Ryan Gosling’s character in Star Wars: Starfighter is named Kade Auberon according to a new article as writer Jonathan Tropper opens up about the film. It had been rumored Gosling’s lead character was called Kade, but now we have it confirmed. Tropper himself didn’t say this in the interview, but trade Deadline lists the name in their report (which I must assume they got officially). 

As per Deadline, who spoke to Tropper recently,

How Tropper Ended Up Writing Starfighter

‘But even more fun, we talk with Tropper about landing the screenwriting gig for next summer’s original Star Wars universe film, Starfighter, which we just caught a glimpse of at D23.’

“I was fortunate to have done three movies before with Shawn Levy. They approached Shawn and said, ‘We want you to do a Star Wars movie, and you can pick your writer,’” said Tropper, “And I landed the gig.”

‘At the time that Levy and Tropper made their deals, they didn’t know exactly what Starfighter would be.’

‘In Star Wars: Starfighter, Ryan Gosling, plays cynical rogue Kade Auberon. He’s confronted by his mysterious past and is hurled into a dangerous adventure across the galaxy that puts him on a crash course with destiny. Along for the ride with Kade is a precocious child played by Flynn Gray. The title starship is a G17 Imperial Reaper, the fastest ever built. It just so happens to be in Kade’s garage.’

“What we wanted to do was to tell a story that was free of (Star Wars) mythology. We were out ahead in the timeline, and we wanted something with as few barriers of entry as possible for new fans and viewers,” says Tropper.

“This isn’t a Skywalker saga movie … we’re not dealing with the history of the Rebellion, the First Order, the Resistance or the Empire, we’re kind of beyond all that” he says, “It’s a simpler movie.”

Quite often, Tropper found inspiration in Gosling’s cadence and expressions.

“He would offhandedly say things; I knew that would make its way into the movie,” says Tropper about the Barbie star, “His voice gets in your head.”

The Star Wars Experience

‘Tropper wrote Starfighter while literally show-running his own series, Apple TV’s Your Friends & Neighbors, writing pages at nights, weekends and sometimes late afternoons. However, because all below-the-line departments are a go on a Star Wars movie, quite often great ideas and rewrites came from the crafts side.’

“I never experienced this before on a movie, the departments weren’t just executing, they were actually creatively inputting,” he tells Crew Call, “Everything has to be built on a Star Wars movie, you’re not going to Home Depot to get tables.”

‘The great collaboration with Levy and Gosling led to another opportunity for Tropper: Writing the reboot of Ghost Rider, due out in July 2028.’

Says Tropper, “I don’t know if I walked into Marvel that I’d be a slam dunk by myself.”

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Interesting, but I take some issue/concern with the idea of this story being so separate from the other stories that it’s unconnected.

Well, no, it’s not. This movie is set only 5 years post-TROS, which means whatever we see in this film sets the scene for how the Galaxy reacted to the events of that movie. If for example, as rumored, the young character is Force sensitive and they are trying to get him somewhere safe to learn, then that also directs which way the universe went post-TROS. Whatever that may be must therefore be factored into whatever comes next.

So you can say this, and even plan this in your film, but it won’t fly with fans if it doesn’t fit the time period, for example. Or, if this movie sets new canon which is ignored in the next movies out and so on and so forth. 

So, Kade Auberon is the lead character of Star Wars: Starfighter. Leave any thoughts on the comments of writer Jonathan Tropper below. 

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