Star Wars: Starfighter is starting to feel a little less like a distant calendar entry and a little more like an actual movie. That helps. For months, Shawn Levy’s upcoming Star Wars film has mostly existed as a neat bundle of promising ingredients: Ryan Gosling, a fresh story, a post-sequel-era setting, Mia Goth, Matt Smith, Amy Adams, and a 2027 release date sitting out there like a hyperspace coordinate nobody can quite reach yet. Now Matt Smith has made the whole thing feel a bit more real. Speaking in a recent interview, Smith said there is already a rough cut of Star Wars: Starfighter, and he was preparing to watch it. He also praised the film, Ryan Gosling, Mia Goth, and director Shawn Levy, calling the project “absolutely blinding.” That is very British. And honestly, very useful. A Rough Cut Does Not Mean the Movie Is Finished Let us be…
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Matt Smith Joins Star Wars: Starfighter as the Galaxy’s Next Great Villain—Opposite Ryan Gosling
Matt Smith is finally going to the dark side of the galaxy—officially. The Doctor Who and House of the Dragon actor has landed a major villain role in Star Wars: Starfighter, a brand-new feature film from Lucasfilm starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Shawn Levy. With a 2027 release on the hyperspace horizon, this one’s already shaping up to be the most buzzed-about project in the post-Skywalker cinematic era of Star Wars movies. And yes, it’s completely original—no recycled Jedi, no Palpatine clones, and not a single Skywalker in sight. What Is Star Wars: Starfighter? Let’s start with what it’s not:It’s not a sequel to The Rise of Skywalker, not a Rogue Squadron reboot, and definitely not a Disney+ spin-off turned feature film. Instead, Starfighter is a standalone theatrical release, set five years after Episode IX, and focused on a brand-new set of characters navigating a freshly unsettled galaxy. Ryan…