“Star Wars: Starfighter” Film Set For May 2027

It’s official, the Ryan Gosling-led and Shawn Levy-directed “Star Wars” film has both a name and a release date. Lucasfilm has announced that the film will be titled “Star Wars: Starfighter” and will be launched exclusively in cinemas on May 28th 2027 – timed with the 50th anniversary of the overall franchise. Gosling himself showed […] The post “Star Wars: Starfighter” Film Set For May 2027 appeared first on Dark Horizons.

Apr 18, 2025 - 03:52

“Star Wars: Starfighter” Film Set For May 2027

It’s official, the Ryan Gosling-led and Shawn Levy-directed “Star Wars” film has both a name and a release date.

Lucasfilm has announced that the film will be titled “Star Wars: Starfighter” and will be launched exclusively in cinemas on May 28th 2027 – timed with the 50th anniversary of the overall franchise.

Gosling himself showed up on stage at the Star Wars Celebration event currently taking place in Japan and showed off a photo his mother sent him of the “Star Wars” bed sheets that Gosling owned when he was just 5.

Additionally, it was confirmed that the film will be a standalone adventure that takes place a few years after the events of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” and the movie already has a shooting window set with filming to take place this Fall.

Further casting will be announced at a later date. The panel also confirmed that the new trilogy of films from Simon Kinberg is in the works, as are the previously announced films from James Mangold, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Taika Waititi.

Check out a brief logo teaser for ‘Starfighter’ which was unveiled via the official “Star Wars” account.