That's not very likely, because you don't have to walk around some kind of obstacle to get to a star. Even as a bird, you still have to travel the full distance to your destination.
You could make a shortcut in space, which is called a wormhole. You can either make one using extra dimensions, or in 3 dimensions with negative energy to stabilize it, but neither of those seem to exist. Edit: link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole#Traversable_wormholes
Unless 3d space is 'wrinkled'; in 4D you could travel straight there. Imagine a crumpled sheet - the 2D traveler would have to trace a route through all the convolutions to reach the other end of the sheet. The 3D traveler may only have inches to go. 'A Wrinkle in Time' was a story about this.
You could make a shortcut in space, which is called a wormhole. You can either make one using extra dimensions, or in 3 dimensions with negative energy to stabilize it, but neither of those seem to exist. Edit: link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole#Traversable_wormholes