As much as we’d love to see a Star Wars movie that just stars Ryan Gosling, Star Wars: Starfighter was never going to be that. He needs co-stars, aliens, droids, and now the very first of those has come into view.
The InSneider reports, and io9 has confirmed, that Mia Goth, the actress best known for her roles in Pearl, X, and MaXXXine, who’ll soon appear Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, has been cast in the upcoming Star Wars film. No word on what the role is specifically, but it is a villain according to the Hollywood Reporter, and the same one Anora star and Oscar-winner Mikey Madison was circling before moving along due to money issues.
Shawn Levy (Stranger Things, Night at the Museum) is directing and has been attached to Star Wars since 2022. In the meantime, he went off and made a little movie called Deadpool & Wolverine, and eventually Jonathan Tropper (who worked with Levy on The Adam Project) was brought on to write the script. Then, earlier this year, Gosling was attached to the project before finally, at Star Wars Celebration Japan, we got the official news, title, and release date of May 28, 2027. The film is set five years after the events of The Rise of Skywalker meaning it’ll be our first look at life after the ultimate defeat of Emperor Palpatine. However, it’s standalone, so expect all new characters.
Goth has been acting since 2013, working with some of the most interesting filmmakers in the business. Her most commercial role, however, came in 2022’s X from Ti West, where she played an adult film actress who survives a horrible series of murders. That film was followed by Pearl and MaXXXine, meaning that Goth now had her own franchise and trilogy. Hollywood took notice and, in recent years, she’s upped her game even more, working on Frankenstein, The Odyssey, and now Star Wars.
We still don’t know what Starfighter is about, but rumors are that it may involve some sort of mentor/mentee relationship between Gosling’s pilot and a younger character, potentially his nephew. That remains unconfirmed. Surely, though, we’ll learn more soon as the film casts up and heads towards production.
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