Spoilers Skeleton Crew [Spoiler Discussion]
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Just as long as Wim and Fern don't kiss each other before finding out. This is Star Wars after all.Fara is Wim's mother, too. Can't you feel the tension between her and Wendle?
I'm not really convinced there's any significance to his mother's identity, it just doesn't feel like they've really set it up to be the big mystery a lot of people are treating it like.
This episode was a lot of fun, SM-33's disgust at what happened to Skull Mountain was a highlight. I'm getting more curious about where the parent's story is headed, it's starting to sound like The Supervisor is purposefully covering things up when it comes to their attempt to find their kids.
So At Attin was a Republic mint, I guess that would explain where all it's treasure came from.
I know they want us to think Jod turned on the kids at the end, but I'm not convinced. I think it's the first step in some kind of plan to save them from the pirates, and that was why he was so insistent that Fern yield to him when he challenged her.
His talk with Whim and how comfortable he was with the lightsaber at the end, seem to confirm that he had at least some kind of Jedi training.
This episode was a lot of fun, SM-33's disgust at what happened to Skull Mountain was a highlight. I'm getting more curious about where the parent's story is headed, it's starting to sound like The Supervisor is purposefully covering things up when it comes to their attempt to find their kids.
So At Attin was a Republic mint, I guess that would explain where all it's treasure came from.
I know they want us to think Jod turned on the kids at the end, but I'm not convinced. I think it's the first step in some kind of plan to save them from the pirates, and that was why he was so insistent that Fern yield to him when he challenged her.
His talk with Whim and how comfortable he was with the lightsaber at the end, seem to confirm that he had at least some kind of Jedi training.
Another really good episode than improves upon the previous one! The plot is clicking along at a good pace now, we're getting some of the mysteries unpacked, and a little background lore to boot! I think the highlight for me has to be the Hutt eating the Troglof, with his reaction being merely a vexed, barely exasperated "oh not again!" Though the less thought about the mechanics of that whole situation, the better.
Definite 'Temple of Doom' vibes in this episode, in more ways than one. Curious that they're still obfuscating Rennod's appearance; could be his is a face we'd recognise (smart money is still on the supervisor, who's bound to show up sooner or later), or it could just be a red herring and that really was his body pinned to the wall by a knife.
One thought does occur; if he's indeed still alive and SM-33 sees him, would that break Jod's hold over the droid? I mean if he's not dead and didn't yield to Fern, then by the pirate code he would still technically be Captain, right? Plus he sounds paranoid enough to have build in an override regardless.
The timeline is still a little unclear, though the odds of At Attin really being from the days of the Old Republic instead of the High Republic seem to have gone up a little. Seems like a bit much for At Attin to have passed into myth by Rennod's time, and for Rennod himself to have become a legend all in the span of a few centuries. Also that's McQuarrie script on the mountainside, which is almost exclusively shown to be an Old Republic thing. The style of the lightsaber would seem to work against that possibility, but really it's inconclusive as that style may have been in fashion in the High Republic, but it could have also been around much earlier.
Definite 'Temple of Doom' vibes in this episode, in more ways than one. Curious that they're still obfuscating Rennod's appearance; could be his is a face we'd recognise (smart money is still on the supervisor, who's bound to show up sooner or later), or it could just be a red herring and that really was his body pinned to the wall by a knife.
One thought does occur; if he's indeed still alive and SM-33 sees him, would that break Jod's hold over the droid? I mean if he's not dead and didn't yield to Fern, then by the pirate code he would still technically be Captain, right? Plus he sounds paranoid enough to have build in an override regardless.
The timeline is still a little unclear, though the odds of At Attin really being from the days of the Old Republic instead of the High Republic seem to have gone up a little. Seems like a bit much for At Attin to have passed into myth by Rennod's time, and for Rennod himself to have become a legend all in the span of a few centuries. Also that's McQuarrie script on the mountainside, which is almost exclusively shown to be an Old Republic thing. The style of the lightsaber would seem to work against that possibility, but really it's inconclusive as that style may have been in fashion in the High Republic, but it could have also been around much earlier.
So long as she's not Abeloth, I'm cool with it!
Yeah, they definitely won't appear in any further episodes of the show. What a relief. Every show would be better off if it ditched its protagonists entirely at the 2/3 mark!
Maybe. But I just found it odd that Wix was reading stories that would make him want to explore and have adventures, in a society that seems so restrictive they wouldn't allow kids to explore the woods, after watching the first episode. So Wix's mother being someone...not from there might explain it away.
But you could be right. Just a red herring, perhaps.
I don't think it necessarily even a red herring, I think it's just part of Wim's backstory and nothing more. I think at this point people are just so used to everything being a big mystery, that anytime we aren't given every detail about something or someone it's being set up to be a mystery, but sometime we just don't get every detail because they're not important to the story.
Now, Rennod on the other hand, it does feel like they were hiding his face for a reason.
Now, Rennod on the other hand, it does feel like they were hiding his face for a reason.
I thought episode 5 was the best yet and I've enjoyed them all. Just loved the whole set-up of irritated pirate baby-sitting kids on a resort planet while trying to find hidden treasure. It's my kind of set-up, I guess. So many fun moments. Wim turning the lightsaber on the wrong was was a comedic highlight in a very funny episode. It's good!
I need this explained to me like I'm 5.
I understand what a mint is. This is where new currency is manufactured. I understand old currency is destroyed. In a system backed by something (like gold) the currency represents that precious commodity. I also understand that simply printing money leads to hyperinflation and the devaluation of that currency.
So how would At Attin being a Republic/Old Republic/pre-Empire mint make it a treasure planet? Simply being able to print money doesn't make that money valuable. There have been at least 2 changes in government regimes since At Attin became a mint.
Does it being a mint also mean there is some kind of precious commodity storage on the planet? I know the credits look gold and shiny. Are they minted out of the precious commodity?
At first I thought the not New Republic stamp on the credits identified them as old and therefore they had value because they were antiques. Now I'm not sure.
Having an endless supply of a rare and collectable currency would still be something worth having, if Old Republic credits are valuable just because of the "old" part (and, who knows, maybe a generous New Republic exchange rate as reward/restitution to people who held on to their old money instead of buying into the Imperial banking system). And, of course, back when the Republic was a going concern (possibly during Rennod's time, we don't know how long ago he was active, though it seems like it'd take a while to establish such a fine resort), having access to a Republic mint would be the greatest bank heist you could imagine, never mind having access to the dies and treasury plates and so on allowing you to manufacture perfect counterfeit currency.
Putting that all aside, though, Jod (IIRC) did check one of the OR credits with his teeth, suggesting he was testing its composition, and that part or all of the value comes from it being made from an actual precious metal, and they weren't just markers made of common material whose value was solely based on the full faith and credit of the Republic. It could be the materials they're made from is some mineral that was relatively common in Old Republic times, but has become more rare in the modern day, like how ancient coins were made of actual gold and silver before people realized that that was more trouble than it was worth and that the concept of "money" works just as well if it's purely theoretical and you don't have to worry about people shaving off the rims of coins to steal metal and things like that.
This episode has me legit curious about Jod. He certainly appears to have the Force, or a really reliable way to fake it. And he directly quoted Qui-gon from episode 1 here. "Your focus determines your reality." I think we can assume that's a pretty standard Jedi line and not unique to Qui-gon, but it still implies that Jod was, at the least, around a Jedi long enough to pick that up.
He's not a Jedi, he's a terrible pirate/bounty hunter/scam artist, but he does seem to very much be a selfish, greedy sleemo. Ok Skeleton Crew, you have my attention.
He's not a Jedi, he's a terrible pirate/bounty hunter/scam artist, but he does seem to very much be a selfish, greedy sleemo. Ok Skeleton Crew, you have my attention.
My assumption has been that he's an ex-Padawan who's scraped by in the Underworld in order to survive and stay under the radar.
I would assume the mint would have a lot of whatever the currency that they made in some kind of storage.
Was that Merida?!
It was.
OK, yeah, no chance i would have recognized herSo, Betsy Kettleman is still up to her old tricks
I am guessing that Wim's mom actually escaped At Attin, but the story being told to him and possibly dad was that she died in some accident where her body was destroyed.
We might see her by the end of the show.
And how old might the ship be??
We might see her by the end of the show.
And how old might the ship be??
My money right now is on the simple truth that she's dead, exactly as depicted. The "reveal" will be that she died after encountering (or possibly because of) Cap'n Rennod. Maybe she saved him from he crash, maybe she caught him trying to break into some kind of vault. Whatever. But "the adventure" is going to be the thing that ended her life so that Wim has to confront it and move forward.
** side-eyes Ahsoka season 2 **So long as she's not Abeloth, I'm cool with it!
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