Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is set during the post-Return of the Jedi era, but even its creators aren’t completely sure which year it takes place.
Skeleton Crew’s showrunners have confirmed where it sits on the Star Wars timeline
The sci-fi franchise’s latest TV show takes place after the events of Return of the Jedi
However, the series’ creators haven’t definitively decided which year its story is set in
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’s creators have confirmed where the Jude Law-starring series fits onto the ever-expanding Star Wars timeline.
In an exclusive chat with TechRadar, Jon Watts and Christopher Ford revealed that, as many fans predicted, it takes place in the post-Return of the Jedi era. That means Skeleton Crew is set in and around the same time period as three other live-action Star Wars shows, including The Mandalorian.
What may come as a surprise to readers, though, is the fact that Watts and Ford haven’t definitively decided when the story of Skeleton Crew begins. Indeed, when I asked the duo to clarify when the Disney Plus show takes place, they revealed that they hadn’t settled on an “exact date”. It sounds like they’re taking one particular issue, which has also affected Stranger Things on Netflix, into account, too, before they lock in the year that kicks off Skeleton Crew’s narrative.
“It’s around that time”, Watts said when I asked if the last of 2024’s new Star Wars movies and shows took place alongside The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Star Wars: Ahsoka.
