Star Wars has been criticized for relying too heavily on the same characters and locations, making the vast universe feel smaller than it should. The new show Skeleton Crew addresses this issue by featuring a cast of fresh, unexplored characters.
There have been many struggles that Star Wars has faced over the previous decade, but one of the most damning is how small the universe can often feel. By using the same characters, locations, and settings, the franchise has become stale, and the few potential projects that have tried to defy this trope usually remain trapped in limbo.
Unlike other shows, Skeleton Crew gets around this issue by having its main cast consist entirely of sheltered children, making even the most traditional hallmarks of the series exciting and dangerous. Having such a rich world also serves to help develop Skeleton Crew's ensemble as characters, who soon discover that the galaxy is as stunning as it is terrifying — and allow us watching at home to view it through new eyes. For Too Long, Star Wars Has Felt Shockingly Small Close Perhaps one of the greatest aspects of Star Wars is the scale of the world that George Lucas originally created, one almost endless in both size and scope. In recent years, though, many stories have been guilty of relying upon the same characters and locations time and again, especially in the small world of television. Except for Andor, almost every show features the Skywalkers or some connection to a place strongly associated with them, most notably Tatooine. For a universe meant to be larger than life, the galaxy instead usually comes off as more of a small town, where everybody knows everybody else. When the people and places of a world seem so commonplace, it robs the galaxy of what often made it so magical. To be fair, there have been attempts to subvert this expectation. Regardless of their many flaws, one thing the sequel trilogy did right was creating new worlds for the characters, although even these have been recycled versions of previous film locations. Although this problem has existed for much of the current Disney era, it has been especially prevalent in the past couple of years, when the franchise has relied too much upon nostalgi
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