Overview
- The Times piece recounts Cruise dropping by the UK set in November by helicopter as crew played the Mission: Impossible theme.
- During a lightsaber duel staged in ankle-deep pond water, Cruise waded in to operate a digital camera at Levy’s suggestion.
- Levy says viewers will see Cruise-shot footage in the finished movie.
- Principal photography wrapped in December 2025, and the production has moved into post ahead of its 2027 theatrical debut.
- Billed as a standalone set five years after The Rise of Skywalker, the film stars Ryan Gosling with Mia Goth, Matt Smith, Amy Adams, Aaron Pierre and others, from a script by Jonathan Tropper.