Skeleton Crew: How Ratatouille inspired everyone's favorite new droid

With every new Star Wars series, there seems to be another droid audiences can't help but fall in love with. In Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, the next original Disney+ series to premiere set in a galaxy far, far away, SM-33 is the droid everyone can't stop talking about. And why would they want to?

Voiced by comedian Nick Frost, the pirate droid may not be all there -- in body and memory core alike -- but that doesn't mean he's non-functional. Star Wars droids are always reliable sources of comic relief, no matter the circumstances, but it looks like SM-33 might have a bit of a sharp edge to him, too. He is a pirate, after all.

Any actor familiar with the film and television space will find a way to draw inspiration from stories that have come before in order to craft new characters, especially ones from a universe as unique as Star Wars. One Pixar film in particular helped Frost develop a bit of a backstory for the droid he voices in Skeleton Crew. Something set in France, maybe involving a restaurant?

Frost likes to think of SM-33's relationship to the creature in his head as a sort of Star Wars version of Ratatouille -- where the droid is the chef with a rat controlling his every move.

"I think a lot of the whimsy that he finds is him malfunctioning and kind of enjoying it. I always imagine that it makes his brain tickle," he told StarWars.com.

This upcoming live-action series follows a group of kids who accidentally embark on a dangerous adventure across the galaxy. Based on the trailers we've seen so far, it looks like it's going to be a fun, wild ride.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premieres its first two episodes on December 3, exclusively on Disney+.