“Star Wars: Starfighter” will open exclusively in theaters on May 28, 2027, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and Chief Creative Officer Dave Filoni announced Thursday at Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Japan.
“Star Wars: Starfighter”, which will be directed by Shawn Levy and Star Ryan Gosling, is a standalone adventure that takes place about five years after the events in 2019’s “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.”
The film, which will start production this fall, is a whole new adventure with brand new characters set for a time that has not been explored on the screen yet.
“There are many rumors, some true, others not … This is not a prequel, this is not a sequel. It’s a new adventure,” Levy said. “It was a fantastic process. This is no longer a Star Wars movie under development. This is a Star Wars movie we are doing this fall!”
“This script is so good,” Gosling added. “It is filled with so much heart and adventure and there is really no more perfect filmmaker for this particular story than Shawn.
The “Adam Project” author Jonathan Trupper wrote the script.
Levy has been linked to the project since 2022 and further details about the film are held under cover. Tropper and Levy have previously collaborated on family drama 2014 “This is where I leave you”, as well as the script for the Mark Raso-directed Netflix movie “Kodachrome”, which Levy produced.
