New Star Wars movie starring Ryan Gosling set for 2027, Lucasfilm confirms

[DragonSlayer101]

Something to look forward to: Lucasfilm just gave Star Wars fans a huge reason to celebrate with the announcement of a new installment in the blockbuster franchise. Provisionally titled Star Wars: Starfighter, the film is set to begin production this fall, with a major theatrical release planned for Memorial Day 2027.

The film will star Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling, known for roles in the 2023 fantasy comedy Barbie and the 2004 romantic drama The Notebook. It will be directed by Shawn Levy, who helmed Marvel's 2024 blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine. Jonathan Tropper will serve as one of the lead writers.

Starfighter will take place five years after Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, though it won't serve as a direct sequel to the 2019 film. Instead, it will be a standalone story featuring "an entirely new adventure" with a cast of all-new characters.

It remains unclear what role Gosling will play, as neither Lucasfilm nor the actor has revealed any character details. However, speaking at a fan event in Japan, Gosling expressed excitement about the project, saying it has "so much adventure, so much heart and original character." He also claimed that the movie will offer an opportunity to showcase "a side of the universe that we may not have seen."

Speaking about his personal connection to the "galaxy far, far away," Gosling shared that he used to dream about Star Wars even before seeing any of the movies. He even showed an image of his childhood Star Wars-branded bedding, saying it helped shape his early understanding of what movies could be.

Director Shawn Levy added that the new film will blend the "fun" and spirit of Star Wars with a fresh, original storyline. He admitted to feeling "scared, nervous, and intimidated" by the responsibility of working within such a beloved universe, but expressed confidence that the story and cast would strike the right chord with die-hard fans.

Before Starfighter arrives in theaters, Disney is set to release another film in the expanded Star Wars franchise next year. Titled The Mandalorian & Grogu, it will continue the story from the hit 2019 series The Mandalorian and will be directed by Jon Favreau.

Disney is also developing additional Star Wars films, including one featuring Daisy Ridley reprising her role as Rey Skywalker in a follow-up to The Rise of Skywalker. However, since its announcement in 2023, the project has faced multiple delays, with rumors suggesting it may have been quietly shelved. Lucasfilm maintains that the film is still in development, though no official updates have been shared in years.

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New Star Wars movie starring Ryan Gosling set for 2027, Lucasfilm confirms

 

[trparky]

Let's hope that it isn't a complete dumpster fire like the last Star Wars movie was.

 

[psycros]

"He even showed an image of his childhood Star Wars-branded bedding, saying it helped shape his early understanding of what movies could be."

In the 80's my best friend's mom bought fabric with Star Wars imagery and made him blankets and curtains.

 

[Squid Surprise]

Let's hope that it isn't a complete dumpster fire like the last Star Wars movie was.

I’m expecting a few lesbian witches of colour… and maybe a few same-sex Jedi couples… that should make it awesome…

/s

 

[trparky]

I’m expecting a few lesbian witches of colour… and maybe a few same-sex Jedi couples… that should make it awesome…

Don't give them any ideas. Ideas are bad. LOL

 

[ScottSoapbox]

I stopped watching Star Wars after the dumpster fire of episode 7 and haven't regretted that decision as each new movie has angered and disappointed fans.

After much prompting, I did watch the first two seasons of the Mandalorian and then wisely gave up on the TV adaptations as they likewise fell off a cliff (easy to see if you watch things long after release).

 

[Thatsdisgusting]

This guy is on his hollywood "killing spree", lol. Props to him.

I’m expecting a few lesbian witches of colour… and maybe a few same-sex Jedi couples… that should make it awesome…

/s

After I saw au.yougov stating that 30% of zoomer girls are lesb or bi - I started to beleive there's humongous auditory for recent hollywood "by-products"...

 

[RudyBob]

He looks like a baby kitty kat

 

[GodisanAtheist]

I’m expecting a few lesbian witches of colour… and maybe a few same-sex Jedi couples… that should make it awesome…

/s

-Its weird to see the leftovers of the '24 election still posting after the massive bot campaign ended.

The folks that didn't realize all the "woke garbage" nonsense was coming from fake accounts, trolls, and bots and are still sort of shambling forward towing the line and not realizing everyone else moved on when they got their muppet into office.

 

[AnilD]

Levy says he’s ‘scared, nervous, and intimidated’—as he should be. The last time someone tried to bring ‘fun’ and ‘fresh’ to Star Wars, we got The Rise of Skywalker and a somehow-returned Palpatine.

 

[Squid Surprise]

-Its weird to see the leftovers of the '24 election still posting after the massive bot campaign ended.

The folks that didn't realize all the "woke garbage" nonsense was coming from fake accounts, trolls, and bots and are still sort of shambling forward towing the line and not realizing everyone else moved on when they got their muppet into office.

Huh... this has nothing to do with elections... have you seen Star Wars Acolyte?

Oh... and I'm Canadian....

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Huh... this has nothing to do with elections... have you seen Star Wars Acolyte?

Oh... and I'm Canadian....

- Disney is fairly notorious for erasure really, so its odd to level the whole DEI Woke arguments against them. They'll include some token gays that share a brief kiss in "woke" markets that can easily be cut for the global market.

Mandalorian, Obi-Wan, Ashoka etc all all LGBT-free viewing experiences and they all absolutely suck *** despite being neither woke or "inclusive".

Also really weird how many people suddenly have issues with lesbians. It never occurred to me that any red blooded guy could have his pecker wilt at the thought of two ladies going at it. Do real men need to have **** involved to be aroused? All around confusing.

 

[Squid Surprise]

- Disney is fairly notorious for erasure really, so its odd to level the whole DEI Woke arguments against them. They'll include some token gays that share a brief kiss in "woke" markets that can easily be cut for the global market.

Mandalorian, Obi-Wan, Ashoka etc all all LGBT-free viewing experiences and they all absolutely suck *** despite being neither woke or "inclusive".

Also really weird how many people suddenly have issues with lesbians. It never occurred to me that any red blooded guy could have his pecker wilt at the thought of two ladies going at it. Do real men need to have **** involved to be aroused? All around confusing.

I was arguing specifically over Acolyte… this has nothing to do with your world view…

 

[GodisanAtheist]

I was arguing specifically over Acolyte… this has nothing to do with your world view…

- Ah sorry, you didn't mention Acolyte anywhere in your original post so I thought you were one of those guys making wild generalizations. Carry on.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

I stopped watching Star Wars after the dumpster fire of episode 7 and haven't regretted that decision as each new movie has angered and disappointed fans.

After much prompting, I did watch the first two seasons of the Mandalorian and then wisely gave up on the TV adaptations as they likewise fell off a cliff (easy to see if you watch things long after release).

I watched all the disney movies, mostly because I got free tickets. 8 absolutely torpedo'd any interest I had in the franchise with it's tone deaf; audience hating; pretentious self pleasuring attitude, Solo was ironically the best one of the 5 (but still meh and lame comapred to the books int he EU) and episode 9 was an unbridled cluster.

The fact disney has only lost money on the Star Wars IP makes me very happy.

 

[Northy]

Just what we need, another piece of crap Star Wars movie.
Disneys version of water drop torture

 

[toooooot]

Interesting. I mean it is interesting how they are announcing new movies but are suspiciously quiet about Rey movie. is it possible that the reason is that they hired an activist to direct it? There are not that many people who are awaiting on another movie about compressor bypassers, and I think they know it.
They are probably going to make Gosling and Pedro movies way before Rey movie is released, if it is released at all.

 

[Aus spot]

Happy to hear a new movie is coming. I don’t think Ryan is the right fit, but open to being surprised.

Deadpool director? Might work.

I’m even open to a semi comedic blood flowing show with near deadpool levels of stupidity.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

All Star Wars as an IP has to do is take something that is already proven to be good good and then slap a coat of Star wars paint on it. That's it.

Mandalorians? Do The Good Bad & Ugly or Tombstone or Unforgiven but make it Star Wars.

Jedi? Kurosawa films.

Fleet battles? Do Tora,Tora,Tora or Midway or Hunt for Red October...

Just do it with spaceships and stuff.

 

[pnntmp]

Why don't they just make a descent non-recycled nonsci-fi movie?

There are more Star Wars now than there are OpenAI models, and it's the same mess. People either don't remember any, or remember the first 3 (Episode 4th to 6th, to add to the confusion).
Each of the 'new' (last 15-20 years) movies was a flop, and to some extent the sense of failure comes from comparisons with the original.

Star Wars does not deserve the aura of failure the dozens of cheap knockoffs create around it. Just leave it alone, please ...

 

[netman]

"New Star Wars movie starring Ryan Gosling set for 2027, Lucasfilm confirms"

Name it correctly this time... Planet Wars...!

 

[Michiel]

The fact disney has only lost money on the Star Wars IP makes me very happy.

Where do you get that idea?
As bad as those movies are, they still made money. Not as much as they could/should have perhaps (apart from TFA, which made 2 billion) but still they made money. Only Solo lost money.
Yeah and the TV shows... well we'll never know, though I can't imagine any of them were worth it for Disney apart from Mandalorian.

 

[Michiel]

Why don't they just make a descent non-recycled nonsci-fi movie?

There are more Star Wars now than there are OpenAI models, and it's the same mess. People either don't remember any, or remember the first 3 (Episode 4th to 6th, to add to the confusion).
Each of the 'new' (last 15-20 years) movies was a flop, and to some extent the sense of failure comes from comparisons with the original.

Star Wars does not deserve the aura of failure the dozens of cheap knockoffs create around it. Just leave it alone, please ...

These knockoffs are anything but cheap lol.

 

[Michiel]

I'm already looking forward to the moment this is quietly canceled.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Where do you get that idea?

Because disney themselves admitted it?

Disney ‘Star Wars’ Box-Office Profits Fail To Cover Cost Of Buying Lucasfilm

Box office profits generated by Disney's Star Wars movies have fallen $2.8 billion short of covering the media giant's purchase of the sci-fi saga’s creator, Lucasfilm.

www.forbes.com

As bad as those movies are, they still made money. Not as much as they could/should have perhaps (apart from TFA, which made 2 billion) but still they made money. Only Solo lost money.

This shows you've bought the hollywierd reporting hook line and sinker.

TFA did not make $2 billion for disney. It BROUGHT IN $2.1 billion at the box office. VERY different numbers.

To break it down: First, the box office takes approx. 50% of all ticket sales. So we're already down to $1.1 billion

Second, the film had a budget of approx $533 MILLION

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Becomes The Most Expensive Movie Ever Made

With a budget of $533.2 million, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' has become the most expensive movie ever made.

www.forbes.com

So now we're down to $567 million.

But what about MARKETING! Episode VII had an absolutely massive marketing push. Big hollywood films, as a rule, spend as much on marketing as they do on the production budget. That would be......

All the remaining profit. Suddenly episode 7 made $37 million dollars. And you STILL need to pay back your investors!

Run movies like Solo through the same math (remember, disney's loss claim used the box office number, not accounting for ANYTHING else) and it turns out that film likely lost closer to $400 million. And the way disney budgets keep increasing (episode 7 originally had a $200 million budget remember) and yeah, it's pretty easy to see how disney could have simply lit that $4 billion they spent on lucasfilm on fire and gotten better results.

Yeah and the TV shows... well we'll never know, though I can't imagine any of them were worth it for Disney apart from Mandalorian.

Ah, but through the magic of DATA, we can know!

We know the budget of these shows. The Obi-Wan Blow Mi show cost over $100 million with marketing, and based on it's view hours and episode length, the best case scenario is that 4-5 million people watched it.

Well, at the $10.99 per month of disney plus at the time, that's only $55 million in subscriptions from those people, assuming they ALL subscribed JUST to watch the show. If they didnt, well, that means even less was brought in for that production alone.

The Ashoka snore fest was even worse, with a $200 million budget and an estimated 3.5 million viewers. I'll let you do the math on that one.

Disney has burnt billions trying to make disney plus a thing, and it just isnt working.