While everybody is looking forward to the release of The Mandalorian & Grogu, new plot details about Ryan Gosling‘s upcoming standalone Star Wars film have emerged online.
Pitched as an “all-new standalone adventure,” Star Wars: Starfighter will be set five years after the events of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and it will be an original story free from the weight of Palpatine and the First Order.
Directed by Shawn Levy, known for Deadpool & Wolverine and Free Guy, the upcoming film’s screenplay is written by Jonathan Tropper, and it stars Gosling, Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams.
According to The Hot Mic’s John Rocha, Starfighter’s story goes something like this – “The main kid is Force-sensitive. His mom is being played by Amy Adams. She seems to be a Jedi. Gosling is not a Jedi, but he’s helping his nephew escape two evil bad guys who are chasing him across the stars. He has a mission he’s on, given to him by Adams.”
There are also some theories that Gosling’s character will be taking Gray’s character to the newly created Jedi Academy run by Daisy Ridley‘s Rey.
Star Wars: Starfighter is currently in production, and it is set to release in theatres on May 28, 2027.