a keep of execution and the pirates comply with go to At Attin to hunt the treasure there after Jod rouses them with a jaunty rendition of a tune about an outdated pirate delusion and the planet itself, he’s in the end nonetheless their prisoner, tossed in an airlock, and able to be killed at a second’s discover.

It is a growth that is instantly paying homage to a scenario in 2003’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” during which “Captain” Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) will get a gathering along with his treacherous former first mate Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) by invoking the appropriate of “parlay.” The time period “parlay” was within the “Pirata Codex” and allowed a brief truce between pirates that allowed them to talk with out concern of harming one another, which often ended with them negotiating passable phrases and being allowed to go their separate methods. Like Jod (or Captain Silvo, relying on who’s speaking to him), this explicit parlay would not go that effectively for Jack, and he stays Barbossa’s prisoner after being thrown into the brig.

With “Skeleton Crew” placing a lot deal with the pirates of the “Star Wars” universe, it is no surprise the Disney present has now included a number of homages to the corporate’s different mega-successful swashbuckling franchise. The sequence had already tipped its hat to the unique “Pirates of the Caribbean” theme park trip, so it solely stood to cause it could ultimately pay its respects to the “Pirates” films as effectively. You may as well hint the inspiration for “Skeleton Crew” again to an excellent older Disney work within the type of 1950’s “Treasure Island,” itself a serious movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s traditional 1883 novel. It is a story the place the principles of pirating come into play as effectively, particularly that of the “black spot” (itself a manner of formally signaling {that a} pirate has been sentenced to dying by different pirates). Plus, there is not any lacking the affect of nefarious “Treasure Island” buccaneer Lengthy John Silver (whose identify is remarkably much like “Silvo.”)

“Skeleton Crew” has been such a enjoyable trip, combining a pastiche of older “Star Wars” initiatives and their serial journey model with a touch of hope and optimism countered by the varied perils and cliffhangers it is served alongside the way in which. It is merely been an utter delight to look at Regulation herd a bunch of children by the perils and pitfalls (and inevitable betrayals) of a galaxy far, far-off out to get them and the treasure of their planet. The younger actors behind the youngsters themselves, together with Robert Timothy Smith as the type, peace-preaching Neel, have equally delivered robust, enchanting performances whereas going up towards some really nice expertise, and all of them appear to be they’re having the time of their lives battling pirates, significantly on this episode.

New episodes of “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” drop Tuesdays at 6 pm PST on Disney+.