Ryan Gosling Gives Fans A First Look At His ‘Star Wars’ Movie

The “Barbie” actor has been a fan of the Lucasfilm franchise for fairly some time, revealing that he even slept in “Star Wars” sheets whereas rising up.

Plainly Gosling was desirous to heat as much as followers at Star Wars Celebration, hosted this yr in Japan. He graced the stage carrying a hat sporting the notorious Han Solo quote, “By no means inform me the percentages.” Whereas selling the brand new movie, he shared a photograph of his childhood bedsheets, which was despatched in by his mom.

“She nonetheless has them, clearly,” Gosling advised the enthusiastic crowd. “Naturally, she thought that it may be one thing that the followers would recognize, however I believe that she simply type of needs to justify years of hoarding.”

“As you’ll be able to see from the image, I suppose I used to be most likely dreaming about Star Wars earlier than I even noticed the movie,” he continued, almost definitely referring to the “The Empire Strikes Again” brand written on the sheets. “And it’s most likely framed my concept of what a film even was.”

Director Shawn Levy has been engaged on this film for round two years, however “Star Wars” followers have been skeptical whether or not it might ever come to fruition. On the final Star Wars Celebration occasion, Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy teased three movies: one reprising Daisy Ridley’s Rey, a James Mangold function concerning the historical past of the Pressure, and one bringing The Mandalorian and Grogu to the massive display screen. Of these movies, solely the final one has made any actual progress and can hit theaters in Might 2026.

Gosling’s movie will likely be referred to as “Star Wars: Starfighter” and can debut in theaters on Might 28, 2027 – nearly one yr after “The Mandalorian & Grogu.” Apparently sufficient, that is solely three weeks after “Avengers: Secret Wars” debuts on Might 7, 2027.

At the moment, it’s unknown if “Starfighter” has any connection to the 2001 sport with the identical title. The movie will begin manufacturing this fall and happen round 5 years after 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker,” which marks the final time a “Star Wars” movie has hit theaters.

Though the plot particulars are nonetheless beneath wraps, Gosling has nothing however optimistic issues to say about his new film.

“The fact is that this script is simply so good. It has such a fantastic story with nice and authentic characters,” the actor stated. “It’s stuffed with a lot coronary heart and journey, and there simply actually shouldn’t be a extra good filmmaker for this explicit story than Shawn.”

Levy additionally made feedback from the stage, reassuring followers that this movie had nothing to do with the nine-episode Skywalker Saga and the story of Luke Skywalker.

“This can be a stand-alone. It’s not a prequel, not a sequel. It’s a brand new journey. It’s set in a time frame that we haven’t seen explored but,” Levy stated.

Earlier than Ryan Gosling’s function was introduced, Star Wars Celebration opened on April 18 with a have a look at the Mandalorian film, primarily based on the Disney+ collection “The Mandalorian.” The footage proven solely to Celebration audiences featured new characters performed by Hollywood heavyweights Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White.

Each Pedro Pascal, who performs the titular Mandalorian, and Sigourney Weaver acquired standing ovations once they walked out onto the stage to introduce the movie. Additionally becoming a member of them have been director Jon Favreau and co-writer Dave Filoni.