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Series · Sci-fi, Action · 2024 · TV-PG

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew: parents' guide

8+our pick

Best for ages 8 and up. Rated TV-PG.

A kid-centered Star Wars adventure in the spirit of 1980s family films, fine for most grade-schoolers who have already seen some Star Wars. Four children from a sheltered planet get lost in space and fall in with pirates and a mysterious Force user. Blaster battles kill background pirates, but there is no gore, and only a couple of mild words slip in. The main concern is tension: kids in peril, jump scares, ships full of skeletons, and an adult ally who turns on the children and threatens them with a blade in later episodes. Suited to about 8 and up with a parent.

What's in it

Violence

Moderate

Blaster fights, space battles and brawls in which background pirates die, and a pirate captain is killed. An adult holds a cutlass to a girl's throat, later advances on the kids with a lightsaber, and cuts off a droid's head. No gore.

Language

Mild

Mild: two uses of 'damn' in one episode, the made-up curse 'kriffing,' and insults like 'loser,' 'dumb' and 'jerk.'

Sex and nudity

Mild

A boy has a crush on a classmate, an alien scholar flirtatiously compliments an adult pirate's looks, and the boy takes a bath with nothing shown. Nothing sexual happens.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

None

Reviewers note no drinking, smoking or drug use.

Scary or intense scenes

Moderate

Ominous ships littered with skeletons, jump scares, carnivorous trash crabs and crushing garbage machinery, with the kids frequently in danger. A trusted adult's betrayal and threats against the children may rattle younger viewers.

Worth talking about

The kids sneak out, break rules and trust a stranger who turns out to have his own agenda. Talk about how to tell whether an adult is really on your side.

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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, Wikipedia, movieguide.org. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.