Jude Law makes ‘Star Wars’ debut in ‘Skeleton Crew’ trailer

Jude Law has already suited up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and traversed Harry Potter’s Wizarding World — and now, we have a new look at his trip to a galaxy far, far away.

The Talented Mr. Ripley star headlines Skeleton Crew, the latest Star Wars series on Disney+. Lucasfilm revealed footage of the show on Friday at Disney’s D23 fan event in Anaheim, Calif., showing off Law’s character Jod Na Nawood as he accompanies a ragtag crew of kids (Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith, and Ryan Kiera Armstrong) on an adventure across the galaxy.

“Skeleton Crew is a timeless adventure story in the spirit of the Amblin coming-of-age stories from the ’80s like The Goonies and E.T.,” Law said, explaining that the young characters “find themselves lost in the vastness of the galaxy in danger and trying to find their way home.”

That Amblin influence is apparent in the trailer, which shows young teens riding space-bicycles through the space-suburbs and discovering a hidden starship in the woods. “Tomorrow’s test will set the course of your entire future,” says an authoritative instructor played by Banshees of Inisherin star Kerry Condon. After the ship launches into hyperspeed (seemingly accidentally), we see glimpses of tons of bizarre creatures in numerous otherworldly locations, including Jawas and a terrifying spider creature. “It’s dangerous out there in space,” an unknown character says. “Trust no one.”

At the end of the footage, a key slowly hovers into the hand of Jod Na Nawood, revealing that Law’s character is a Force user.

“We had a terrific time making the show,” Law said on stage.

Skeleton Crew was created by Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts and screenwriter Chris Ford. “Skeleton Crew‘s tone is an adventure,” Ford told Entertainment Weekly’s Dagobah Dispatch podcast last year. “We wanted it to be a lot of fun. But of course, along with adventure comes the downside of it, which is danger. And when the kids are in danger, it’s extra fraught. So we played with that, but overall we wanted it to be just a fun adventure.”

However, that doesn’t mean the show is necessarily targeting children as its primary audience. “Hopefully it can be for all ages,” Ford continued. “When we told [Kathleen] Kennedy that we wanted to go for that Amblin tone, which she perfected over the years, what she would say is that they never thought of those as movies for kids. They just happen to be about kids, a story of a kid going on an adventure. So it could be for anyone.”

Law described the show’s tonal balance during the same interview. “At times there’s a sort of goofy nature and a goofy relationship between the kids and the adults,” he said. “And then other times it’s really quite dark and quite scary, which I guess is what the world probably looks like to an awful lot of 11-year-olds.”

Skeleton Crew’s eight episodes were helmed by an all-star lineup of directors, including Watts; Everything Everywhere All at Once Oscar winners Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert; The Green Knight filmmaker David Lowery, who previously worked with Law on Peter Pan and Wendy; Twisters and Minari director Lee Isaac Chung, who also worked on a season 3 episode of The Mandalorian; Beef’s Jake Schreier; and Bryce Dallas Howard, who directed three Mandalorian episodes and one ep of The Book of Boba Fett.

Skeleton Crew premieres on Dec. 3 on Disney+. Watch the first trailer above.

Additional reporting by Ashley Boucher.