Overview

• Production began in the United Kingdom on Aug. 28, with Lucasfilm releasing a black-and-white set image of Ryan Gosling and newcomer Flynn Gray on a landspeeder.
• Newly confirmed cast members include Amy Adams, Flynn Gray, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman and Daniel Ings, joining previously announced Mia Goth and Matt Smith.
• Shawn Levy directs from a script by Jonathan Tropper, with Levy and Kathleen Kennedy producing and Ryan Gosling, Dan Levine, Mary McLaglen and Josh McLaglen as executive producers.
• Lucasfilm describes Starfighter as an all-new, standalone story unconnected to the Skywalker Saga and set roughly five years after The Rise of Skywalker.
• Multiple outlets report that Smith and Goth portray antagonists and that Gosling’s character may protect a young charge, though plot details remain under wraps.