D23 Expo Reveals Skeleton Crew, Lego Trailers and Other News

D23 Expo brought news of various Disney plans for the remainder of the year and next year. D23 stands for Disney 1923, the year of the companies founding. At their Disney Showcase, the Star Wars section brought news on Andor, The Mandalorian & Grogu movie and triailers for Skeleton Crew and Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy.

Starting with Andor, a quick behind the scenes video was shown for those at the Expo that including confirmation three Star Wars: Rogue One actors will appear in the season with Ben Mendelsohn as Director Krennic, Forest Whitaker as Saw Gerrera and Alan Tudyk voicing K-2SO. The second and last season "will follow Cassian over the period of four years as he grows into the hero we see make the ultimate sacrifice in Rogue One." No specific release date but assumed at some point in 2025.

New on The Mandalorian & Grogu was also light with director Jon Favreau and producer Dave Filoni introducing a quick video about the movie. Main news is filming has begun on the movie with goal of a 2026 release date, the Razorcrest returns, and Zeb Orrelios from Star Wars: Rebels will appear.

Below is the new trailer for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew that has a very Goonies feel to it, complete with first ever look at what the suburbs of a planet. First two episodes will premiere on Disney+ on December 3rd.

Last bit of news is a four-part animated special "Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy" where a nerf-herder Sig Greebling accidently triggers an ancient Jedi artifact that reorders in the galaxy in weird ways. Multiple Star Wars alumni voice characters including Mark Hamill, Ahmed Best, Anthony Daniels and more. The mini-series will debut on September 13th on Disney+.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Coming December 3rd

In an article with People, Disney+ has revealed that the release date for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew series is December 3rd. Not mentioned is if will be the entire series, a single episode or more. The series stars Jude Law who plays Jod Na Nawood who mentors four kids Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Fern, Robert Timothy Smith as Neel, Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Wim, and Kyriana Kratter as KB. Nick Frost will voice a droid named SM 33. The story is set during the first season of The Mandalorian so few years after Return of the Jedi as kids make a discovery that sends them on a galactic adventure. Images from the season can be found here.

Honest Trailer for The Acolyte

Now that The Acolyte has completed its season, Screen Junkies has released their Honest Trailer for it. Its just an amusing take that does highlight some of the weaknesses of the series.