There’s a Peter Pan Easter egg in Skeleton Crew – and Star Wars fans are loving it
Dec. 3, 2024Skeleton Crew has a nod to Jude Law’s Captain Hook
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Star Wars fans were quick to notice aDisneyEaster egg in Skeleton Crew, the latest TV show in theLucasfilmuniverse – and it’s a direct nod to Jude Law’s live-action Peter Pan villain.
In the new series, Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) voices a partially malfunctioning droid named SM-33. Fans pointed out that SM-33 is simply a clever way of rewriting the name Smee. Jude Law recently starred as Captain Hook in David Lowery’s Peter Pan and Wendy, which saw comedian Jim Gaffigan play his bumbling righthand man Mr. Smee. Coincidence? I think not.
“His name is literally Smee,“one fan pointed out. “And he has a peg leg.” It doesn’t get more obvious than that.
Another fan pointed outthat SM-33, beyond his name, is inspired by Major Domo from the Francis Ford Coppola-directed sci-fi musical movie Captain EO. The film starred Michael Jackson as Captain EO, who leads a rag-tag space crew on a mission to deliver a magical gift to an evil witch known as The Supreme Leader (Anjelica Huston). Captain EO played at various Disney parks from 1986 to 1998 and was restored for a short time after Jackson’s death in 2009. It’s also worth pointing out that Skeleton Crew’s Neel looks a bit like the elephant-like character in Captain EO known as Hooter (and for the sake of my childhood I’m going to pretend that David Lowery and co. designed Neel with Hooter in mind).
Skeleton Crew airs weekly onDisney Plus, and you can keep up to date with ourSkeleton Crew release schedule.
For more, check out ourSkeleton Crew reviewfor our spoiler-free verdict, or our guide to all theupcoming Star Wars movies and TV showsfor everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store.
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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