Skeleton Crew Episode 8 Ending Explained

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” episode 8.

“Skeleton Crew” finally ended up revealing whether Jod (Jude Law) was a Jedi or just good at tricks — along with a final showdown between At Attin and the pirates.

With Jod posing as an emissary and a Jedi – thanks to the handy lightsaber Wim found – the episode started with the parents fully believing their children had been picked up and delivered by a good Samaritan.

Unfortunately, that was not the case. But the finale managed to answer a number of questions regarding Jod’s possible past as a Jedi, along with finally revealing who the faceless Supervisor (Stephen Fry) overseeing the “Great Work” really is.

Here’s what you need to know about what happened in the “Skeleton Crew” season finale.

How did “Skeleton Crew” end?

The finale found Jod, along with Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) and her mother Fara (Kerry Condon) face to face with the mysterious Supervisor. Like almost everything else on At Attin, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that the Supervisor is just a giant droid. Jod tries to pull a fast one on the droid by saying he’s both an emissary and a Jedi, but the supervisor reveals that the last message they got from the Republic was that all Jedi were traitors – meaning they didn’t have heard a lot from the outside world since. Order 66.

Jod destroys the Supervisor, which cuts off all power in the entire city. Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), KB (Kyriana Kratter) and Wim’s father Wendle (Tunde Adebimpe) realize they need to get to Onyx Cinder to get back outside the barrier and protect the planet , so they can call Kh’yym (Alia Shawkat) to send X-Wings to fight the pirates – who managed to get through the barrier the other ship after Jod threatened the Ferns mother.

The four race through the city as the pirates begin tearing it apart. They get to the ship and learn that it is locked to the landing pad and can only be released through power. Wim and his father sneak up to the Supervisor tower where Jod, Fern and Fara are. Wim comes out and distracts Jod by saying that they already called the X-Wings and the “Jedi Army” to come and stop him. Jod doesn’t take the bait and tells him the Jedi are gone. All of this still does the trick because it burns enough time for Wendle to get to the power and turn it back on so KB can leave the planet. She flies past the barrier and contacts Kh’yym, who says she is sending the New Republic to help. Before KB can warn her about the barrier, she is shot out of the sky and appears to crash before regaining control.

Back in the tower, Wim and Fern realize they can turn off the entire barrier with a switch. Wim makes a move for it while Wendle goes after Jod. He uses the Force to push the father to the ground and threaten him again with the lightsaber until Wim agrees to let go of the handle.

Jod says he doesn’t want to hurt anyone. He just wants the people of At Attin to continue their great work of making credits using the coin – just for him. This argument is interrupted when Wendle punches Jod and forces him to drop the lightsaber. Wim goes for the lightsaber and Wendle goes for the barrier. Jod tries to use the Force to stop them both, but with Fern helping Wim hold on to the saber, Jod focuses on stopping Wendle. He will be able to keep the barrier closed until Fara comes in and helps turn it off. The barrier disappears and the people of At Attin see the stars for the first time in ages, just as the New Republic shows up to make short work of the pirates.

The parents and their children leave with Wim looking back at Jod who remains in the tower watching his pirate ship crash to the planet. The kids reunite with Neel and discover that KB – and SM-33, who is also still alive despite being decapitated by Jod in the last episode – managed to survive and is in a pile of credits.

With the final moments, Wim looks up through the roof of the destroyed assessment room on the New Republic and arrives to rescue At Attin. The Jedi may not be as real as he hoped, but it sure looks like Wim has a new path forward for himself.

Was Jod a Jedi or not?

The answer is somewhat yes and somewhat no. Jod reveals that he grew up on the streets living meal to meal until a Jedi found him. She told him he had great potential and took him to be trained in the Force. That training didn’t last terribly long before Order 66 came into being and the Jedi were wiped out when Sidious took control and began the Empire.

Jod is another in a growing list of youths and apprentices who saw their masters gunned down while still learning what it meant to be a Jedi. Unlike others who lived through a similar fate like Kanan Jarrus and Cal Kestis, it seems that Jod took what he learned and leaned into the darkness of the galaxy and became a pirate.

Was there a post-credits scene?

No. There was no post-credit scene at the end of “Skeleton Crew”. There were a number of unanswered questions that a potential season 2 could resolve, however. The most important among them is: What will be the children’s future? What happens to Iodine? Why was there so much mystery surrounding At Attin and its associated planets?

All episodes of “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” are now streaming on Disney+. The show has not been renewed for Season 2.