We’re going again to a galaxy far, distant – and this time on the large display with some bona fide A-listers hooked up. Indeed, Lucasfilm and Disney introduced throughout Star Wars Celebration that their long-rumoured new addition to the franchise starring Ryan Gosling, and directed by Shawn Levy, is formally going ahead, and can be hitting theatres before you assume. The movie, Star Wars: Starfighter, is ready for a May 28, 2027, launch, which is sort of one 12 months to the day following their first Star Wars film in seven years, The Mandalorian and Grogu, which has a May 22, 2026, launch date.
The transfer marks a powerful shift in Disney’s strategy to creating Star Wars content material, which has been principally consigned to streaming collection as of late. Many new exhibits, resembling The Acolyte and Skeleton Crew, fell flat with followers and carried out weakly, making it seem to be that is extra of a meat-and-potatoes model return for the franchise.
Notably, it’s a real Star Wars sequel, with it set after The Rise of Skywalker. Here’s what Disney said of their official launch:
“Star Wars: Starfighter,” which can be directed by Shawn Levy and star Ryan Gosling, is a standalone journey happening roughly 5 years after the occasions of 2019’s “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.” The movie, which can start manufacturing this Fall, is a completely new journey that includes all-new characters set in a time period that has not been explored on display but.
Previously, we reported that Mikey Madison had turned down a starring function within the movie.
Levy, after all, lately helmed Marvel’s largest theatrical success in years, Deadpool & Wolverine, and earlier than that made three Night on the Museum films, Free Guy, Real Steel, and extra.
Meanwhile, Star Wars Celebration additionally unveiled the primary footage from The Mandalorian & Grogu, with THR reporting it supplied a glimpse of The Mandalorian breaking into the cockpit of an AT-AT Walker and taking out a crew of stormtroopers. The footage additionally reportedly included the primary take a look at Sigourney Weaver’s character and a glimpse of Jeremy Allen White’s Rotta the Hutt.
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