Everything you need to watch before Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

The next Star Wars TV show, Star Wars: Skeleton Crewis on the horizon, and there are several other Star Wars stories that can prepare the audience for what’s to come. Skeleton CrewThe cast is full of new faces who will embark on a journey like no other in Star Warsparticularly its core quartet of eager children: Wim, Fern, KB and Neel. Helping these children on their way home will be Jod Na Nawood, a mysterious scoundrel – and challenging them will be a ruthless crew of pirates. Even this, however, connects to the larger galaxy.

Skeleton Crewthe place in Star Wars the timeline defines you within The Mandalorian era, also known as the New Republic era. This means there will likely be several threads intertwined between this program and others like The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fettand Ahsoka. With pirates also playing an important role, however, there are several other Star Wars stories that will serve as a good introduction to what piracy is like in Star Wars galaxy and who its most notable figures are. Here’s what you need to know before watching Skeleton Crew.

3rd season of The Mandalorian and its pirated episodes

Introducing Skeleton Crew character Vane

Easily the most important media to review beforehand Skeleton Crew and The Mandalorian season 3, especially episodes 1 and 5. This is because pirate Nikto Vane was first introduced in The Mandalorian season 3 premiere, and he is confirmed as a member of Skeleton Crewcast of characters too. At the time of The MandalorianVane was serving the Pirate King Gorian Shard, although he ended up going rogue after a sit-in on Nevarro went wrong. He would eventually follow whatever path now led him Skeleton Crewthe story.

Pirates play a very important role in The Mandalorian season 3. Although they initially seem like a mere distracting and antagonizing force in the season’s opening episode, they return later with a greater purpose. It is revealed in the opening scene of The Mandalorian 3rd season that these pirates were hired by the Imperial Remnant, specifically Moff Gideon and Elia Kane, to attack Nevarro. This gives pirates an even greater role in Star Wars galaxy, what could play Skeleton Crew – making these episodes worth rewatching.

Pirate Hondo Ohnaka’s greatest hits

His moments during the Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels

It’s impossible to watch a Star Wars story with pirates and not thinking the pirate: Hondo Ohnaka. The pirate Weequay was first introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 1, episode 11 “Dooku Captured”, and is known to many as Captain Jack Sparrow of the Star Wars Galaxy. Since then, Hondo has left his mark Star Wars animation, having also appeared in Star Wars Rebelsand it even hosts the theme park attraction Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run node Star Wars: Edge of the Galaxy at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

The episodes listed above show Hondo in full action, especially when it comes to interacting with other pirates or simply with things that happen in the course of pirating work. These lessons learned from Hondo could certainly be useful in Skeleton Crewand it will be even more valuable if the famous pirate appears at some point during the live TV program. Either way, there’s a lot to learn from Hondo’s pirate adventures, which will no doubt inform those seen in Skeleton Crew.

The Warbird Gang of the Star Wars Resistance

An underrated pirate gang

One of the most prominent pirate gangs in the world Star Wars is actually featured throughout the animated film Star Wars Resistance series. Known as the Warbird gang, these pirates are led by Captain Kragan Gorr during the Star Wars era of the sequel trilogy, often working on behalf of the First Order for profits. Kragan and his pirates become recurring characters in Star Wars Resistancewhich makes just about any episode a good chance to catch them in action.

The two listed above, however, contain their introduction to the galaxy and the moment they cross paths with perhaps the most famous pirate of this era (aside from Hondo, of course): Sidon Ithano, the “Crimson Corsair.” Sidon Ithano was first seen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the person who offered transportation to Finn off Takodana when he initially intended to flee the First Order rather than join the Resistance. Although it is unlikely that he will be very active during the Skeleton Crewhe is still a notable pirate figure in the galaxy.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premieres December 3 on Disney+.