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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 A single source states this; it has not been independently corroborated.

Evidence

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

  “Mia Goth has been cast as the villain opposite Ryan Gosling's protagonist. Industry insider Jeff Sneider initially broke the news, which was then reported by THR.”

Status history

reported (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
• 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
• 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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