Lucasfilm is officially charting a new course in its galaxy far, far away. Cameras are rolling in the U.K. on Star Wars: Starfighter, with Ryan Gosling (The Fall Guy) leading the latest chapter under the direction of Shawn Levy (Deadpool & Wolverine).
“For me, this experience has been a dream come true, creatively and personally,” Levy said as production was announced. “From the day Kathy Kennedy called me up, inviting me to develop an original adventure in this incredible Star Wars galaxy, this experience has been a dream come true, creatively and personally. Star Wars shaped my sense of what story can do, how characters and cinematic moments can live with us forever. To join this storytelling galaxy with such brilliant collaborators onscreen and off is the thrill of a lifetime.”
Gosling will be joined on screen by an ensemble that includes Amy Adams (Arrival), Aaron Pierre (Rebel Ridge), Flynn Gray (Wednesday), Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners), Jamael Westman (Good Grief), and Daniel Ings (The Gentlemen). Matt Smith (House of the Dragon) and Mia Goth (MaXXXine), already confirmed for the project, round out the lineup. Jonathan Tropper (The Adam Project) penned the script, with Levy producing alongside Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.
To celebrate the start of filming, Lucasfilm released the first official still: Gosling and Gray standing beside a landspeeder that echoes Luke Skywalker’s vehicle from 1977’s A New Hope. While the image leans into nostalgia, the studio emphasised that Starfighter is “an entirely original story set in a period of time never before explored in Star Wars.” The decision to feature Gray in the initial reveal hints at the young actor’s importance to the story.
The project is slated to arrive just a year after The Mandalorian and Grogu premieres in May 2026. That release will mark the franchise’s long-awaited return to cinemas following The Rise of Skywalker in 2019.
Star Wars: Starfighter will jet into theatres on 28 May 2027.
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