Skeleton Crew Neel Species Revealed By Show Creators

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Skeleton Crew Neel Species Revealed By Show Creators



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Summary

  • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew creators confirm Neel is a Myykian, not an Ortolan.
  • The show benefits from creating a new species while avoiding past ties.
  • The low ratings suggest a reliance on nostalgia may work better for Star Wars.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford previously debunked a mystery surrounding a fan-favorite character. Now, the showrunners have provided a more definitive answer about this character’s identity.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew introduced fans to a new quartet of young heroes in Ravi Cabot-Conyers’ Wim, Ryan Kiera Armstrong’s Fern, Kyriana Kratter’s KB, and Robert Timothy Smith’s Neel. While each of these characters endeared themselves to fans for different reasons, Neel stoodout as a clear fan-favorite for his loyalty to his best friend Wim and his desire for peace in a galaxy rife with conflicts (though he ultimately wasn’t afraid to fight when it was time to protect his friends). As a blue elephant-like alien, many Star Wars fans wondered if Neel was an Ortolan, the same species as Max Reebo, leader of the Max Reebo band that first appeared in Return of the Jedi.

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While Star Wars: Skeleton Crew creators Watts and Ford previously confirmed Neel and Max Reebo were not the same species, they hadn’t provided a name for Neel’s species. During an interview with Collider‘s Maggie Lovitt, Watts and Ford went back and forth about whether to reveal what species Neel is, ultimately deciding not to. However, Lovitt wrote that after the interview, Ford finally revealed Neel’s species: Myykian.

Neel exploring in Skeleton Crew

As noted by Leland Chee on Instagram, a Lucasfilm employee who maintains the franchise’s Holocron continuity database, there are several elephant-like species in the Star Wars galaxy. So, creating a new one for Neel and his family isn’t out of the ordinary. Of course, some fans would have preferred if Neel was part of a pre-existing species. One bizarre fan theory suggested Neel was a young version of an elephantine character from the short Star Wars movie starring Michael Jackson titled Captain EO. This short film was produced for Disney theme parks and played through the ’80s and ’90s. While it is not considered canon, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew featured a creature from Captain EO, which fueled the speculation about Neel’s seemingly debunked connection to the short 4D movie.

Still, others believe Star Wars: Skeleton Crew benefited from avoiding The Acolyte‘s mistakes. Many fans suspected there would be a twist involving the true identity of Jude Law’s villainous Jod Na Nawood or the intentions of the “Great Work” being done on the planet At Attin, potentially tying them to characters or stories from past Star Wars projects. However, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew ended relatively abruptly, with no significant connection to the franchise’s past storylines nor a cameo from a familiar character. This was welcomed relief after The Acolyte largely stayed away from the Skywalker story until they couldn’t resist featuring a brief Yoda cameo in the finale.

So, making Neel a new species was fitting considering how little Skeleton Crew relied on the past. It was a welcomed change of pace, as Star Wars has been criticized for leaning too heavily on nostalgia instead of focusing on new characters and stories. Unfortunately, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew episodes 1-2 ratings set a new record-low for the franchise, meaning Disney and Lucasfilm may take this as a sign that nostalgia and familiar characters work best for them.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is available on Disney Plus.

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