The map Kh'ymm showed them showed nine Jewels.
Spoilers Skeleton Crew [Spoiler Discussion]
- Thread starter Reverend
- Start date
Except he could have killed the droid and the kids, and found someone like KB, to access the memory banks...someone who's better at it than KB.... I"m not sure he's a killer. Just a space scoundrel.
I know...plot
Probably the best episode yet overall. We got a good amount of plot progression, some solid character progression, and it was a fun little adventure. Not so many answers as implications so far, but the implications are very telling!
Neel was clearly the star of the show this time around, but Fern also got a little growth by seeing she's not necessarily the toughest person around (and that that kind of thinking isn't always the best way), and even Wim gets a rare moment of self-awareness, admitting he'd be a terrible leader.
Not shocked that SM-33 was indeed programmed to keep his vocoder shut about At Attin as the last episode gave a pretty clear clue to that effect, but it does at least show they know what they're doing and how to properly structure a mystery! Random notes: -
Neel was clearly the star of the show this time around, but Fern also got a little growth by seeing she's not necessarily the toughest person around (and that that kind of thinking isn't always the best way), and even Wim gets a rare moment of self-awareness, admitting he'd be a terrible leader.
Not shocked that SM-33 was indeed programmed to keep his vocoder shut about At Attin as the last episode gave a pretty clear clue to that effect, but it does at least show they know what they're doing and how to properly structure a mystery! Random notes: -
- The broken satellites and partial barrier coverage shows that this planet was indeed once just like At Attin. What went wrong is still a mystery, but clearly the "perfect" society suffered a total collapse, and the descendents of the original settlers have devolved into war-bands, constantly at war with each other over territory and resources.
- The seemingly identical architecture and layout certainly reinforces the sense of artifice established earlier on At Attin. It's not just a well maintained garden world, it's a manufactured garden world. Almost like a franchise joint; Starbucking a whole city and suburbs!
- A story called "Tales of the Knights" where people slept for a hundred years? Presumably Jedi Knights? I wonder if that's pure fiction, or based on something that happened. There certainly is some precedent, so it's not impossible.
- I wonder if that statue will com into play again? At first I just assumed it was one of the figures from the scroll (presumably the founders) but a missing face probably means we'd recognise it if we saw it, but who could that possibly be? What (human) face could date back that far and still recognisable to us?
- I still don't have a clear sense of how far back these planets date. I think the smart money is still on The High Republic, partially because these ruins only look like they've had a century or three of neglect, not a millennia or more . . . but then we don't know when things fell apart either.
- While Star Wars has done regressive planets like this before (Phasma's homeworld leaps to mind) this is the first time we've seen it in anything outside of print media. In this instance it mostly serves to give the kids a reality check as to how lucky they were to grow up somewhere safe, with functioning infrastructure and no child soldiers!
- I noticed the some of the Hattan soldiers were wearing what looks like Imperial Army gear (probably actual left-over costume pieces from Solo and/or Andor.) Could be that those are just very old, bog standard designs that have been around since forever, or just an indication of the trade with off-worlders that Strix mentioned. I'd say the latter is the more likely given the presence of the tank (kinda-sorta looks like an old AAT, or something similar) and it seems unlikely such things were already present on the Jewel Worlds . . . but on the other hand that roof mounted cannon on the school looks old enough to be original, so maybe there are some well hidden defences. Chekov's anti-aircraft cannon anyone?
- Now that I think about it; I didn't see any familiar blaster designs that might be left-over Imperial, or even Clone Wars weapons. Indeed most of them look like they've either very crude/improvised designs, or very old designs that have been stripped down, rebuilt and repaird so many times they look like they're made from junk. One other thing of note; the blaster spears some of them were carring does remind me of the stun-pikes from the old 'Droids' cartoons, at least in erganomics. A bit of a stretch, but that could indicate that the weapons are as old as the settlement; after all the only kind of small-arms a place like that is likely to have is on the level of riot gear. Indeed, those blaster shots did have the distinctive rings of a stun blast rather than a normal blaster bolt, so perhaps they are just stun weapons that have been juiced up and motified for lethality.
- I went back and checked the first episode and while I don't think we got a good look at the school's roof on At Attin to tell if there's the same dome structure that potentially hides a cannon; we did actually see the Supervisor's Tower in the scene where Fern & KB were racing over the bridge!
- Anyone else think those pillars look a lot like the design of those seen all over the Jedi Temple on Coruscant? There may be some Jedi kind of connection in here after all . . .
Ten, as a matter of fact. Nine in the centre of the map, and a tenth planet down the bottom with the five figures. Presumably the tenth is At Attin since it's depicted as still having it's barrier satellites. Unfortunately it's a little hard to count the number of pillars in the Supervisor's Tower to be sure if the tenth is indeed a tenth, or simply one of the nine.
Oops, I stand corrected. I originally thought it was six until I looked it up to double-check...and I still missed one. 
If the next world has the same, we can definitely say they were all designed by the same people, probably at the same time.
My hubby commented that each planet could've been a different social experiment, but I disagree given how rundown At Achrann looked. It seems more likely it fell into chaos at some point.
Who was 33's original captain? Since the ship and he were on At Attin, I propose that the captain is still there.
What if...At Archrann's social experiment is anarchy (and not just because of the name, which I only noticed the similarity after having that thought)?
That all sounds a little more like 'Fallout' than Star Wars, but it's not like there aren't already some in-built parallels.
Personally, I think all the communities will be outwardly the same or similar, with the distinction being each has a unique treasure of some sort. Maybe for one it's literal treasure; precious stones, minerals, kyber crystals, etc. and the expertice to craft it into wonders. Maybe another it's an infinite source of energy, like how Naboo has a plasma core instead of normal molten rock (never mind how that's supposed to work!) Maybe another is rich in spice and/or coaxium. Maybe another is just one giant library the puts even the Jedi archive to shame. And maybe one of them has some of the rarest/most endangered plants and animals in the galaxy?
I'm going to guess that At Attin's treasure isn't going to be anything material, but the people themselves. The very best, most intelligent bloodlines each of those species had to offer, curated and educated to the utmost standards. Yes that does rather smack of eugenics, but then so do most utopian ideals, and it's not like that whole society doesn't have the distinct whiff of ultra-conformism.
I just assumed he was one of the two Skeletons they found on the ship. SM-33 said he killed any of the crew that were there to see the coordinates, so it wouldn't be a shock if he tried to do the same to whomever was left once they arrived at At Attin, only this time they either fought back, or got their retaliation in first . . . and they both died in the process; hence the ship crashing with nobody to pilot it.
Last edited:
At Arrakis?
The coaxium must flow.At Arrakis?
This was a great episode.
The whole At Acchran storyline was a surprise. It's a little creepy how everything was exactly the same all the way down to the tree and furniture in Wim's house and it's Acchran counterpart. Definitely seems like there was something weird going on with these jewels of the republic. I have to admit, at first I thought maybe it was At Acchran and it was going turn out it was a planet like the ones in Star Trek: Voyager and Lower Decks where time moves faster, so while the were gone for just a few days from their perspective, it had been centuries At Attin, but I guess Star Wars doesn't really go for that kind of thing the way Trek does.
The stuff with the Troik and Hattan was pretty good. After all their playing and fantasy, it was interesting to see the kids have to face real battles and a real war. Really liked the stuff with Neel and Hayna, and after her acting so tough and mature up to this point, it was nice to get a little remind that Fern really is a kid just like Wim and Neel.
So all the theories about SM-33's response to being because of a memory block were right, but I was not expecting the tear them limb from limb part.
The whole At Acchran storyline was a surprise. It's a little creepy how everything was exactly the same all the way down to the tree and furniture in Wim's house and it's Acchran counterpart. Definitely seems like there was something weird going on with these jewels of the republic. I have to admit, at first I thought maybe it was At Acchran and it was going turn out it was a planet like the ones in Star Trek: Voyager and Lower Decks where time moves faster, so while the were gone for just a few days from their perspective, it had been centuries At Attin, but I guess Star Wars doesn't really go for that kind of thing the way Trek does.
The stuff with the Troik and Hattan was pretty good. After all their playing and fantasy, it was interesting to see the kids have to face real battles and a real war. Really liked the stuff with Neel and Hayna, and after her acting so tough and mature up to this point, it was nice to get a little remind that Fern really is a kid just like Wim and Neel.
So all the theories about SM-33's response to being because of a memory block were right, but I was not expecting the tear them limb from limb part.
And AT-AT.
It's pronounced Ay-Tee Ay-Tee, not At At. The ignorance you display is insulting not just to Star Wars fandom, but to me personally. My blood is boiling so bad right now, you wouldn't believe it's boiling so bad right now.
(
)
Maybe. Or maybe the skeletons are crew members and the captain is still alive somewhere on At Attin. Just a gut feeling. We'll see.
0AT-0AT
It's pronounced Ay-Tee Ay-Tee, not At At. The ignorance you display is insulting not just to Star Wars fandom, but to me personally. My blood is boiling so bad right now, you wouldn't believe it's boiling so bad right now.
(
I don't know, it seems like the Onxy Cinder has been there quite a while.
Similar threads
