First Image From “Star Wars: Starfighter” Drops as Film Begins Production, Amy Adams & Aaron Pierre Join Cast
We’ve got our first look from the set of Star Wars: Starfighter, and it comes with a major update—Amy Adams and rising star Aaron Pierre have joined Ryan Gosling in the upcoming film from Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy.
“I feel a profound sense of excitement and honor as we begin production on Star Wars: Starfighter,” Levy said in a statement as production kicks 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.”
Adams and Pierre are joined by Flynn Gray, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, and Daniel Ings as the cast’s new additions. It was previously announced that Mia Goth and Matt Smith are on board as villains.
Starfighter is not a part the Skywalker Saga, which began with George Lucas’s 1977 original and carried on through that trilogy, his prequel trilogy, and the most recent Star Wars films directed by J.J. Abrams (The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker) and Rian Johnson (The Last Jedi, the middle film in the latest trilogy). Starfighter exists, of course, in the larger universe, and is set five years after Abrams’ trilogy-capping The Rise of Skywalker, which revealed that Rey (Daisy Ridley) was Emperor Palpatine’s granddaughter.
In the first image from the set, we’ve got Gosling’s character and Flynn Gray, presumably the youngster that Gosling’s character must protect. The script comes from Jonathan Tropper—details are, cue the age-old Star Wars reference—being kept in carbonite. Gray’s casting reveal is a major one, considering Levy and his team conducted an extensive search for the right person for the role—ditto for the role of his mother, presumably being played by Amy Adams.
Star Wars: Starfighter is due in theaters on May 28, 2027.
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Featured image: Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray on the set of Star Wars: Starfighter. Courtesy Lucasfilm/Walt Disney Studios.
