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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 This is circulating but has not been independently established.

Evidence

• supportsScreenRant · 2025-06-06 — Pearl Star Mia Goth To Play New Star Wars Villain Opposite Ryan Gosling In "Starfighter" Movie

  “Oscar-winning actress Mikey Madison had previously declined the villain role due to "a pay dispute," making Goth her successor for the position.”

Status history

unconfirmed (2025-06-06)

Other tracked claims about Star Wars: Starfighter

• 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
• 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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