Star Wars Celebration Day 1: Starfigher Revealed, Maul Returns, and more

The films:

Lucasfilm

• The Mandalorian and Grogu panel began with the reveal of Star Wars: Starfighter, an upcoming film starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Shawn Levy who both appeared onstage

  • Starfighter is set five years after The Rise of Skywalker and will come to theaters on May 28th, 2027

  • The film is officially in pre-production with filming set to begin Fall 2025

• Footage of The Mandalorian and Grogu was shown to the Celebration crowd including an extended fight scene in an AT-AT and a full trailer

  • Sigourney Weaver’s rebel pilot featured heavily in the footage alongside Zeb Orrelios from Star Wars Rebels and our first glimpse of Jeremy Allen White’s Rotta the Hutt

  • Weaver and Pedro Pascal joined Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni onstage to talk about making the film which is set to release in May 2026

Lucasfilm

The shows:

• Lucasfilm Animation revealed that the next animated series will be Maul: Shadow Lord featuring the return of Sam Witwer as the titular character

  • The series will focus on the rise of Maul in the Star Wars underworld between The Clone Wars and Rebels

  • A sizzle reel was shown exclusively to attendees and a release date of 2026 was confirmed

  • Panel attendees also viewed the first episode of Tales of the Underworld featuring Asajj Ventress

• Young Jedi Adventures will be receiving a Season 3 - announced by Nubs himself on the LIVE stage

The books:

Random House Worlds

• The Lucasfilm Publishing panel expanded on the previously announced reveals including some additional thoughts by author Adam Christopher about Master of Evil

• The full cover of Trials of the Jedi was revealed with the final members of the “Luminous 9” who will come together to defeat Marchion Ro

  • Azlin Rell, Reath Silas, Terec, Torban Buck "Buckets of Blood", Elzar Mann, Avar Kriss, Burryaga, Bell Zettifar, Ty Yorrick, and Ember!

• The Art of Star Wars: Andor was announced which will feature concept art from both seasons of the series

• Author Chris Kempshall (The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire) teased that he’s working on a new project - supposedly with Wedge Antilles as he said “Red 2, standing by”

Lucasfilm

• Jedi: Fallen Order will be receiving a manga adaptation by Mangado and Sideranch

• Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn novel will also receive a manga retelling by Man Tsang

The games:

Ubisoft

• Star Wars Outlaws revealed a trailer for the upcoming DLC A Pirate’s Fortune featuring Hondo Ohnaka

  • The DLC releases on May 15th for $14.99 or free with the deluxe editions of the game

• A free demo of Outlaws is also available now for those who want to try out the beginning areas of the game

The toys:

Hasbro

• Hasbro announced the Jedi: Survivor is coming to the Black Series with Merrin finally receiving a figure as well as a multipack featuring Cal Kestis, Turgle, Skoova Stev, and BD-1

• Legends fans also received some love with the reveal that Dash Rendar will be joining the line

Star Wars Celebration is only getting started, so be sure stay tuned for even more news throughout the weekend!