FORTNITE x STAR WARS EVENT HAS STARTED! STORM TROOPER SKIN, EMOTE, GLIDER BUNDLE | TamashaBera
337Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is out now on Steam and consoles. But it also has come to the Epic Games Store. This announcement comes as part of a surprise Fortnite event that brings the Star Wars universe to Epic’s battle royale shooter.
Around the time that Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order launched, a Star Destroyer ship from Star Wars appeared in the sky over Fortnite’s map. It’s unclear if anything else is going to happen, but Epic is, of course, already adding cosmetics. Fortnite now has a full Stormtrooper armor set that players can wear during matches. You can get that character skin by purchasing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order through the Epic Games Store.
But this move is definitely an example of Epic flexing its muscle. While it’s not necessarily paying EA for an exclusivity agreement, it is still using the popularity of Fortnite to promote the game. The hundreds of thousands of players who will turn on Fortnite this weekend will see a Star Destroyed in the sky and players wearing a Stormtrooper skin. And that is going to lead many of those fans to look into Fallen Order, which is an excellent game. That could end up with Fortnite fans picking it up on Epic Games Store, which helps both Epic and EA.
Fortnite’s collaboration will be with popular Sci-Fi franchise Star Wars, with the first look at the updated map and skins slowly trickling through.
Fortnite is a hotbed for pop culture collaborations over film, television, gaming, and other media. The game has hosted some iconic franchises over the last couple of years since blowing up into the mainstream.
However, their next collaboration is set to be one of their most epic yet, with the incredibly popular Sci-Fi franchise Star Wars set to join in on the fun in Fortnite.
Fortnite dataminer ‘HYPEX’ managed to find a model of the Imperial Stormtrooper in game as a skin. The skin is purchasable in the item shop, however players can also obtain it by purchasing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order in the Epic Games store.
There’s also a map update on the way, with a ship resembling the Imperial Star Destroyer to be implemented somewhere on the map.
There’s bound to be more content to come out of this as well, with fans requesting things such as a Lightsaber Pickaxe and skins based off other popular characters in the franchise like Yoda or Luke Skywalker.
Fortnite has cemented itself as not only a game, but a marketing tool for companies across the entertainment industries to promote their products.
Previous collaborations with Borderlands 3, Marvel, and John Wick have given Fortnite access to some of the most popular franchises in the world, as well as some subtle marketing.
The Star Wars collaboration comes just before the release of Star Wars 9, the next movie in the franchise set to capture fan’s hearts.
It also comes after the release of Disney+, a new streaming service which is currently hosting the Star Wars movies in the United States.
While the two might not be linked, it’s hard to believe that both of these releasing at the same time is a coincidence.
It’s clear as to when the Fortnite x Star Wars collaboration will go live, but it’s likely to be in the coming days. Usually, once data miners start surfacing information on such events, Epic Games usually goes about releasing more information quickly afterward.
We will keep you updated with all the latest news on the Fortnite x Star Wars collaboration as it comes live.
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