Overview

• Matt Smith has been officially tapped as one of the villains in Star Wars: Starfighter, marking his return to the franchise after a cut role in Episode IX.
• He joins lead actor Ryan Gosling and fellow villain Mia Goth under the direction of Shawn Levy.
• Jonathan Tropper scripted the standalone story set roughly five years after the events of The Rise of Skywalker.
• Principal photography is slated to begin this fall in England ahead of the film’s May 28, 2027 theatrical release.
• Starfighter represents Lucasfilm’s first big-screen Star Wars release since 2019 and reflects its strategy to expand the galaxy beyond the Skywalker saga.