I tend to stay well away from anything with the words "Star Wars" and "Disney" these days. So that said, it came as no small surprise, to have to admit that "Skeleton Crew" is not only not dreadful, its reasonably accessible to adults, too. Lets start with the obvious. Yes, its new Disney so I'm not surprised to find its a little woke. Thankfully, its only a "little woke" and whilst I find that really, really irritating at times and I wish they'd knock it off, its delivered in small doses. On the positive side this series actually tells a not unfamiliar but entirely engaging story. It feels like a mix of the 1985 film "The Goonies" and a pirate adventure, Robert Louis Stevenson ("Treasure Island") style, in space. More specifically, the Star Wars universe. Its focus is a group of kids, human and alien who find themselves castaways on a pirate space ship, having an adventure far away from the planet, they call home.To make matters more complicated, space pirates want to capture them to find the location of their home-world, as its considered a mythological treasure planet. Oh and there's an alleged Jedi, just to round things out. This series works because its inherently familiar, dipping into tropes of adventure, family and friendship. Plus its special effects are unsurprisingly excellent. The cast too, have great chemistry, so there's a win on that front, as well. In su…

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