Skeleton Crew Episode 7 Places The Adults In A Basic Steven Spielberg Scene

This text accommodates spoilers for “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” episode 7, “We’re Gonna Be In So A lot Hassle.”

The penultimate episode of “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” season 1, “We’re Gonna Be In So A lot Hassle,” brings the motion again to the planet of At Attin, with the entire present’s storylines and characters converging on the mysterious world of fantasy. As issues get underway, the dad and mom of the imperiled youngsters, Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), and KB (Kyriana Kritter), plot to ship them a message, letting them know the way to get previous the deadly barrier that stands between them and their return residence. In the meantime, Captain Brutus (Fred Tatasciore), Jod Na Nawood (Jude Legislation), and the remainder of the pirates battle over the youngsters and their ship, the Onyx Cinder, once they notice it would maintain the important thing to passing by way of the barrier. 

Finally, Jod comes out on prime, capturing the youngsters by drive, taking them hostage with merciless threats, and leaving his pirate crew behind. Reaching the floor, he locates the fabled treasure of At Attin and the youngsters are reunited with their dad and mom. Nevertheless, the precise episode ends simply as the ultimate battle is about to start.

Alongside the way in which, “We’re Gonna Be In So A lot Hassle” samples every thing from “Andor” to, as soon as once more, “Treasure Island” for concepts. Nevertheless, one in all its finest scenes comes proper from a Steven Spielberg traditional.

“Skeleton Crew” creators Robert Watts and Christopher Ford have made no bones about the truth that they’ve been impressed by the work of Steven Spielberg, significantly his directing and producing output within the Eighties. “The Goonies” is usually cited as a frequent inspiration, and it is sensible. “The Goonies” actually cemented the “Youngsters on Bikes” style within the hearts and minds of ’80s youngsters in all places. However there was, in fact, one other movie that actually kicked the style off within the first place: Spielberg’s 1982 hit “E.T. the Further Terrestrial.”

The seventh episode of “Skeleton Crew” begins off with a scene plucked proper out of “E.T.” With the dad and mom of the lacking youngsters assured the droids and supervisors of At Attin will do nothing to assist discover their youngsters, they’ve original their very own communications machine, cobbled collectively from spare components, to ship a message out past the planet’s barrier. They collect collectively within the forest to launch their message. Sadly, the safety droids of At Attin, bearing brilliant flashlights within the evening, descend upon them and provides chase, hoping to cease their message from getting out.

The scene appears like a direct ship up of two particular, iconic moments in “E.T.” The primary is the foot chase in “E.T.” that is been referenced on the present earlier than, the place the eponymous alien is chased by authorities brokers by way of the woods at evening with flashlights. The opposite, although, is when E.T. has cobbled collectively his personal communications machine with the intention to contact his individuals and get picked as much as go residence. “E.T. telephone residence,” he tells his pals in one of many film’s oft-quoted traces.

Whereas “Skeleton Crew” episode 7 matches the photographs and vibe of Spielberg’s traditional with its personal nighttime forest sequence, it additionally places the adults within the place of working away from the authorities this time, which is a hilarious swap. Clearly, although, they only need to get their youngsters residence secure and sound, and it makes one surprise if that is what it would’ve been like for the opposite extra-terrestrials attempting to get ahold of E.T. on the opposite finish of issues in Spielberg’s film.

If there’s something we will study from the instance of the “Youngsters on Bikes” Spielberg motion pictures of the Eighties, it is that they at all times have a rousing climax with a number of motion and, effectively, youngsters on bikes. Since this episode of “Skeleton Crew” ends with an enormous cliffhanger after bringing its younger heroes again residence to At Attin, it stands to motive we’ll in all probability get again to see the youngsters driving their hoverbikes as they attempt to save the day from Jod Na Nawood and his traitorous methods within the season 1 finale.

Will they fly into the sky and get silhouetted by the moon? That could be a bit an excessive amount of, however I might nonetheless wager the hoverbikes determine into issues. I might likewise wager that Wim will get his arms on that lightsaber Jod absconded with, too. It could make a number of sense for him to get to change into the Jedi he is dreamed of being for the reason that very first episode. Additionally, hopefully the youngsters’ droid buddy SM-33 can be again, too. That is simply good storytelling within the Spielberg mode.

The “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” season 1 finale drops January 14, 2025, at 6pm PST on Disney+.