News Star Wars: Starfighter Star Wars: Starfighter Will Feature a Lightsaber Battle Shot by Tom Cruise No word yet on whether Shawn Levy’s film will also feature fighting stars. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on January 8, 2026 Credit: Lucasfilm Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: Lucasfilm Shawn Levy’s film, Star Wars: Starfighter, has been shrouded in secrecy. Here’s what we know so far: It stars Ryan Gosling in tight pants as well as the young actor, Flynn Gray; Mia Goth and Matt Smith are playing villains while Amy Adams has also joined the cast in an undisclosed role; and the film takes place five years after Rise of Skywalker. We’ve also gotten two official images from the film, which is scheduled to come out in 2027: an emo black-and-white shot of Gray and Gosling, and another Waterworld-esque photo pictured above of the two at sea. And that’s it… until today, when we received a couple of other tidbits of info. In a profile of Levy at The New York Times, 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 “a lightsaber duel in the water.” Cruise was so committed to the act, in fact, that he willingly waded into a muddy pond to help get the shots. 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, 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’d put my money on Gosling getting his hands on one. 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’s work. Other than that, what Star Wars: Starfighter is actually about remains unknown. We’ll all find out, however, when the film premieres in theaters on May 28, 2027. [end-mark] The post <i>Star Wars: Starfighter</i> Will Feature a Lightsaber Battle Shot by Tom Cruise appeared first on Reactor.