Speaking exclusively to TechRadar ahead of the show's two-episode premiere, Jon Watts and Christopher Ford discussed the main influence behind Law's enigmatic individual. In the months leading up to Star Wars: Skeleton Crew's release,

Skeleton Crew was originally pitched as a movie — well before Disney+ “came into existence,” says series co-creator Jon Watts. Created by Watts (director of Spider-Man: No Way Home) and Chris Ford (Spider-Man: Homecoming writer) and set during the same timeframe as Disney+’s live-action The

Jude Law, creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford and the young cast of "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew" sat down with CinemaBlend to discuss the making of Disney's latest streaming series in the "Star Wars" universe.

Skeleton Crew will draw from a very deep well of references to make its world feel like old-school Star Wars. In a Den of Geek profile, showrunners Jon Watts and Christopher Ford hinted at their series containing some obscure nods to Star Wars' early decades and corners of the galaxy once explored in the 1990s-era Expanded Universe.

Skeleton Crew is a new eight-episode Disney+ series, the first two episodes of which premiere on December 2. The latest live-action Star Wars series stars Jude Law and a cast of up-and-coming young actors in a story about four children who make a mysterious discovery on their home planet and end up getting lost in a strange and scary galaxy far,