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At Disney's D23 2026 Expo, Lucasfilm officially revealed that Ryan Gosling plays a pilot named Kade Auberon in Star Wars: Starfighter, and shared the film's plot synopsis and first footage.

confirmed An official/primary source is among the supporting evidence.

Evidence

• mentionsCBR · 2026-08-15 — Star Wars: Starfighter Unveils Official Poster and New Plot Details at D23

  “Independent press coverage of the same D23 reveal: Flynn Gray's character discovers a decommissioned G17 starfighter, and Kade asks, "Didn't I tell you not to touch anything?"”

• supportsStarWars.com · 2026-08-15 — Ryan Gosling is Kade Auberon in Star Wars: Starfighter

  “Ryan Gosling, on Kade Auberon: "Kade is a guy from the wrong side of the galaxy, whose fate is intertwined with the fastest starfighter ever built."”

Status history

confirmed (2026-08-15)

Other tracked claims about Star Wars: Starfighter

• Mikey Madison reportedly declined the villain role in Star Wars: Starfighter over a pay dispute before it went to Mia Goth; this specific reason has not been independently confirmed beyond the single report. unconfirmed
• Matt Smith has reportedly been cast in a villain role in Star Wars: Starfighter -- described as a military commander/general type who does not wield a lightsaber -- though Lucasfilm's official cast announcement did not confirm this or any other character/role pairing. reported
• Star Wars: Starfighter filmed location shots in the Mediterranean near Sardinia, Italy in September 2025, alongside UK studio filming -- a departure from the desert-planet settings of most prior Star Wars films. reported
• Mia Goth has reportedly been cast as a villain opposite Ryan Gosling in Star Wars: Starfighter; Lucasfilm's official cast announcement did not confirm this or any character/role pairing. reported
• Some fans and press have theorized that Starfighter's Mediterranean filming location connects the story to Naboo, since scenes from the prequel trilogy's Naboo were filmed at the same real-world location; Lucasfilm has not confirmed any in-story Naboo connection. speculation
• Lucasfilm officially announced the cast of Star Wars: Starfighter -- Ryan Gosling, Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams -- without specifying which character each actor plays. confirmed
• Production on Star Wars: Starfighter passed the halfway point by mid-November 2025 and wrapped principal photography in December 2025, following director-confirmed rewrites to the film's third act shot shortly before the wrap. corroborated
• A rumor, sourced to a YouTube leak channel, claimed Daisy Ridley's Rey Skywalker would make a cameo appearance connecting Star Wars: Starfighter to a new trilogy; Starfighter's own writer later denied it on the record. debunked

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