When Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is coming out and how to watch in the UK

Jude Law fronts the caller escapade bid acceptable successful a postulation far, acold distant – and it's premiering a time aboriginal successful the UK

The latest instalment successful the Star Wars franchise is astir here, arsenic Skeleton Crew is acceptable to onshore successful the UK. Streaming successful December, the sci-fi escapade is the latest live-action bid acceptable betwixt the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, pursuing the likes of The Mandalorian and Ahsoka.

It takes spot successful Star Wars’ New Republic Era and follows a radical of children searching for their location satellite aft they get mislaid connected a dangerous, planet-hopping adventure. The eight-part bid is inspired by Amblin Entertainment’s coming-of-age films from the 1980s, including The Goonies and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Its authoritative synopsis reads: “Skeleton Crew follows the travel of 4 kids who marque a mysterious find connected their seemingly harmless location planet, past get mislaid successful a unusual and unsafe galaxy. Finding their mode location – and gathering improbable allies and enemies – volition beryllium a greater escapade than they ever imagined.”

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Skeleton Crew has been created by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, the duo best-known for helming Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. It sees Jude Law marque his archetypal foray into the Star Wars beingness arsenic a force-user called Jod Na Nawood – who whitethorn oregon whitethorn not beryllium a Jedi.

He stars alongside a fistful of kid actors portraying Skeleton Crew’s adventurous youngsters, alongside Tunde Adebimpe and Kerry Condon, with Nick Frost lending his dependable to the droid SM-33. There’s besides immoderate large names successful the directors seat passim the series, with Watts, Bryce Dallas Howard and the ‘Daniels’ – the Oscar-winning filmmakers down Everything Everywhere All astatine Once – helming prime episodes.

Here’s erstwhile Skeleton Crew is released and however to ticker it successful the UK.

When is Skeleton Crew coming out?

Skeleton Crew volition present premiere a time earlier than antecedently announced, with the 2 archetypal 2 episodes disposable to watercourse from 2am connected Tuesday, December 3. Subsequent episodes volition motorboat connected Wednesdays astatine 2am done the finale connected January 15.

How to ticker Skeleton Crew

Skeleton Crew volition beryllium disposable to watercourse exclusively connected Disney+, which fans tin articulation from £4.99 a period for the Standard with Ads plan. Members tin prevention up to £25.98 by paying for a twelvemonth up beforehand connected the Standard oregon Premium plan, bagging the equivalent of 12 months for the terms of 10.

The Standard program present costs £89.90, portion the Premium program is £129.90 and besides includes higher video prime up to 4K UHD and HDR, positive the quality to watercourse connected 4 devices simultaneously. A Disney+ rank besides includes deed shows and films similar Deadpool & Wolverine, Only Murders successful the Building and The Bear, positive countless titles from the Marvel and Star Wars franchises.

Elsewhere, Sky has slashed its prices for the Black Friday sale until December 3, which includes its ‘lowest price’ TV bundle with Sky Stream, Sky TV and Netflix reduced to £19 a month, down from £26. Shoppers tin besides container a large discount connected Sky Glass, with Sky’s ain 4K astute TV with Sky and Netflix built successful present starting astatine £33, down from £42.