Star Wars fans will recall that Mia Goth, who joined the cast in June, is also rumored to be playing a villain. Not much is known about the plot of the Jonathan Tropper-scripted film, beyond that it’s a standalone that takes place five years after the events of The Rise of Skywalker, and it features new characters on a new adventure.

Starfighter has officially found its villain, with a new star joining Ryan Gosling and Mia Goth in the upcoming Star Wars film. Who is playing the villain in Star Wars: Starfighter? According to a new report from Deadline,

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,