Star Wars Celebration is happening in Japan this yr, and IGN is attending all of the thrilling panels! Follow alongside under for stay updates from The Mandalorian & Grogu panel:
Ahsoka Season 2 Filming Begins After Star Wars Celebration
The Lucasfilm panel kicked off with the corporate’s president Kathleen Kennedy and chief inventive officer Dave Filoni taking the stage alongside the long-lasting droids C-3P0 and R2-D2. Filoni instructed the group that they’ll begin capturing Ahsoka Season 2 as quickly as he will get off the aircraft from Celebration.
Kennedy and Filoni additionally confirmed that Star Wars movies by James Mangold, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Taika Waititi and a brand new trilogy by Simon Kinberg stay in ongoing improvement.
Star Wars: Starfighter Announced, Ryan Gosling to Star
Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy then took the stage to announce that his Star Wars movie begins capturing this fall. The director stated it’s a standalone journey movie that takes a couple of years after Star Wars, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.
Levy additionally stated many of the rumors concerning the movie swirling round on-line are very inaccurate however that one is true: Ryan Gosling stars within the film. The Fall Guy star then took the stage to shock the followers within the viewers.
Gosling recalled how his mom sent him an old photo of his childhood Star Wars bedsheets when he landed the function.
The Levy-Gosling movie can be neither a prequel nor a sequel and can discover a time frame not chronicled in different Star Wars tasks. It will function a complete new forged of characters.
The film can be titled Star Wars: Starfighter and can hit theaters May 28, 2027.
The Mandalorian & Grogu Coming to IMAX
Director Jon Favreau joined Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy and Dave Filoni onstage at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo to tout their upcoming movie, The Mandalorian & Grogu.
Favreau confirmed that the film can be in IMAX, which is notable since its origins are on the small display screen. He stated that units needed to be adjusted accordingly to scale.
The film will function some acquainted faces from Star Wars lore, together with Zeb Orrelios from Rebels and the explorer droid BD-1 from the video games Fallen Order and Jedi Survivor.
Sigourney Weaver Says “Grogu Stole My Heart”
Pedro Pascal took the stage together with Sigourney Weaver. Weaver, the sci-fi icon from the Alien and Avatar franchises, instructed followers of her Star Wars casting: “I bought actual fortunate.”
Weaver admitted she hadn’t watched The Mandalorian earlier than being forged within the film however when she lastly did she fell in love with Pascal’s title character and added, “Of course, Grogu stole my coronary heart.”
The Mandalorian & Grogu Footage Revealed for Attendees
Favreau then introduced Grogu out onstage earlier than screening footage from the movie for attendees, however with the caveat that it’s nonetheless too early for a correct trailer.
The footage contains photographs of Imperial in a ship ready to interact, Mando battling Flame Troopers, AT-AT walkers collapsing within the snow, after which our first take a look at Weavers character, who seems to be somebody contracting Mando for a job.
Weaver’s character is seen at a desk with Grogu. She says “very messy” and “You work for us, We want you.”
Grogu is seen swimming and later making objects, together with a droid, levitate.
Much of the motion within the footage seems to happen on a snowy planet. That was the tip of the footage.
The Mandalorian & Grogu opens in theaters May 22, 2026.
For every little thing else Star Wars Celebration, make certain to take a look at particulars of the newly introduced movie, Star Wars: Starfighter, and a lot extra this week as extra reveals are introduced, proper right here on IGN!
