As recently mentioned, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is basically all about Monkey Island, something StarWars.com has decided to double down on in a brand-spanking new story:
“I was taken aback to hear from Doug since it would have been decades since we had crossed paths at Lucasfilm,” Purcell tells StarWars.com. Purcell’s career has included creating the Eisner Award-winning Sam & Max franchise as well as work in games and animation, illustrating the cover art for the first two Monkey Island games and working on stories for Pixar including writing the screenplays for Brave as well as Cars on the Road. On the phone with Watts, Ford, and Skeleton Crew producer Chris Buongiorno, Purcell learned about the team’s influences for the latest Disney+ Star Wars series. “I wondered how they came up with my name to do a Star Wars piece and they mentioned my Monkey Island game covers for LucasArts. I hadn’t really done [anything] Star Wars themed besides my parody Sam & Max strips for the LucasArts newsletter, back in the day. What a pleasure and privilege it was being asked by this creative team to contribute something that ties into this fun, nutty and enthusiastic series.”
Well then! Go read the whole story.
Source: StarWars.com
I'd thought while watching that parts of the score sounded very MI like (particularly the end credits music, which sounds like it borrows part of the MI theme melody), so good to know I wasn't crazy!
The sound designers on the show also have Monkey Island heritage: https://www.jedinews.com/film-music-tv/articles/matthew-wood-and-david-collins-on-the-sound-design-of-star-wars-skeleton-crew/