“Star Wars: Starfighter”: New Look at Ryan Gosling & Flynn Gray in Cryptic Photo
Ryan Gosling and co-star Flynn Gray are ready to make waves in their upcoming film Star Wars: Starfighter.
Director Shawn Levy posted a photo on Instagram of Gosling and Gray “somewhere in the Mediterranean,” according to Levy’s caption, although the geotag indicates “Sardinia, Italy.” It’s the second glimpse we’ve gotten of Gosling and the newcomer Gray since production began, after that first cryptic shot of Gosling and Gray sitting and leaning on a cruiser of some sort.
Plot details are scarce for Disney and Lucasfilm’s first Star Wars installment since J.J. Abrams’ 2019 trilogy capper Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. What we do know, however, is that Starfighter is set five years after the events in The Rise of Skywalker, and that it’s not connected to the broader Skywalker Saga, which has been the driving narrative force of the nine film franchise that began with George Lucas’s 1977 Star Wars IV – A New Hope, and carried on through the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy, and the sequel trilogy that Abrams both launched and concluded.
Here’s the new look provided by Levy:
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Levy directs from a script written by Jonathan Tropper. Recent additions to the cast are the always excellent Amy Adams and rising star Aaron Pierre. They’re joined by recent additions Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, and Daniel Ings. It was previously announced that Mia Goth and Matt Smith are on board as villains.
“I feel a profound sense of excitement and honor as we begin production on Star Wars: Starfighter,” Levy said in a statement when production kicked off in the United Kingdom. “From the day Kathy Kennedy called me up, inviting me to develop an original adventure in this incredible Star Wars galaxy, this experience has been a dream come true, creatively and personally. Star Wars shaped my sense of what story can do, how characters and cinematic moments can live with us forever. To join this storytelling galaxy with such brilliant collaborators onscreen and off, is the thrill of a lifetime.”
Star Wars: Starfighter is scheduled for release on May 28, 2027. Before that, Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian & Grogu is set to hit theaters on May 22, 2026.
Featured image: Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray on the set of “Star Wars: Starfighter.” Courtesy Lucasfilm/Walt Disney Studios
