Matt Smith Reveals When He Begins Star Wars: Starfighter Filming

Matt Smith shares when he’ll start filming for Star Wars: Starfighter. The franchise’s upcoming movie is directed by Shawn Levy and slated for a theatrical launch date of Could 28, 2027. Starfighter‘s forged additionally consists of Ryan Gosling, Flynn Grey, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Chook, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams.

Lucasfilm introduced on August 28 that filming had begun within the U.Ok., together with confirming the forged and revealing a black-and-white photograph of Gosling and Grey on set. Whereas plot and character particulars are below wraps, it’s confirmed to be a standalone story set within the years after The Rise of Skywalker.

Throughout a dialog with actor Genevieve Gaunt at Paul Smith’s Mayfair boutique (through A Rabbit’s Foot), Smith now shares that he’ll start filming for Starfighter in December. He additionally discusses how he’s going by the method of absolutely establishing his character’s costume and general look. Try his feedback under:

I am going by this course of now for the job I am about to do. We’re going by the method of looking for a fancy dress, and typically you do not know in case you love a fancy dress till you have worn it for a few days.

I am about to do Star Wars in December, and we’re type of making an attempt to develop the search for that.

When the information first broke of Smith becoming a member of Starfighter, it was reported that he can be enjoying a villain, and Goth is allegedly enjoying a villain as properly. With Smith solely starting filming in December, and the upcoming Star Wars film having been in manufacturing since August, although, he could have a smaller function than initially anticipated.

As with all Star Wars villain, the costume and overarching aesthetic are important. Earlier than Smith begins filming, time is being taken to finalize these components. Thus far, the one launched set images present Gosling and Grey’s characters, with a picture of them at sea unveiled just a few weeks after the primary black-and-white picture. There have been no first appears but at Smith, Goth, or any of the opposite actors.

Matt Smith enjoying a Star Wars villain shouldn’t be with out precedent. He was closely rumored to be enjoying a younger Sheev Palpatine in The Rise of Skywalker. Some theories instructed that this younger-looking Palpatine would have emerged after draining the ability of the Power Dyad between Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Ben Solo (Adam Driver).

Whereas plans modified and Smith finally did not seem in The Rise of Skywalker, he’s now formally becoming a member of Star Wars, including one other main franchise to his filmography after starring in Physician Who and Home of the Dragon.

Star Wars’ subsequent film is The Mandalorian & Grogu, coming to theaters on Could 22, 2026, and it’s the franchise’s first movie since The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. With a deal with characters from Disney+’s The Mandalorian collection, it’s extra of a identified amount, whereas Star Wars: Starfighter is extra of a thriller, even after months of filming.