Skeleton Crew, which arrived on Disney+ this week, is drenched in fun. It’s a kid-centered Star Wars adventure that, so far, catapults four adolescent suburban kids and a droid on a spaceship that brings them to unknown parts of the galaxy.

Skeleton Crew is approaching the space opera a little differently. It feels as if every new Star Wars thing either tries that and ends up searching for an audience or is so cloyingly loyal to the established lore that it is closer to bashing action figures together than telling a story.

The latest Star Wars series, titled Skeleton Crew, bills itself as a throwback to the Amblin adventure movies of yesteryear. But the Dec. 2 premiere on Disney+ also featured some Easter eggs and callbacks to franchise moments of the past.