Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” TV series for the Disney+ service has reportedly landed $20.9 million in tax subsidies from the state of California.
The series will mark the fifth “Star Wars” show for the streamer to shoot in California, and likely at the same state-of-the-art soundstage facility (outfitted with ILM’s StageCraft technology) in Los Angeles’ Manhattan Beach. The fourth of those shows, “Ahsoka,” is currently in production there.
This will mark the first “Star Wars” series to score incentives from the state to shoot in the west coast state and the second most expensive series ever funded by California’s tax credit program. It comes in behind only the short-lived “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” ($24.7M) and just ahead of the upcoming third and final season of “Star Trek: Picard” ($20.6 million).
The series is set to debut next year on Disney+ and will follow four children seeking to make their way home in the “Star Wars” universe. Other shows to score tax credits are “Presumed Innocent,” “My Glory,” “The Residence,” and “The Sympathizer”. In addition “Rap S–t” and “Killing It” are relocating to CA.
Source: Variety
