Skeleton Crew Figure Talk:  Episode 3

Not too spoilery regarding plot, but a quick discussion on potential figures for TVC...

If you haven't watched Episode 3 of Skeleton Crew and want to go in completely clean, then maybe skip this article. I won't go into the plot of the episode, but I will talk about any characters that could make good candidates for TVC. Yes, I know that if these aren't already in Hasbro's pipeline, then it's unlikely we'd see them at all, and we already know what it's like to get Disney+ figures 2 years too late. But anyway, it's fun to discuss.

This episode wasn't particularly toyetic. A quick moment on At Attin shows us the parents of the missing kids (none interesting as figures yet), there is the neat security droid that could make a good one. We do get a brief scene of the Pirate station, but not too much is noteworthy, just a few more "Zuvios" in the brig area. Perhaps a couple of exceptions are the droids. One is CZ-D2-9000, which may be the first time we hear a CZ droid speak (he sounds like Urkel, actually). There's also a protocol droid that activates and freaks out looking for "the Prince." Is that a reference to something in The Clone Wars? Then we see another Ishi Tib (voiced by Alfred Molina!), so we've got two of 'em getting some key screen time. I DEMAND SHASA TIEL NOW!

Back on the ship, we are formally introduced to Jod Na Nawood (if that's his real name), and he ends up putting on the trench coat and scarf, so we've officially christened our first TVC figure with screen time.

Moving along in the episode without giving too much away, we see some TT-8L Gatekeeper droids, which are FINALLY coming to TVC with the Mos Eisley Streets set. We're then introduced to a new character, which due to dramatic and secretive lead-in, I guessed was Maz Kanata. Wrong. It was Hedwig from Harry Potter, but with pants! At first I thought the character (Kh'ymm) was silly, but I quickly changed my mind. Now I want her as a figure.

And at the end of the episode the crew is chased down by a pair of X-Wings, which are mildly interesting in that the lower guns are modified with ion cannons. I certainly would rather have more Red Squadron X-Wings before this version, but it would be a good excuse for Hasbro to make another use of the existing TVC mold.

So that was about it. It wasn't the visual extravaganza that was provided by the pirates in the previous episode. But I think we've got a couple of candidates: At Attin Security Droid, Ishi Tib, CZ Droid, Kh'ymm, and a an X-Wing with ion guns. Of course, we should probably get Brutus, SM-33, and the kids before any of these.

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