Overview

• Principal photography began in the United Kingdom on Aug. 28 as Lucasfilm marked day one with a first-look image of Ryan Gosling and young co-star Flynn Gray on a landspeeder.
• The studio confirmed the main cast: Ryan Gosling, Flynn Gray, Amy Adams, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, and Daniel Ings.
• Shawn Levy directs from a Jonathan Tropper script, with Levy and Kathleen Kennedy producing and Ryan Gosling, Dan Levine, Mary McLaglen, and Josh McLaglen serving as executive producers.
• Lucasfilm describes the movie as an all-new standalone set in a previously unexplored part of the timeline roughly five years after Episode IX, with plot and character specifics kept under wraps.
• Starfighter is dated for May 28, 2027 and follows 2026’s The Mandalorian and Grogu as Lucasfilm resumes a theatrical slate after years focused on Disney+ series.