Lucasfilm Announces STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER — Levy & Gosling Set Course for May 28, 2027 (Official Logo + First Story Hints)
Lucasfilm used Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo to finally take the tarp off Shawn Levy’s secret Star Wars project. The official title is: Star Wars: Starfighter. The official release date is: May 28, 2027. And yes—the logo is clean, classic, and not pretending this is another Skywalker lap.
Levy (Free Guy, Stranger Things) and Ryan Gosling hit the stage to confirm the basics and set the tone for what this is and isn’t.
“There are many rumors, some true, some not… This is not a prequel, this is not a sequel. It’s a new adventure.” — Shawn Levy
“Such a great story with great and original characters. So much heart and adventure. There is not a more perfect filmmaker for this particular story than Shawn.” — Ryan Gosling
The Basics
- Title: Star Wars: Starfighter
- Release Date: May 28, 2027
- Where It Sits: Five years after The Rise of Skywalker
- Standalone: Not a prequel, not a sequel—new characters, new adventure
- Production: Cameras are set to roll this fall
Who’s Making It
Levy is co-writing with Jonathan Tropper (The Adam Project), with production under Levy’s 21 Laps alongside Lucasfilm. Reportedly, the project’s been brewing in tight secrecy for about two years, which honestly tracks given how buttoned-up this reveal felt.
Rumor Radar (Treat as Rumor Until Lucasfilm Confirms)
- Story hook: a 15-year-old on a mission with his uncle (played by Gosling), hunted by two villains (one male, one female).
- Scale & tone: a more contained, character-driven Star Wars story with a significantly smaller budget than recent Disney-era films.
- Casting chatter: Mikey Madison was reportedly offered a supporting role but passed. Not everyone wants to jump into a TIE cockpit, and that’s fine.
Why This Has Me Hopeful
“Standalone” plus “five-years-post-Rise” is exactly the fresh lane Star Wars needs: fewer lore knots, more room to make us care about the people before the base goes boom. Levy knows crowd-pleasers, Gosling can sell quiet beats and cockpit chaos, and a tighter scope could force smarter choices instead of louder ones.
Buckle up. Star Wars: Starfighter hits theaters May 28, 2027.
