Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Ryan Gosling unveils first Star Wars: Starfighter footage at D23
Ryan Gosling is a very famous actor, and he is going to be in a brand-new Star Wars movie!
The movie is called Star Wars: Starfighter.
At a big Disney event called D23, Ryan showed everyone the first look at his character.
His character's name is Kade Auberon, and he is a rogue with a troubled past.
Kade comes from the wrong side of the galaxy.
His life becomes tied to the fastest starfighter ever built.
In the first footage, a young boy finds a hidden spaceship called a G-17 Imperial Reaper.
The story takes place after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker but in a time we have never seen before.
It is not about the Skywalker family.
The movie is coming to cinemas on May 28, 2027, and it will be full of space adventures.
Ryan Gosling stars as Kade Auberon in Star Wars: Starfighter, Shawn Levy's standalone adventure revealed at Disney's D23 event.
The film is set after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and explores a previously unseen period in the galaxy, not the Skywalker family story.
Gosling described Kade as 'a guy from the wrong side of the galaxy' whose fate is intertwined with the fastest starfighter ever built.
First footage shows a young boy, played by Flynn Gray, discovering a covered G-17 Imperial Reaper spacecraft inside a hangar.
Star Wars: Starfighter is expected in cinemas on May 28, 2027, with a cast including Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre and Amy Adams.
- Who
- Ryan Gosling plays Kade Auberon, directed by Shawn Levy, with a cast including Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings and Amy Adams.
- What
- First footage and character details for the standalone Star Wars film Star Wars: Starfighter were unveiled.
- When
- The reveal took place at Disney's D23 event; the film is expected in cinemas on May 28, 2027.
- Where
- Disney's D23 event; the article does not specify the venue's location.
- Why
- To introduce the new character Kade Auberon and the film, which explores a previously unseen period in the Star Wars galaxy.
- Film
- Star Wars: Starfighter
- Lead actor
- Ryan Gosling as Kade Auberon
- Director
- Shawn Levy
- Screenwriter
- Jonathan Tropper
- Release date
- May 28, 2027
- Setting
- After Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, in a previously unseen time period
- Other cast
- Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, Amy Adams
- Revealed at
- Disney's D23 event