Biggs' Zone

A Geek's Cogitations, Conjectures and other Cortical Experiences

Skeleton Crew – Episode 8

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On January 24, 2025

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Skeleton Crew - Episode 8

Title: The Real Good Guys
Directed by: Jon Watts
Runtime: 38 minutes

This is the final episode. I think I read somewhere that this will be a limited series, so I’m not expecting a season two. While they wrap up the story, a few things are left open to be picked up later—perhaps by a certain upcoming movie.

For the finale, we see many things from the previous episodes come back into play. Neel uses the heavy cannon to attack the pirate ship, Wim gets another shot at a lightsaber, and Kh’ymm sends in the cavalry. This episode wraps everything up nicely but leaves a few things open to incorporate into future projects.

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Skeleton Crew – Episode 7

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On January 12, 2025

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Onyx Cinder approaching At Attin

Title: We’re Gonne Be In So Much Trouble
Directed by: Lee Isaac Chung
Runtime: 33 minutes

This post will contain spoilers, so I hope you’ve been watching. This is your only warning.

Jod is the villain. I don’t think we will see a redemption arc for his character. He pulled an “Anakin Skywalker” and held a blue lightsaber in front of a bunch of kids with the threat to murder them. Greed has corrupted him and turned him to the dark side. My guess is that he will be thwarted and imprisoned on At Attin.

Perhaps his redemption story will be in the Mandalorian & Grogu movie.

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Christmas Movies (2024)

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On January 8, 2025

In Monthly Movie Theme, Movies

Christmas is my favorite time of year and probably the month when I watch the most movies, including May when I watch all 11 Star Wars movies.

As always there are default movies that I watch every year. For any movie that doesn’t appear on the “default” list, I will write a short review as I’ve been doing for all the previous months.

Let’s get started.

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Skeleton Crew – Episode 6

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On January 7, 2025

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Skeleton Crew - Episode 6 - KB smiling

Title: Zero Friends Again
Directed by: Bryce Dallas Howard
Runtime: 33 minutes

I’m way behind because the past seven days have been super busy between a family vacation and the end of the year. In this episode, we see the fallout of Jod’s greedy choices, and friendships are tested between the kids. We learn that KB suffered an accident recently enough that she remembers it and her augments are required to keep her alive.

This episode didn’t have much in the way of easter eggs. I’ll cover a few things below but that didn’t detract from the episode’s quality. Bryce Dallas Howard always directs an entertaining show, which is probably why she directs so many episodes across the various series.

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2024 Year in Review

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On January 2, 2025

In New Year, Year in Review

jumping from 2024 to 2025

We are now a quarter of a century into the new millennium. It’s hard to believe. Thankfully 2024 wasn’t as somber as the year before. In fact, 2024 was a fairly normal year. There are a couple of notable moments that I will get to in the sections below.

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2024 Goodreads Reading Challenge

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On January 1, 2025

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I did much better on my Goodreads reading challenge this year. The goal was set at 12 books and I finished 13 books this year. I finished the last book a mere 4 hours before midnight on New Year’s Eve. However, I did not knock any more books off my “read again” list primarily because I spent most of the year reading several series, as you will see in the list below.

2024 Goodreads Reading Challenge
  • A Killer’s Mind by Mike Omer
  • The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen
  • The Faithless Hawk by Margaret Owen
  • Empire of Storms by Sarah Maas
  • Fate of the Jedi: Outcast by Aaron Allston
  • Fate of the Jedi: Omen by Christie Golden
  • Kingdom of Ash by Sarah Maas
  • Fate of the Jedi: Abyss by Troy Denning
  • Fate of the Jedi: Backlash by Aaron Allston
  • The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah Maas
  • The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
  • Fate of the Jedi: Allies by Christie Golden
  • Forever Free by Joe Haldeman

Reading Challenge Statistics

As I said earlier, I read 13 books in 2024; of those 13 books, only 1 is not part of a series. The other 12 books are part of The Merciful Crow, Fate of the Jedi, Throne of Glass, and The Forever Free series. A Killer’s Mind is a crime novel that is outside my normal genre of books. The rest of the books are all in the fantasy and/or sci-fi genres.

Goodreads sent me a summary of the books I read in 2024 and I thought the data was pretty interesting. I read 5,473 pages excluding the book I’m already reading. The longest book I read was Kingdom of Ash at 980 pages and the shortest book was The Forever War at 254 pages.

If you like science fiction then I recommend The Forever War and Forever Free. The Throne of Glass books are really good but it’s an eight-book commitment and many of the books are pretty long.

The Fate of the Jedi series consists of nine books and they are considered Legends (i.e. it is not considered canon). The books take place about 40 years after the events of Return of the Jedi. I am really enjoying these books and I look forward to finishing the series in early 2025. I’ll get into the 2025 goals in an upcoming post.

How did you do with your 2024 reading goals?

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” 
– Dr. Seuss

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