Star Wars: Starfighter Set Photo Shows Ryan Gosling Looking Like a Scruffy Nerf Herder, Stuck at Sea

Star Wars: Starfighter manager Shawn Levy has shared a caller accumulation photograph featuring the upcoming film's stars Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray, lasting connected immoderate benignant of sci-fi boat.

Gosling is pictured leaning against 1 acceptable of controls, sporting tousled hairsbreadth and a bruised cheek. He's dressed successful a loose-fitting garment that looks similar it could person travel from Harrison Ford's wardrobe, and heavy gloves.

Gray's quality sports a akin look, with scruffy apparel and gloves. The 2 surely look the parts of uncle and nephew, though the finer details of who either histrion is playing stay nether wraps.

Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray connected the Star Wars: Starfighter set. Image credit: Shawn Levy.

Of course, the representation has already prompted plentifulness of speculation among fans. While respective planets featuring plentifulness of h2o person featured successful Star Wars to date, reddit idiosyncratic BlackTriangle31 has suggested this could beryllium the aquatic satellite Maramere, from 2002 video crippled Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter.

While Maramere and its watery nonmigratory species, the Mere, person yet to beryllium brought into Disney's Star Wars canon, they've made respective appearances successful Legends lore. Humanoid successful appearance, the Mere person spiny arms and orangish fur, and tin respire done some their chemoreceptor and a acceptable of gills.

Other fans person suggested this could beryllium Kamino, the water satellite that was location to the saga's clone army, oregon adjacent Naboo — hey, possibly Jar-Jar is conscionable retired of changeable beneath the surface? But it seems improbable Starfighter volition fuss itself with immoderate of those backstories.

Some fans person likened Gosling's quality to that of the smuggler and wide Han Solo-like Dash Rendar, a fig mostly recovered successful Legends stories but who has appeared successful canon. Gosling looks a small young to beryllium playing the quality successful the Disney sequels era, though.

"This is simply a standalone. It’s not a prequel, not a sequel," Levy said astatine Star Wars Celebration 2025 successful April. "It’s a caller adventure. It’s acceptable successful a play of clip that we haven’t seen explored yet.” The film’s publication was handled by The Adam Project’s Jonathan Tropper.

Starfighter filming is presently taking spot disconnected the sunny seashore of Sardinia successful the Mediterranean — alright for immoderate — up of the film's merchandise connected 28 May, 2027. Doctor Who prima Matt Smith is acceptable to play the movie's villain, portion Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Amy Adams, Jamael Westman, and The Inbetweeners legends Simon Bird volition besides star.

A erstwhile acceptable photograph featured Gosling and Gray sitting connected a conveyance that looks a spot similar a landspeeder, which fans of 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope volition cognize well.

Image credit: Shawn Levy.

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