“Star Wars: Starfighter” marks Levy’s directorial follow-up to Marvel Studios’ hit buddy comedy “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which raked in $1.3 billion at the global box office after releasing in July 2024 and stands as the highest-grossing R-rated feature of all-time. Deadline was first to report the news of Smith’s casting.

Actor Matt Smith, best known as the heroic Doctor on BBC's Doctor Who, is about to join another venerable sci-fi franchise as Deadline reports he'll take the role of the unnamed villain in Deadpool & Wolverine director Sean Levy's upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter film,

EXCLUSIVE: After fighting battles for house Targaryen, Matt Smith is ready to take his next fight to a galaxy far, far, away as sources tell Deadline, the House of the Dragon star is on board to join Ryan Gosling in Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Starfighter.