Star Wars: Starfighter (2027)

[JD]

I don't know, I wouldn't be surprised if the hero's ships are all the familiar Rebel/New Republic designs like X-Wings, Y-Wings, A-Wings, ect. But if we're getting new bad guys, and not just surviving First Order members, then we might at least get some new ships from them.

 

[saddestmoon]

I wouldn’t be surprised either, seeing familiar hero ships again, like those you mentioned - although I’m personally hoping we don’t, so as to get fresh designs.

Hoping this movie is a springboard for a clean-slate (design-wise). I would also be happy not to see any familiar TIE designs, if possible - and I say that as a someone who absolutely loves the design of the TIE/Ln - both Imperial and FO.

I’m prolly hoping for too much perhaps?

 

[Ithekro]

Likely an X-wing family type. That seems to be the trend for New Republic starfighter hero craft. Though there is the question about what government is around post First Order War.

 

[The Wormhole]

There will obviously be new ship designs, they got to sell new toys, after all. But we will almost certainly see some familiar designs in the movie, memberberries are a thing which must be quenched.

 

[Set Harth]

Hopefully the new designs will be more than a new paint job.

 

[Tuskin38]

We did see the nose a of a ship from the movie at Star Wars Celebration. I'm going to assume its the nose of the main starfighter.

 

[Samurai8472]

Filming finished a couple of days ago

Shawn Levy Celebrates ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Wrapping Its Shoot With Behind-the-Scenes Look

Ryan Gosling stars in director Levy's film that Disney releases theatrically in 2027.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[MrDraper]

for it being a Disney era Star Wars film, that went rather smooth and quickly from the initial announcement to wrapping the filming...

OK, so the SFX work probably will take a year or so, but at least they have time.
No change of directors, script rewrites, official announcements that went somewhere, then nowhere.

 

[valkyrie013]

In an interview, Shawn Levy compared it to Stranger Things.. I'm like.. What???

its "Starfighter" If i want a comparison i want it compared to TOP GUN!!

 

[Tuskin38]

In an interview, Shawn Levy compared it to Stranger Things.. I'm like.. What???

its "Starfighter" If i want a comparison i want it compared to TOP GUN!!

TopGun is overrated

 

[CorporalCaptain]

If I want to watch Top Gun or its sequel, I'll watch those. I have, and I will; I really enjoy them.

But that hardly means that I want new films going forward necessarily to resemble them in any way.

Allusions, references are one thing, and they're quite often perfectly fine. (Hello, The Dam Busters!)

In retrospect, one of the great things about Return of the Jedi is that it did not attempt to top the Death Star attack of the original film. Its "less is more" approach in the space battle scenes allowed it to go its own way and develop its own story beats, which were quite apart from those of the original film.

Whatever this new film brings to the table, I want it to be its own thing. Actually bring something new to the table. If I feel like I'm watching Top Gun in space, I'm going to start thinking that the film is a failure with nothing new to actually offer. A reference here and there? Fine. The most important thing, though: give me something I've never seen before, in fact a lot of that, so I can enjoy this film and enjoy rewatching it.

 

[The Wormhole]

These Top Gun comparisons make the think Ryan Gosling's character's best friend is going to be an alien who resembles a goose...

 

[Set Harth]

i've lost that lovin feeling

 

[FredH]

its "Starfighter" If i want a comparison i want it compared to TOP GUN!!

Got to say, the macho need-for-speed tone of Top Gun feels pretty opposite from Star Wars’.

 

[Tuskin38]

Well this is upsetting

Spoiler

Theres apparently a lightsaber duel in the movie

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[valkyrie013]

Well this is upsetting

Spoiler

Theres apparently a lightsaber duel in the movie

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Huh.. ok

To clarify, I want a fighter pilot movie, like the old Rogue squadron books and games. Some X wing barreling through cliffs and tie fighters.. Fun stuff.
Not what.. it appears to be a slight rehash of Mandolorian Kid/protector theme.

 

[Set Harth]

I am outraged.

Spoiler

(not really)

 

[B.J.]

So the influence goes from Dam Busters to Star Wars to Top Gun Maverick to (possibly) Starfighter?

"C'mon Wedge, do some of that pilot poodoo!" - G0-O53, probably

 

[JD]

I'm a little surprised, but more just by there being multiple people with lightsabers in the era when this takes place. This is set 5 years after the Rise of Skywalker, so Rey should be the only Jedi left, and with Palpatine and Kylo Ren gone there shouldn't be any Sith. I guess there's a chance she's already found and started training students, but I would have thought they would have saved anything Jedi related in this era for the Rey/New Jedi Order movie. I guess there's always a chance they could be people who aren't Jedi or Sith and just happen to have lightsabers.

 

[The Wormhole]

We saw in TFA that First Order Stormtroopers carried batons designed to combat lightsabers, as one trooper pulled it out and yelled "traitor!" when he saw Finn had defected and now had a lightsaber. Clearly the First Order felt there was a strong probability of running into someone armed with a lightsaber if they manufactured such weapons and issued them to their Stormtroopers. With that in mind, it's not too shocking we could run into two people armed with lightsabers in this era.

Also worth noting just because they have lightsabers doesn't mean they're Jedi, Sith or even Force sensitive at all.