P art of the joy of storytelling in the Star Wars universe is that you can – and you are supposed to – stretch the boundaries of what has been shown on screen before, because

The newest Star Wars TV series is keeping the love of the prequel trilogy alive. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew just debuted its first two episodes on Disney+ this week, taking fans to a new corner of the galaxy as a group of kids accidentally embarks on a pirate adventure.

Set in the same timeframe as The Mandalorian, Skeleton Crew follows a group of young people who find themselves lost in space.

Skeleton Crew is approaching the space opera a little differently. It feels as if every new Star Wars thing either tries that and ends up searching for an audience or is so cloyingly loyal to the established lore that it is closer to bashing action figures together than telling a story.