{"id":555269,"date":"2026-03-21T16:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555269\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T16:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:26:08","slug":"star-wars-starfighter-ryan-gosling-praises-shawn-levy-for-reworked-third-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555269\/","title":{"rendered":"STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER – Ryan Gosling Praises Shawn Levy For Reworked Third Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, Star Wars: Starfighter director Shawn\u00a0Levy revealed that he had to completely rework the third act of the film<\/a>. Without going too much into detail, Levy revealed things weren’t aligning with the film’s original ending, forcing him to go back to the drawing board and reshoot that entire section of the movie.<\/p>\n

“There was something unexpected on Starfighter,” the filmmaker said back in November. “It was, we had a whole different idea for something in the third act and then things didn\u2019t align and I was forced to come up with a new idea. And I\u2019m literally right now shooting that section of the movie.”<\/p>\n

While reshoots and reworks often come with a negative connotation in movie making, Levy acknowledged, “I\u2019m grateful that the way I was supposed to do it didn\u2019t work out, because the new idea that it forced me to explore is so much better than the original idea would have been.”<\/p>\n

The storyline of Star Wars: Starfighter is being kept tightly under wraps. Lucasfilm calls it an “entirely original adventure” set roughly five years after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The film stars Ryan Gosling as a completely new character, alongside Flynn Gray, a young boy whom Gosling\u2019s character appears to be tasked with protecting.<\/p>\n

While promoting the theatrical release of his new film Project Hail Mary<\/a>, Gosling was asked about the creative overhaul for the third act for Star Wars: Starfighter. Predictably, Gosling couldn’t go into detail, but he did assure fans that\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Well, I can’t comment on that specifically, but I loved working with Shawn and I had total faith in him,” Gosling said.\u00a0“I\u00a0started calling him the mailman because he always delivers. What I found in the process of making this, and I think the fans will find out is that the mailman is going to deliver.”<\/p>\n

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#RyanGosling<\/a> says #ShawnLevy<\/a> “delivers” with #StarWars<\/a>: Starfighter \ud83d\udcab pic.twitter.com\/v7dGS8dRh1<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\u2014 Screen Rant (@screenrant) March 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

As an entirely original story separate from the Skywalker Saga, there’s a ton of intrigue surrounding\u00a0Star Wars: Starfighter. The film is expected to explore new parts of the galaxy, introducing fans to fresh characters without ties to existing storylines. That alone makes\u00a0Starfighter\u00a0worth the buzz. Let’s hope it can deliver, though.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel a profound sense of excitement and honor as we begin production on Star Wars: Starfighter,\u201d director Shawn Levy said last year. \u201cFrom the day Kathy Kennedy called me up, inviting me to develop an original adventure in this incredible Star Wars galaxy, this experience has been a dream come true, creatively and personally. Star Wars shaped my sense of what story can do, how characters and cinematic moments can live with us forever. To join this storytelling galaxy with such brilliant collaborators onscreen and off, is the thrill of a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Star Wars: Starfighter\u00a0is scheduled to release in theaters on May 28, 2027.<\/p>\n