Skeleton Crew double-episode premiere, now streaming on Disney+. (Subsequent episodes will release every Tuesday, starting Dec. 10.) The Force is strong with… well, somebody. At least, that appeared to be the case as Episode 2 of Disney+’s Star Wars: Skeleton Crew drew to a dramatic close.

"Star Wars" has always been, on some level, for children. That's neither condescension nor criticism: George Lucas created a swashbuckling fairy tale set in space, and its mantle has been taken up by successive generations of filmmakers who encountered it at a formative age.