From Star Wars Celebration in Japan, Lucasfilm formally introduced Shawn Levy’s new “Star Wars” film, in growth since 2022, by giving it an official title and a launch date.
“Star Wars: Starfighter” is the title of the brand new film, although it does not have something to do with the online game of the identical title, and it has been slated for launch on Might 28, 2027, simply in time for the fiftieth anniversary of “Star Wars: A New Hope. Moreover, Ryan Gosling has been confirmed because the lead, although there is no phrase on who can be becoming a member of him after Oscar-winning “Anora” star Mikey Madison was lately revealed to have handed on a supporting function within the movie.
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Gosling took the stage with Levy at Celebration, full with a picture of “Star Wars” bedsheets straight from his childhood dwelling, courtesy of his mom (by way of The Hollywood Reporter). Gosling mentioned, “As you’ll be able to see from the image, I suppose I used to be most likely dreaming about ‘Star Wars’ earlier than I even noticed the movie. And it is most likely framed my concept of what a film even was.”
As for what the film is about, plot particulars for the script from Jonathan Tropper (“The Adam Venture”) are being saved below wraps, and it isn’t clear whether or not the film’s title refers to a nondescript ship or to a pilot, maybe the principle character who can be performed by Gosling. Nonetheless, Levy, did verify a couple of particulars.
Star Wars: Starfighter is a standalone film
At Celebration, Levy revealed, “This can be a standalone. It isn’t a prequel, not sequel. It is a new journey. It is set in a time period that we’ve not seen explored but.”
That point interval is roughly 5 years after “The Rise of Skywalker,” as Levy mentioned on stage. However the movie is not going to have any narrative connective tissue to the Skywalker saga. With manufacturing set to start this fall, this can be “a wholly new journey that includes all-new characters,” in response to Lucasfilm’s official press launch.
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Here is the title remedy that was unveiled at Star Wars Celebration, with a title remedy that appears not like every other that we have seen from the franchise earlier than, however one that does not inform us something about what to anticipate, except we are able to learn into that little mild shine as alluding to a lightsaber. However even then, that is not a lot to go on.
Star Wars: Starfighter involves theaters on Might 28, 2027. #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/dsbVb3VdBY
— Star Wars (@starwars) April 18, 2025
Contemplating the timing of this film, it is slightly surprising that the primary unique “Star Wars” film out of the gate goes to be one which tells a standalone story, slightly than one thing that is meant to kick off the subsequent period of “Star Wars”. Earlier than “Starfighter” arrives in 2027, we’ll get “The Mandalorian and Grogu” in 2026, however that is not one thing that may impression the subsequent wave of “Star Wars” motion pictures, because it’s extra carefully tied to the continued TV reveals on Disney+
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