Star Wars Celebration: Ryan Gosling, Pedro Pascal reveal new movie details in Japan

Lucasfilm reveals caller details for its upcoming theatrical slate, including "Star Wars: Starfighter" and "The Mandalorian & Grogu"

TOKYO -- Star Wars Celebration is underway successful Tokyo, Japan, wherever implicit 100,000 radical from 125 antithetic countries person gathered to observe their emotion for "Star Wars."

The solemnisation kicked disconnected Friday morning, erstwhile a stampede of guests made a mad-dash to the normal halfway floor.

From panels to buying to cosplaying, Star Wars Celebration has it all, including immoderate exclusive announcements from Lucasfilm and Disney.

At the large sheet of the day, manager Jon Favreau and the stars of "The Mandalorian & Grogu" took the signifier to thunderous applause, wherever they introduced a first-look astatine the upcoming film, premiering successful theaters May 22, 2026.

"The Mandalorian & Grogu" marks the archetypal "Star Wars" theatrical merchandise successful 7 years, and is simply a spinoff of Disney+'s wildly palmy bid "The Mandalorian."

Pedro Pascal revealed his thoughts astir the movie to On The Red Carpet. "I deliberation Jon Favreau is simply a genius, and I deliberation that this is going to beryllium 1 of the champion escapade movies ever."

Sigourney Weaver, who is making her "Star Wars" debut, told us, "sci-fi fans are dissimilar immoderate different fans. They are truthful passionate. They truly believe. They springiness themselves wholeheartedly to the story."

And we aren't the lone ones who emotion "Baby Yoda." Pascal beamed implicit Grogu, saying, "he's a baby! He's a baby-baby yum-yum!"

Gosling told the audience, "I conjecture I was astir apt dreaming astir 'Star Wars' earlier I adjacent saw the film, and it's astir apt framed my ideas of what a movie adjacent was."

"Starfighter" takes spot astir 5 years aft 2019's "Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker," a play successful the "Star Wars" beingness that has not yet been explored connected screen.

Production begins this fall, and the movie volition get successful theaters May 28, 2027.

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