April 18, 2025:
Ryan Gosling is officially joining the Star Wars universe!
The Oscar-nominated actor will star in the upcoming movie Star Wars: Starfighter, which will be directed by Shawn Levy.
Details about the movie were unveiled during the 2025 Star Wars Celebration on Friday (April 18) in Japan.
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Lucasfilm confirms that the movie “is an entirely new adventure featuring all-new characters set in a period of time that has not been explored on screen yet.” The standalone adventure will go into production in Fall 2025 and will be released in theaters on May 28, 2027.
Starfighter will take place approximately five years after the events of 2019′s Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.
A report this week claimed that an Oscar-winning actress turned down a role in the movie.