“Was that me?!” It still echoes with the squeaky SpongeBob voice from the 90s. For nine seasons, the lovable nerd neighbor Steve Urkel terrorized the Winslow family in the US sitcom Family Guy. Now actor Jaleel White is back – as a Star Wars villain!
Sitcom icon from the 90s joins Star Wars: Curtain up for Jaleel White as a space pirate
White is joining the upcoming Star Wars series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, as can be seen in a first exclusive image from Entertainment Weekly. In addition to all sorts of alien characters, he can be seen as a semi-mechanical space pirate who is supposed to make life difficult for the young heroes of the series. See for yourself:
Here you will find an external content from Twitterthat complements the article. You can display it and hide it again with one click.
Hardcore fans of The Big Bang Theory will surely be immediately reminded of Steve Urkel’s ingenious robot creation, the Urkel-Bot. The android version of the black nerd icon was so iconic that he appeared alongside the original Urkel during his guest appearance in the cartoon series Scooby-Doo and Who Are You? White himself voiced his old series character 20 years after the sitcom ended.
After his sitcom success, Jaleel White provided the voice of the computer game hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog on several occasions, appeared in series such as Grown Ups and Me, Myself & I, and hosted the game show Total Blackout.
What is Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and when is it on?
The sci-fi coming-of-age series Skeleton Crew takes place around the same time as The Mandalorian, in the ninth year after the Battle of Yavin. Four children (Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Kyriana Kratter and Robert Timothy Smith) make a terrifying discovery and a mysterious spaceship catapults them straight into an exciting space adventure. Will they find their way back home?
Other roles include Hollywood star Jude Law (The Young Pope) as the power-gifted Jod Na Nawood and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz) as the voice of the droid SM 33 (in the original English version).
Disney+ has released Star Wars: Skeleton Crew internationally for December 3, 2024 announced. So far, the format by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford has been assured of a season with eight episodes.