Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy and Barbie star Ryan Gosling took the stage in Tokyo, Japan, today for Star Wars Celebration. They officially announced their upcoming Star Wars project, Star Wars: Starfighter.

The newest installment is set five years after 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, and is set to go into production this fall, with a premiere date of May 28, 2027, exclusively in theaters. “There are many rumors, some true, some not. … This is not a prequel, this is not a sequel. It’s a new adventure,” said Levy. Gosling praised the film as “such a great story with great and original characters,” as well as “so much heart and adventure,” adding: “There is not a more perfect filmmaker for this particular story than Shawn.”

Ryan Gosling, star of the upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter, makes his Star Wars Celebration debut. pic.twitter.com/CeZtI36QhO

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Details of the project, written by Jonathan Tropper, have been kept under wraps for the past two years. We now know it is a standalone movie outside the Luke Skywalker core canon. However, Disney’s Lucasfilm still has plans for multiple Star Wars features in development with James Mangold, Simon Kinberg. Additionally, a Rey post-Episode IX movie with Daisy Ridley returning to the character and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy directing is in development.

Levy’s last project with Disney, Deadpool & Wolverine, gave the company the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time, making $1.33 billion worldwide. Star Wars: Starfighter will hit the screen after The Mandalorian & Grogu film premieres next year.