Star Wars: Starfighter Follows ‘Marginalized Outsiders' From the ‘Wrong Side of the Galaxy’
Star Wars: Starfighter will follow "marginalized outsiders" from "the wrong side of the galaxy," according to director Shawn Levy.
Director Shawn Levy has announced that the upcoming Star Wars film, Starfighter, will focus on characters "from the wrong side of the galaxy," drawing inspiration from Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 movie, The Outsiders. Coppola's film was based on S.E. Hinton's young adult novel about clashing teens in 1960s Oklahoma, depicting the violent struggles between the working class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs."
At D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, Levy revealed that Ryan Gosling and Gosling's character in Starfighter, Kade Auberon, come from the "wrong side of the tracks" in the galaxy, just as the Greasers did on Earth. The story follows the journey of these marginalized outsiders who find each other and have the chance to discover heroism through their connections.
The film will not feature any legacy characters or remixes of John Williams' iconic themes, keeping the focus on the characters' blue-collar, working-class backgrounds and the chaotic, unexplored galaxy they inhabit. The Outsiders is known for its talented cast, including Tom Cruise, who visited the set to help with a lightsaber duel.
Starfighter, starring Gosling, Ryan Gosling, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams, is set to release in theaters on May 28, 2027.
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