Skeleton Crew tells the story of four children who get lost in the darkness of space and then search for their way home. The big problem: Nobody seems to have ever heard of their home planet At Attin – nobody, except the shady Jod Na Nawood, played by Jude Law.
This adventure is told over the course of eight episodes. But how does the story of Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), Neel (Robert Timothy Smith) and KB (Kyriana Kratter) continue? We have compiled all the information we could find about the second season of Skeleton Crew.
Will Skeleton Crew Season 2 be on Disney+?
Officially, Disney+ has No second season of Skeleton Crew ordered yet. But what are the chances of that still happening? To answer this question, we need to consider several factors, starting with the fact that Skeleton Crew was never intended to be a multi-season series, but was originally intended to be a film.
Jon Watts, who created the series together with Christopher Ford, wanted to make a Star Wars film after Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). At that time, he pitched his idea for Skeleton Crew to Lucasfilm. In the end, the project was not waved through and instead sat on the bench for several years.
First through the launch of Disney+ a breath of fresh air came into the matter: Skeleton Crew was converted into a series and part of a larger universe. The action now takes place in the Mandoverse timeline after Return of the Jedi, which also includes The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka.
There is already an idea for Skeleton Crew Season 2
So there is a larger narrative scope for Skeleton Crew and therefore the possibility that the characters could appear in other Star Wars series. Watts and Ford also have a second season considered in the restructuringas they revealed in an interview with Collider before the launch.
At the time they revealed:
We 100 percent have an idea for a second season and know what we would do. […] With the children and their ages we have one built-in ticking clockand we’ll know approximately how old they’ll be once we start production [der 2. Staffel] can get started. We would [die Drehbücher] So write down this point so that you basically grow up with the children.
They further explained:
It would be something like [ein Zeitsprung von drei bis vier Jahren]so it makes sense. We haven’t seen the kids in a while, so it depends on how big they are now. But we would it not like Stranger Things do and say, ‘Now is the next day.’ That won’t happen.
With Stranger Things the two mention the most popular series in years struggles in vain against the age of its stars. The Harry Potter series was luckier, releasing eight films into cinemas within eleven years and thus demonstrating incredible discipline. But not every project progresses so purposefully.
Because Watts and Ford plan a time jump, they can flexibly adapt the production to the age of the children and now teenagers, depending on when and if they get the green light for the second season of Skeleton Crew. The continuation of the Star Wars series on Disney+ should not fail because of this.
Skeleton Crew hasn’t been a huge streaming success so far
A look at the streaming numbers proves to be more problematic. Disney+ has not yet published any official values. However, based on analyzes from external services such as market research company Nielsen, things are not looking good for Skeleton Crew – despite positive reviews and audience reactions.
As Forbes reports, Skeleton Crew made it to the premiere not even in the top 10 of the most watched original series in the corresponding week. The Great British Baking Show took 10th place with 382 million minutes watched. That means Skeleton Crew’s two-part opener has to be somewhere below that.
If we calculate generously, the first two Skeleton Crew episodes recorded a maximum of 191 million minutes viewed – and that is far below the values of The Acolyte, which also launched with a double episode on Disney + in the summer of 2024 and 244 million hours viewed per episode came.
The Acolyte was canceled after one season. Will this fate also befall Skeleton Crew? According to the streaming numbers, there is little hope. The series still has one advantage apart from its Mandoverse connection: it was significantly cheaper as the first (and possibly last) live-action foray into the High Republic era.
Another Forbes report shows: The budget for the eight episodes of The Acolyte is between $180 million and $230 million, or around $22.5 million to $29 million per episode. Skeleton Crew comes to $136 million with the same number of episodes, i.e. $17 million per episode.
In other words, Skeleton Crew’s future is uncertain. For now, we have no choice but to wait and see which path Lucasfilm and Disney+ choose. Until then, you can watch the first eight episodes again or start with the Andor rewatch, because there will definitely be a second season coming in April.