Overview
- Deadline and trade reports say Lucasfilm screened non-public footage of Starfighter to industry attendees at CineEurope as an early, trade-only preview.
- The footage has not been released to the public and Lucasfilm has provided no official description of its content.
- StarWars.com lists the film as an original story set five years after The Rise of Skywalker with Ryan Gosling starring and Shawn Levy directing.
- Lucasfilm confirmed the film’s global theatrical and IMAX release date as May 28, 2027 and named a principal cast that includes Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, and Amy Adams.
- The trade preview is being framed as a response to the weak critical and box-office showing for The Mandalorian & Grogu and aims to build industry buzz ahead of a widely expected public trailer at Disney’s D23 in August.