As Shawn Levy prepares to leave his mark on the Star Wars franchise, the director has enlisted “a maestro” to compose the movie’s score.

The Star Wars: Starfighter director recently revealed that 15x Oscar nominee Thomas Newman will score the upcoming installment, which is set to premiere in theaters on May 28, 2027 in the United States. Deadline has reached out to Lucasfilm.

“I know, bro. I don’t know if that’s public, so now it is. Yeah, I think we’re breaking news here,” he enthusiastically said on the On Film…with Kevin McCarthy podcast. “You don’t understand. If you ask me to name my favorite scores, five of the top 10 are Tom Newman: Shawshank , Road to Perdition , Nemo , American Beauty . The guy is a maestro.

Levy continued, “And I was thinking about th

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