This text incorporates spoilers for “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” episode 7, “We’re Gonna Be In So A lot Bother.”
“Skeleton Crew” has been the refreshing, splendidly family-friendly present that retains on giving, and this week was no exception. After paying tribute to the likes of “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “The Goonies” final week, episode 7, titled “We’re Gonna Be In So A lot Bother,” has featured one more treasure hidden away through an thrilling “Sherlock Holmes” cameo.
When the present’s younger heroes and Jod (Jude Legislation) land again on At-Attin, the previous’s dad and mom are seen being briefly held by security droids earlier than an announcement is made to them and the remainder of the planet’s locals. The voice belongs to the unseen “Supervisor,” the presumed head of At-Attin’s mint reserve operation. He is well mannered, direct, and charmingly British — and exactly what you’ve got come to anticipate from none aside from comic, author, and actor Stephen Fry.
For the keen-eared listeners of the present, Fry’s voice is unmistakable and has already been utilized to equally huge tales which can be simply as beloved as the numerous which have unfolded within the “Star Wars” universe. Earlier than “Skeleton Crew,” the actor’s elegant lilt could possibly be heard narrating the “Harry Potter” audiobooks, together with the reunion particular for the “Harry Potter” films and the 2005 movie adaptation to “The Hitchhiker’s Information to the Galaxy.” Coincidentally, it was additionally in 2011 that Fry starred reverse Jude Legislation as the marginally extra missed Holmes brother, Mycroft, in Man Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes: A Recreation of Shadows.” The one query is that if these two could have an on-screen reunion earlier than “Skeleton Crew” ends.
Might Stephen Fry’s Supervisor put an finish to Jod in Skeleton Crew?
Whereas Jod may’ve lastly acquired his fingers on the treasure he is been in search of for therefore lengthy, there’s an opportunity that the Supervisor who handles At-Attin’s mint reserve could have one thing to say about it. It could be an important little deal with because the present attracts to its inevitable conclusion for former “Sherlock Holmes” stars Fry and Legislation to seem on display collectively as soon as extra, this time with the previous as a glorified financial institution supervisor in a galaxy far, distant. Then once more, contemplating {that a} expertise like Fry is even concerned on this collection, there’s an opportunity there’s extra to this Supervisor than we all know.
For a narrative that is spent so lengthy looking for the treasure of Tak Rennod, it will be an important twist within the story for the legendary pirate to lastly seem in “Skeleton Crew” as another person completely. What if, in a “Wizard of Oz”-inspired twist, it seems the mysterious Supervisor was really Rennod all alongside, and he merely packed up his days of piracy for an easier life making his personal gold as an alternative? It would be nice to see Fry come out from behind an enormous pile of credit and confess that “Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life simply wasn’t for me, in any case.” If that’s the case, we simply hope that Tak would not fly off the lightsaber deal with and go full-on Sith lord on our beloved “Skeleton Crew.” Critically, if even a hair will get singed on our boy Neel’s head, we’re going into Wookiee rage mode.
The “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” season 1 finale drops January 14, 2025, at 6pm PST on Disney+.
