'Star Wars: Starfighter' first look reveals Ryan Gosling’s new galaxy adventure

Ryan Gosling leads 'Star Wars: Starfighter' with Flynn Gray as film’s first footage previews its new story

Ryan Gosling is set to lead the next Star Wars film, Star Wars: Starfighter, alongside young actor Flynn Gray, with the first look at the upcoming movie unveiled during Disney’s D23 fan convention.

Ryan Gosling and Shawn Levy take the stage for ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ at #D23 pic.twitter.com/sqY0AjDHWj

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The footage, which has not yet been released publicly, introduces Gosling as Kade Auberon, who confronts Gray’s character after the young boy touches his decommissioned Starfighter. Kade describes the spacecraft as the “fastest ever built”.

“Never heard of it,” the boy says, to which Kade replies, “There's a reason for that.”

The footage then shows the Starfighter being put through its paces across the galaxy.

Directed by Shawn Levy, Star Wars: Starfighter is an entirely original story set during a previously unexplored period of the Star Wars timeline.

Levy has described the film as neither a prequel nor a sequel, although it takes place five years after the events of 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Gosling and Gray are joined in the cast by Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings and Amy Adams.

Levy previously discussed the opportunity to create a new Star Wars story, saying: “It is surreal and awesome every day walking onto this set, to have made up a new and original Star Wars story that is neither a sequel nor a prequel to anything.”

He added, “I have deep respect and love for this historic legacy, but a chance to do something fresh and original and to do it with Jonathan Tropper, the writer of The Adam Project, and with Gosling. Every day it's hard as hell, but it's dream-come-true territory every day.”

Star Wars: Starfighter is scheduled to arrive in cinemas on May 28, 2027.