Star Wars: Starfighter is about to become the 13th movie of the Star Wars franchise in the spring of 2027, with Ryan Gosling in an as yet unspecified lead role. It’s thanks to Gosling, though, that Starfighter will become the first Star Wars feature film to break with a key tradition of the franchise.

When the highest-profile member of the Starfighter cast was announced back in April 2025, his name inevitably generated huge excitement. Yet, Ryan Gosling as a Star Wars hero has also divided opinion among diehard fans of the movies, who are worried that choosing a megastar to front an installment of the franchise could overshadow it.

Indeed, many of the greatest actors in Star Wars history were relative unknowns when they were cast in space opera saga. Those behind the

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