Warning: spoilers are ahead for the first two episodes of Star Wars: The Skeleton Crew, streaming now with a Disney+ subscription.

There have been so many underwhelming Star Wars TV series in recent years (The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka, The Acolyte) that it’s borderline astounding to discover that the franchise’s latest small-screen outing,

The thing is, though, that Star Wars doesn’t need a nostalgia filter. It’s already Star Wars. This franchise began nearly 50 years ago now, and generation after generation has experienced it in childhood and grown up still loving it, or at least remembering it fondly. The nostalgia filter comes as a standard feature with every Star Wars project.

Skeleton Crew,” now streaming on Disney+, clearly plays to the younger end of the “Star Wars” fan base, so set your expectations accordingly, writes our reviewer.

Skeleton Crew Episode 2 follows the kids as they “break the barrier” and encounter some pirates – and they may have found a Jedi.

Yes! You will be able to catch all eight episodes of Skeleton Crew on Disney+, with the series joining the exciting list of other content joining the platform this December, from Inside Out interquel Dream Productions to Nicola Coughlan joining the TARDIS in the Doctor Who Christmas special.

A new Star Wars series hit Disney+ today, and it is winning the hearts of critics and audiences who have rated it at 94% and 88%, respectively, on the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew follows a group of kids lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy following a mysterious discovery on their home planet.

Skeleton Crew” is not a new one, but it’s the kind of foundational idea that keeps getting redone: a group of children, yearning for adventure, stumble into an adult world full of mystery and danger,

The reviews are in for the first two episodes of the newly-released Disney+ series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Set parallel to the events of The Mandalorian, Skeleton Crew follows the adventures of four children who become lost in a vast universe and must find their way back to their home planet.