Fortnite Star Wars event 2024: Start date, rumours and predicted skins
The Force is going to be strong with Fortnite in the very near future, with yet another Star Wars event due to kick off in the game.
Yep, the Disney-owned sci-fi franchise and the Epic-developed gaming sensation will be teaming up yet again, which shouldn't come as a massive surprise to anyone — especially when you consider that Disney recently made a big investment in Epic.
While we wait to see the whole new 'universe' of experiences that Disney and Epic are cooking up, players of Fortnite will be heading back to that galaxy far, far away for their umpteenth collab.
Read on to learn more!
The latest Fortnite Star Wars event will start on 3rd May 2024, Disney and Epic games have confirmed, with the teaser below being shared on all the official channels.
This means that the 2024 Fortnite Star Wars event will be will under way in time for May the 4th (be with you), a celebrated day in the Lucasfilm franchise's fandom.
This will give players something fresh to enjoy while they wait for the next Fortnite season. We'd expect skins aplenty and probably some fun surprises too.
«We have a good feeling about this… Star Wars is returning to Fortnite,» the official promo clip's caption says.
The Fortnite Star Wars event's 3rd May start date is confirmed in the video itself, with the Fortnite and Star Wars logos being shown.
Better yet, the teaser throws up the logos for LEGO Fortnite and Fortnite Festival, confirming that we'll be getting brick-based building and musical merriment from this crossover, as well as the usual battle royale action.
We would predict that this year's Fortnite Star Wars event will probably contain a lot of promotion for The Acolyte, the upcoming Disney Plus series that is set around 100 years before the events of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
With The Acolyte being the next major release from the Star Wars franchise, it would make perfect sense for Disney to promote it to Epic's massive Fortnite player base.
The Acolyte cast of characters
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