‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Adds Amy Adams, Aaron Pierre as Production Begins, Drops First Look at Ryan Gosling’s Character

“Star Wars: Starfighter” has jumped into lightspeed. Director Shawn Levy and star Ryan Gosling have started production in the U.K. on Lucasfilm’s next entry in the space saga, with Amy Adams, Aaron Pierre, Flynn Gray, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman and Daniel Ings joining the cast.

To celebrate the announcement, Lucasfilm released a first look image of Gosling and Gray posing in front of what appears to be a landspeeder that resembles the one used by Luke Skywalker in 1977’s “Star Wars: A New Hope.” According to the release from Lucasfilm, however, “Starfighter” will be “an entirely original story set in a period of time never before explored in ‘Star Wars.’”