One Of Star Wars' Most Notorious Pirates Could Be At The Center Of Skeleton Crew & Explain The Show's Entire Treasure-Hunting Story

The upcoming Skeleton Crew series is likely setting up a major pirate warlord who will be at the heart of this new Star Wars show. Featuring a group of young kids who inadvertently find themselves lost in the galaxy far, far away, they'll eventually be joined by Jude Law's Jod Na Nawood, who looks to be a Force user and perhaps even a former Jedi. To that end, it seems this unlikely group of space travelers will also find themselves embarking on a legendary adventure hunting for treasure across the stars.

Coming from Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, Skeleton Crew will be set in the same New Republic Era of the Star Wars timeline, joining other shows such as The Mandalorian and Ahsoka. To that end, it's been reported that this new Star Wars show is very much inspired by Steven Spielberg and Amblin movies, most notably The Goonies. Keeping that in mind, the latest trailer for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew may have just revealed its version of "One-Eyed Willy", an ancient pirate warlord who is canonical despite his origins in Legends.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Is Setting Up A Classic Treasure-Hunting Story

A Galactic Adventure Searching for Riches And A Way Home

At the onset, Skeleton Crew looks to begin with four kids who get lost in space, having found an old ship buried beneath their seemingly boring planet where nothing ever happens. These kids are Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), KB (Kyriana Kratter), and Neel (Robert Timothy Smith). That said, the trailers for Skeleton Crew confirm that this adventure will involve far more than just a simple trip home.

Featuring pirates, booby traps, and all sorts of dangers to be faced, this new show looks to involve a search for hidden treasure (cementing The Goonies parallels even further). Likewise, it seems as though Jude Law's Jod Na Nawood will likely be helping these kids make their way home in exchange for their help finding what looks to be quite a trove of treasure that's long been hidden from the galaxy for ages, as seen in the trailers when the group finds themselves in a large room filled with riches. To that end, there are a handful of moments in the trailers that suggest this treasure once belonged to one of the most legendary pirates in the Star Wars galaxy.

We Think The Treasure Belongs To Xim The Despot

An Ancient Pirate Warlord

Featured on the booby traps as well as behind a large throne in the treasure room, the image of a Weequay's skull is repeatedly shown in the latest trailer for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. To that end, this skull symbol very much resembles the one belonging to Xim the Despot, an ancient pirate warlord who existed thousands of years before the events of the Skywalker saga. Created as a notorious pirate with a legendary treasure ship, Xim was first mentioned in 1980's Han Solo and the Lost Legacy, a novel that has since become part of non-canon Legends.

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In Legends, Xim ruled a massive empire before he was eventually defeated by the rising Hutt clans. He supposedly had massive amounts of riches stored aboard his lost treasure ship known as the Queen of Ranroon as well. That said, Xim the Despot and small parts of his story have persisted in the official Star Wars canon. Not only is Xim's symbol still part of the existing canon, but a mytag crystal masthead of his skull can be seen among Dryden Vos' artifacts aboard his yacht in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Likewise, it was said that Supreme Leader Snoke's Mega-class Star Dreadnought The Supremacy was nearly as large as Xim's flagship, which means it must have been one of the largest ships in the entire Star Wars canon. Furthermore, a key image from Skeleton Crew sees Jod investigating a message carved using the same ancient version of ur-Kittat first seen on the world of Peridea in Ahsoka, supporting the theory that this horde of treasure and booby traps were indeed the work of Xim who also existed in the ancient past when this language would have been in use.

If This Is Xim, Skeleton Crew Is Revealing More About The Galaxy's Ancient Past

Assuming the skull symbols and treasure are connected to Xim the Despot, it would mean changing the ancient warlord's species from human to Weequay. However, that feels like a very minimal recon, seeing as how the character has only ever been referenced in myth and legend. Likewise, one could argue that Xim being a Weequay would have more of an impact regarding his demise at the hands of the Hutts, seeing as how many members of the Weequay species over the centuries have long worked for the Hutt clan, a largely subservient relationship that may have first begun with Xim's defeat.

Likewise, it's also worth noting that Hondo Ohnaka, the legendary pirate from The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, is also a Weequay and his ship has already been spotted in trailers teasing his live-action debut in the new Skeleton Crew series. Who better than a currently active and notorious Weequay pirate like Hondo Ohnaka to potentially offer Jod and the kids some insights about a Weequay pirate warlord from the past? Without a doubt, one could imagine that Hondo at some point did his own digging regarding the whereabouts of Xim's fabled treasure ship.

Xim the Despot would also allow Skeleton Crew to follow in Ahsoka's footsteps, offering new details about the ancient past thousands of years before the Skywalker saga. After all, looking back will only become more important considering James Mangold's upcoming Dawn of the Jedi movie, exploring the First Jedi who began their order 25,000 years before The Phantom Menace. At least in Legends, Xim's pirate empire was active around the same time, and perhaps even began after the collapse of the Peridean empire. At any rate, it will be fascinating to discover if Xim the Despot is indeed Skeleton Crew's "One-Eyed Willy" when the show premieres in December.

The first two episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere December 3rd on Disney+.

Skeleton Crew is a Disney+ original series set in the Star Wars universe.The series was created by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford and tells the story of four young kids that must find their way home after becoming lost in the galaxy. The story takes place during the same time frame as The Mandalorian.

Release Date December 3, 2024

Seasons 1

Streaming Service(s) Disney+

Writers Jon Watts , Christopher Ford

Directors Jon Watts , Daniel Kwan , David Lowery , Daniel Scheinert , Jake Schreier

Showrunner Jon Watts , Christopher Ford