Star Wars: Starfighterthe installment in the franchise to be released on May 28, 2027 – it is one year after Mandalorian & GroguIf you stop – have finally got its first look right from the set (you can catch up below).
Ryan Gosling will be our next leading man and a naming Starfighter, with Flynn Gray, Matt Smith and Mia Goth among those who were previously announced in the role crew.
Annoying, we have absolutely no idea what the new Star Wars Movies come aside except for another world struggle in the starry atmosphere, probably with new beings and droids.
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However, we have some updates. Amy Adams and Aaron Pierre have also been announced as joining the role crew, with Adams ready to play Gray’s mother (Pierre’s role has not been rumored). But as much as I love to see these two actions is not the message that has got me, one Star Wars Dunce, incredibly excited about its release.
It is not Jamael Westman or Daniel Ings who are also in the ensemble. Oh no. It’s Simon Bird, whose name may not matter to you if you are based in the United States or anywhere other than Britain. He is best known in the UK for playing Will Mackenzie in Sitcom InbetweenersAnd it is this role that makes his casting incredibly ironic.
Simon Bird’s Casting in Star Wars: Starfighter is actually funny, actually
I have four words for you: Feisty One, that’s you. If you’ve ever seen InbetweenersThere ran from 2008 to 2010 (not including the films), you remember Season 2 episode where Will and the gang go towards Swanage for a school field, with Will’s eye immediately swayed by the new girl Lauren (Jayne Wisener).
While Simon (Joe Thomas) tries to take her to himself, he will dust off his best flirting techniques over lunch, which just happened to be a Yoda impression. Lauren has no idea what’s going on and claims she was worried that he had “a problem” and surprisingly she chooses Simon over Will.
This is also the episode where the boys beat a fish in a dingy and started a emergency blouse while still in the harbor, so Inbetweeners Gold, in short. Wills Yoda line is something that is still regularly quoted almost 20 years later, and it took all 0.5 seconds for fans to pick up on the link.
“From the briefcase w ** ker to Star Wars Pilot, what a glow up, “A fan replied to the message on X, with another attached Yoda clip and added” This is clearly the reason why they threw him. “
Another weighed in, “Star Wars He throws strangely perfect here, he wants to own it, “With another fan who agrees,” Nah, he just wants to go down with a ‘Bumder!’ And a Yoda impression! “
While fans speculate that Bird will play a pilot, no official announcement of his exact role has been made.
With instructor Shawn Levy (Deadpool & Wolverine) Management of Star Wars: Starfighter Ship, I hope he at least subtly paid tribute to a moment so famous, it has definitely made the British Sitcom Hall of Fame (yes, it would if I was responsible).
In the meantime, you can see the Star Wars back catalog of Disney+ in the US, UK and Australia.
