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Episode: βStar Warsβ fans wave lightsabers as an upcoming film gets announced in Japan
Description: The Force was with many Japanese, as well as visitors from abroad, at a Star Wars event where Lucasfilm announced that the next installment in the franchise will hit theaters in May 2027, starring Ryan Gosling.
Appearing on stage before a lightsaber-waving crowd at Makuhari Messe center outside Tokyo, Gosling showed a photo of his childhood bedsheets, plastered with illustrations from the space epic created by George Lucas.
"I guess I was dreaming about Star Wars even before I saw the film," Gosling said.
Shawn Levy, who will direct the movie, told the crowd that Star Wars: Starfighter will not be...