Shawn Levy, the director of Deadpool & Wolverine and a huge part of Netflix's Stranger Things, is now committed to one of his most challenging projects ever. He will now have his shot at making a Star Wars movie for Lucasfilm. Titled Star Wars: Starfighter, the project stars Ryan Gosling and is set for release in May 2027, on the 50th anniversary of the original film's release. Levy has bravely accepted the gig of presenting a new spin on the cherished franchise, but don't expect him to deliver something that just repeats or tags onto the classic films. The director has revealed the best thing about Star Wars: Starfighter, and it's that it won't be a sequel or a prequel, but instead, it will be a whole new thing.

While promoting the fifth and final season of Netflix's Stranger Things, Levy spoke to Collider about his Star Wars project. While he didn't offer plot details (don't expect those to surface anytime soon), the director was kind enough to reveal where his film takes place in the Star Wars universe:

"Well, for one thing, it is different in that it is an all-new non-sequel, non-prequel adventure. It's new characters, it's a new timeline. It inherits legacy themes, but it's really trying to give Star Wars [fans] — and just movie audiences — something fresh, something new. And with a spirit of play and big-hearted adventure with moments of real levity that, frankly, A New Hope had in a revolutionary way.