EXCLUSIVE: Dacre Montgomery Is Being Eyed To Join ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’
- Matthew W.
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Following last weekend’s Star Wars Celebration, more casting news has emerged for the next Star Wars feature.
Dacre Montgomery is being eyed to join the cast of Star Wars: Starfighter in an undisclosed role, Nexus Point News has learned. Montgomery would portray one of the male leads of the film.
It was announced in 2022 by Deadline that Shawn Levy (Stranger Things, Deadpool & Wolverine) was set to direct an untitled Star Wars film. Levy co-wrote the script with Jonathan Tropper (Banshee, Warrior). Kathleen Kennedy announced on February 27th of this year in an interview with Deadline that she will be producing the film following The Mandalorian and Grogu. The project was officially confirmed on April 18, 2025 during Star Wars Celebration with the title Star Wars: Starfighter and confirming Ryan Gosling’s involvement in the film as the lead. The InSneider had reported prior to this announcement that Mikey Madison was offered a role in the film, but it was later confirmed that she had passed. The film plans to begin shooting this Fall in September and continue through December in London.
Star Wars: Starfighter is set 5-6 years after the events of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and it’s been reported that characters from the Sequel Trilogy will return in this film. Lucasfilm’s next film in the Star Wars franchise will be The Mandalorian and Grogu, set to be released on May 22, 2026. Other projects confirmed to be in development are another sequel to the Sequel Trilogy, with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy directing, a prequel set before the events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace with James Mangold directing, and two more films set to be directed by Taika Waiti and Dave Filoni, respectively. Several other films are also in very early development such as Simon Kinberg’s planned trilogy and Donald and Stephen Glover’s Lando.
Star Wars: Starfighter is set to be released on May 28, 2027.
Update 4/28 - 7:47pm ET: A Lucasfilm spokesperson has denied this reporting.