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Spider-Man Trilogy director helms Star Wars story featuring Jude Law and Kerry Condon
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is an upcoming coming-of-age sci-fi TV series created by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford for Disney+. It is set within the Star Wars universe and takes place simultaneously with The Mandalorian and its interconnected offshoots, all of which happen after the events in Return of the Jedi. The series, which was developed under the code name Grammar Rodeo, is being executive produced by Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, both of whom have been involved in various Star Wars projects including The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.
The accomplished duo of director Jon Watts and writer Chris Ford created Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Watts previously directed three Spider-Man films including Homecoming, Far From Home and No Way Home. The confirmed list of episode directors includes the Academy Award-winning duo The Daniels, who directed the acclaimed movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, as well as David Lowery, who directed The Green Knight. Other renowned directors such as Jake Schreier, Bryce Dallas Howard and Lee Isaac Chung, are also part of this impressive lineup.
Jude Law leads the series as a Jedi. Other cast members include Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Tunde Adebimpe and Kerry Condon.