Skeleton Crew Skeleton Crew 1.08 (SEASON FINALE!!!) - Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

The pirate's reactions to the dataries imply that they are very, very rare. And very, very valuable.

 

Because that's what they're for - for people to use. Unless you're saying that they produce all these credits for the inhabitants of At-Attin

 

Well then. Fart noise. lol

I dunno. Pirates like shiny shiny gold.

 

I had made up my mind from before. It was YOU who posted the video with Emperor's speech.
I never mentioned this speech, you just assumed I was.

So all I am saying is that the Supervisors may have received a message about the Jedi being traitors, without knowing that the Republic was folded into an Empire.
There were a few hours between the Jedi genocide and the Emperor's speech.

 

I am saying that the inhabitants of At Attin keep doing their job, the end result of which is the production credits in the mint.
I don't understand why this is such a tough concept, really. Just like the miners mine coal or lithium or whatever other resource you may have without actually tracking where that coal goes, the inhabitants of At Attin are not there to wonder where the credits go. As far as we know, the Republic may have been visiting At Attin to receive shipments of credits once every ten years. It was very clearly shown that At Attin is a secret planet to anyone except from a few emissaries of the Republic, and that the emissaries almost never visit.

 

See, the problem here is then that the mint worlds were in contact with the Republic, so then Palpatine has to know about them. I am not buying that he didn't. And that doesn't mesh with the idea that the Republic was in crippling dept during the war, had to take loans from the Banking Clan, and Palpatine went an extra mile to nationalize the banks. That's because that was the explanation for where the Empire got the money all of the sudden for Death Star and rapid militarization. And even then, we have all this media that tells us that Death Star siphoned most of Empire's military financing. But if they had these minting worlds that could make unlimited money... why didn't the Empire find them, given that the Republic was in contact with them, if we go by your theory that they were specifically notified for some reason that the Jedi were traitors before Palpatine declared it officially?

The whole thing is just a contrived mystery box that they did not bother explaining properly, how it works with the larger setting of Star Wars. Which is why we are having this discussion right now.

 

Strongly disagree.

I don't need every blank filled in for me, and I have never needed that when watching a movie. It's up to the audience to fill in some of the blanks.

The way I see it, the 7 lost worlds stopped having back-and-forth contact with the Republic centuries ago, for reasons that we don't know, and that I personally don't care to find out. Not everything needs an explanation. Then when Palpatine made his move, he sent out a broadcast to all the channels, which was received by all clones and droids stationed on various planets in the Galaxy. The At Attin Supervisor received this broadcast as well.

It's not a mystery box. It's information that is not necessary in order to understand everything that has happened in this show, and doesn't contradict anything.

 

I also thought it was a massive destruction and had the same thoughts as you but I also like to try to give shows a bit of rope to help understand things. To me, what happened makes sense because when KB got the message out, she said they needed help in a hurry and the transmission got cut off, so Alien Owl Thingy knew they needed help there pronto. Also, KB's message finished with something about needing to find a way through the shield.

Now did the NR send a tractor beam capable ship? Quite possibly but I also imagine it would take longer to get ready than a bunch of X-wings and B-wings being single person ships. Even the frigate didn't show up until pretty much after everything was done. Time was of the essence here. When they got there, the city was already burning because of the pirates attack, so it would have appeared the invasion was well under way. They had to react quickly.

Even if their plan was to use a tractor beam, in that moment, they had to respond to a ship that looked like it was in full invasion mode without said tractor beam capable ship ready / there. In battles, things happen and collateral damage occurs. It can definitely be taken as a massive mistake but given all the factors mentioned, an easily understandable and explainable one.

 

My interpretation was that they were more valuable for what they are rather than what they represent. In other words, the value isn’t in like the exchange rate between the credit and the wupiupi or whatever as currency, but in the physical credits themselves, sort of like a more extreme version of how the copper in a penny is worth more than 1 cent. Now, it’s not entirely clear why that’s the case. It’s possible the Republic was opulent enough at its height that there really is just an obscene amount of gold in their money(would seem to conflict with Watto not accepting them under the pretense that they weren’t a “real” form of currency), and the Empire and the NR haven’t continued that practice. Maybe being out of circulation for so long makes them valuable to collectors, maybe there’s some old systems that have never been updated and only accept this older form of money. Maybe the NR’s monetary policy really is just that bad for some reason that there’s not enough of their own currency in circulation and anything official people can get their hands on is valuable, but that seems like the least logical explanation. In any case it seems like the Pirates plan to simply acquire their own mint would have a severe inflationary effect on Old Republic credits as an asset, but I can accept either that they’re just stupid pirates who haven’t truly analyzed the long term consequences of their actions on a complex system before they started plundering, or that they have thought of this and still realized that with a little self restraint and proper management of how they release their funds, they can still live like barrons for the rest of their lives, even if that’s not quite the same as what having “infinite money” sounds, as explanation for their actions.

 

Historically, before the wide acceptance of fiat money, the precise physical amount of silver or gold used in the making of coins was a huge concern. In times of economic crisis, medieval monarchs would frequently give their treasuries a boost by recalling their old coinage, melting it down to obtain the precious metal inside, and then minting brand new coins with less silver or gold but the same face value. This gave the monarchs a short-term infusion of cash but often had severe long-term inflationary effects, as people perceived the new coinage to be worth less, precisely because it had less silver or gold in it.

Similarly, the reason why modern US coins have milled edges is to prevent coin clipping, the practice of shaving off bits of metal from the outer edge of a coin. (This anti-clipping technique was apparently first instituted at Britain's Royal Mint by Isaac Newton.)

All this is to say that I see nothing wrong with Old Republic credits being particularly highly prized as physical objects, even aside from pirates just wanting to steal a lot of money.

 

But the supervisor says they haven't heard from anyone since the Jedi were announced as traitors.

 

Ending was a bit abrupt but I don't mind, I like efficency in my endings!

 

I feel like originally they panned on killing Jod but decided against it. I am very glad of that fact

 

Great finale to a great show, my only complaint is that I wish had just a bit more of an epilogue to wrap things up. I suppose we’ll have to wait for season 2 or some other show to see what becomes of Jod the kids and At Atten. As to scoring, I think I’ll give it a 9/10, mostly because I try to reserve 10’s for the very best and I liked the penultimate episode a bit more that this one.

When Jod reveals that he was found by a Jedi, presumably post-Order66, that wasn’t quite the origin I’d expected but it makes sense and fleshes him out. He was at his most villainous here at the end, but in that last shot you could tell that Wym still wants him to change his ways and be the Jedi he could have been.

Overall great series, and I think it’s my favorite of the lot. While the production values were fantastic what really made it were the characters. All of them felt real, or as real as anything can be in Star Wars. Special shout-out to Wym and Fern’s parents, they became standouts at the end. All the kids were excellent, it was a bold but correct decision for LFL to make a kid-focused show and it’s been very satisfying to see the fandom rally around this one after some disappointments.

Most of all though, a huge round of applause for Jude Law who took a difficult role and made it shine. I can’t imagine anyone else playing it so well and it was absolutely crucial for the formula.

I can’t wait to see how the story continues, hopefully we’ll be watching these characters for years to come. If I were LFL I’d be green lighting multiple seasons right now and turning Skeleton Crew into the Stranger Things of Star Wars, it’s that good.

 

I predicted this exact ending earlier in the season, including the Supervisor being an AI and the parents needing to experience some adventure of their own and trust the kids. What I didn’t expect was for the New Republic to return so that aspect was fun. I also liked how Jod stayed bad and we finally got his back story.

What made this series so special for me was the directing quality and the production quality. It’s a perfect fit for the GFFA and I really hope these guys do more within Star Wars. I also enjoyed the characters and Jude Law was worth every dollar they paid him. I’m glad he lived also and hope he makes a cameo in the Mando and Grogu film somehow.

The young actress who played Fern was a true standout of the kid actors and has a bright future in acting ahead of her. She is believable and when she was devastated in this episode, thinking her friend died, even though I was fairly confident she’d not died, I bought her pain.

 

Forget what I said on the last page. Turns out the episode 3 viewer ratings are even worse than the first two episodes, unfortunately…

 

Assuming the writers were doing their job, to my sensibilities, the Supervisor’s knowledge of the “traitorous” Jedi with no apparent change in operations at At Attin is a purposeful creative choice. For what purpose, I have no idea. Maybe there’s something about At Attin that Palpatine knew he could use later on should the Empire fall? “Everything has proceeded as I have foreseen it *cackle* *cackle*!”

 

How long has it been since we saw one of those in live action

 

The Supervisor was a droid. A theme of this show has been droids do what they are told. If The Supervisor's "prime directive" wasn't altered, then why would operations on At Attin be altered? This storytelling in this series has been really tight. Almost each utterance added to mystery, answers, or character development. Yes, we can ponder hanging threads, there more than a few, but the story felt complete in and of itself. We, as fans, know more than the average viewer, so can question the possibilities. The answers, which may never be known, aren't needed for my enjoyment of the series

 

And honestly, who doesn't want a season 2? There is more than enough there to make it really interesting.

 

There were some Mark IIIs in Episode IX, but they didn't do much, action-wise.