Star Wars: Skeleton Crew‘s latest entry is full of twists and turns, but none of them hits harder than finding out SM-33 is responsible for scrubbing At Attin’s hyperspace coordinates!

With this week's release of episode 3, "Very Interesting As An Astrogation Problem," one mystery stood out to me even more than the real identity of Jod Na Nawood: What is SM-33's role in all of this?

While Star Wars: Skeleton Crew mainly revolves around these four characters, it also introduces viewers to some other exciting characters like the one-eyed, burly robotic space pirate SM-33 ...

While Star Wars: Skeleton Crew mainly revolves around these four characters, it also introduces viewers to some other exciting characters like the one-eyed, burly robotic space pirate SM-33, played by ...

Who knows? You really can't trust him. Now, without the help of the treacherous Jod or the loyalty-swapping droid, SM-33 (Nick Frost), the younglings have no one but themselves to help them return ...

Reprogrammed by KB, a no-longer-hostile SM-33 kicks things off by recalling his time with the crew of the notorious pirate Captain Tak Rennod. If they travel to Rennod’s mountain lair ...

In the scene, Jod sneaks back into the pirate outpost to retrieve SM-33. On the droid depot, he meets Benjar, who fondly remembers when Jod, aka Captain Silvo, used to rule the pirate crew.

Spoilers follow. In "Very Interesting, as an Astrogration Problem," our young heroes convince Nawood to return to Port Borgo to rescue SM-33, which is when we get confirmation that he is indeed ...

Also featured is Legacy Effects' puppetry work for the grouchy old droid SM-33, and their audio-animatronic magic crafted to bring the blue-skinned alien Neel to life. Then we join Jude Law (Jod ...