In 2027, Star Wars will celebrate its 50th birthday in a big way. A new standalone feature film, Star Wars: Starfighter, is currently filming, and now, after a lot of rumors and anticipation, the official full cast has been revealed directly from Lucasfilm. Here’s what we know about who’s in the movie, when it will hit theaters, and what this bold new Star Wars movie is all about.
Star Wars: Starfighter‘s Incredible Cast
As confirmed by Star Wars.com, here’s the entire cast list for Star Wars: Starfighter:
- Ryan Gosling
- Flynn Gray
- Matt Smith
- Mia Goth
- Aaron Pierre
- Simon Bird
- Jamael Westman
- Daniel Ings
- Amy Adams
Ryan Gosling is expected to play a character who has to “protect a young charge from evildoers in a galaxy-spanning adventure,” as per The Hollywood Reporter. That young person will be played by Flynn Gray. Meanwhile, Matt Smith — of Doctor Who and House of the Dragon fame — is expected to play a villain in the movie. Meanwhile, it’s not clear who Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Amy Adams, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, or Daniel Ings might be playing.
Fresh from his success on Deadpool & Wolverine,Star Wars: Starfighter is directed by Shawn Levy. Ironically, this will mark the second time a former Marvel director has tackled a Star Wars feature film.
Star Wars: Starfighter Release Date
Star Wars: Starfighter is set to hit theaters on May 28, 2027. This will follow the release of The Mandalorian & Grogu, another Star Wars movie about a cool guy and a youngling, which will hit theaters next year, on May 22, 2026. That movie, starring Pedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver (and Baby Yoda, of course) is directed by Jon Favreau, the man who gave us the first Iron Man in 2008.
Star Wars: Starfighter will be set in the time period after The Rise of Skywalker, and, as such, will be the first Star Wars project since 2019 that will move the chronology forward.
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