{"id":397489,"date":"2026-01-09T03:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/397489\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:26:09","slug":"star-wars-starfighter-will-feature-a-lightsaber-battle-shot-by-tom-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/397489\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars: Starfighter Will Feature a Lightsaber Battle Shot by Tom Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shawn Levy\u2019s film, Star Wars: Starfighter, has been shrouded in secrecy. Here\u2019s what we know so far: It stars Ryan Gosling in tight pants as well as the young actor, Flynn Gray; Mia Goth<\/a> and Matt Smith<\/a> are playing villains while Amy Adams has also joined the cast<\/a> in an undisclosed role; and the film takes place five years after Rise of Skywalker.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve also gotten two official images from the film, which is scheduled to come out in 2027: an emo black-and-white shot<\/a> of Gray and Gosling, and another Waterworld-esque photo pictured above of the two at sea.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s it\u2026 until today, when we received a couple of other tidbits of info.<\/p>\n

In a profile of Levy at The New York Times<\/a>, we find out that Tom Cruise visited the set one day (Steven Spielberg did as well, but I digress), and took over shooting a scene of \u201ca lightsaber duel in the water.\u201d Cruise was so committed to the act, in fact, that he willingly waded into a muddy pond to help get the shots. <\/p>\n

That description confirms what many of us likely guessed: There will be lightsabers in Star Wars: Starfighter, which means there will likely be Jedi and, perhaps, the Sith in the film. Or maybe someone (a grown-up broom boy<\/a>, perhaps?) found some sabers in an old broom closet and made them their own. What actors are wielding those sabers and where their characters stand in regard to the Force is unknown, though I\u2019d put my money on Gosling getting his hands on one.<\/p>\n

We also got confirmation from Levy on something that those two images described above imply: Starfighter is built around a father-son dynamic, a recurring theme in Levy\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

Other than that, what Star Wars: Starfighter is actually about remains unknown. We\u2019ll all find out, however, when the film premieres in theaters on May 28, 2027.
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