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Tom Cruise Shot Part of a Lightsaber Duel for ‘Star Wars: Starfighter,’ Shawn Levy Says

Levy says Cruise’s footage will appear in the final cut, highlighting the buzz around the standalone film.

Overview

  • Levy told The New York Times that Cruise visited the set in November and operated a camera during a lightsaber duel staged in a muddy pond.
  • Cruise arrived by helicopter as the crew played the Mission: Impossible theme, and Steven Spielberg had visited the set the week prior, according to Levy.
  • The director confirmed the Cruise-shot material will remain in the movie.
  • Starfighter has wrapped principal photography and is in post-production; it is slated to open in theaters on May 28, 2027.
  • Positioned as a self-contained story set five years after The Rise of Skywalker, the film stars Ryan Gosling with Matt Smith, Mia Goth, and Amy Adams, and features work by writer Jonathan Tropper, cinematographer Claudio Miranda, and composer Thomas Newman.