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With ‘Skeleton Crew,’ Star Wars Aims to Bring Back the Magic of ‘A New Hope’

It may seem strange to admit, but in the 47 years since it came to dominate the pop culture landscape, Star Wars has never really recaptured the magic of its first movie.

A New Hope was about a whiny teenager who realized his quiet life was keeping him from his true identity as a Jedi, but we knew he was always destined to be a hero. The prequel trilogy was built around the dramatic irony of the audience knowing who Anakin Skywalker would grow up to be, so there wasn’t any of that wonder — we knew where it was headed. The Force Awakens attempted to bring back the “plucked from obscurity” trope, but even that was often called just a retread of A New Hope.

Star Wars’ latest series, Skeleton Crew, seeks to bring back that original feeling. Even though the franchise has garnered criticism for “running out of ways to create nostalgia,” Skeleton Crew tries something new: It doesn’t bring back familiar faces or places; it brings back the feeling of watching Star Wars for the first time.

“The real nostalgia here is just nostalgia for being a kid and wanting to go on an adventure, wanting something more in your life,” Skeleton Crew writer Christopher Ford tells Inverse.

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