The brand new Star Wars present, Skeleton Crew, is right here and the primary scene of the primary episode instantly hits you with a query. A query that, 15 seconds into it, principally each one in all us answered. However, since it’s not explicitly said but, we’re right here to tell you that sure. Sure, you had been proper. That’s precisely who you thought it was.
The primary episode of Skeleton Crew begins with a bunch of pirates hijacking a ship hoping to seek out a great deal of credit. Once they don’t, the crew mutinies towards their captain, Silvo–who, all through the entire scene, is carrying what appears to be like like a sinister mix of the Leia Boushh helmet from Return of the Jedi, a praetorian guard, and a pirate’s tricorne. Due to the helmet, technically, we aren’t presupposed to know who Silvo is but. However then you definitely give it a second. The voice is oddly acquainted. We’ve seen that swagger earlier than. Then, when the episode ends, the reply is true there on display so that you can see, listed within the credit. It’s, certainly, Jude Regulation’s character Jod Na Nawood.
Regulation’s title is the primary title within the forged credit for the present regardless of the actual fact his face by no means seems within the episode. That’s your first clue. And sure, whereas some reveals credit score their largest stars—like Regulation on Skeleton Crew—even when they don’t seem in an episode, that’s not the case right here. It’s Regulation behind the masks. A indisputable fact that’s bolstered when he seems as a prisoner on the finish of the second episode. The brig is precisely the place the pirates would’ve taken their disgraced captain, isn’t it?
Plus, Regulation already informed us that ‘Jod’ isn’t the one title his character has passed by. “Considered one of Jod’s different names is definitely taken from a extremely outdated early Star Wars comedian guide,” the actor lately teased to io9 at a press junket for Skeleton Crew. “I gained’t let you know which one! However yeah, it’s a reference to a personality in a really early comedian.” Silvo doesn’t ring any bells from Star Wars historical past, so what may a 3rd identification this thriller man has had even be?
So there you could have it. You thought it was Jude Regulation within the opening of the present and it was. So, what does that imply for what we’ve seen to date? How did Jod Na Nawood rise to turn out to be a pirate captain? Why does he go by Silvo? Which is his actual title? The place does his Power capacity come from? Was he, sooner or later, a Jedi as Wim suggests? These are questions that haven’t been answered but, however certainly will quickly. For now, although, you may give a giant fats “I informed you so” to anybody who didn’t imagine you while you known as it.
The primary two episodes of Skeleton Crew at the moment are streaming on Disney+.
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