Warning: spoilers are ahead for the first two episodes of Star Wars: The Skeleton Crew, streaming now with a Disney+ subscription.

The "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew" pilot does a lot of work establishing the world — think suburban America if it was transported to a galaxy far, far away — and introducing us to the show's talented young cast; I'm sure the elephantine alien youngster, Neel, is about to become a fan-favorite "Star Wars" figure.

"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.