Skeleton Crew is described as a Goonies -inspired Amblin-style Star Wars series that follows the journey of four kids “who make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, then get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy,

What I didn’t know is that Skeleton Crew co-creator Jon Watts actually spoke to Dick Donner before the director died, and picked up some very valuable advice.

Skeleton Crew has arrived, and Star Wars fans are all united on one thing – Neel is everyone's new favorite little guy. Neel, who looks very much like a tiny blue elephant, is one of the group of kids who end up stranded in space after investigating a mysterious object in the forest.

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.