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Generally I get up to Fortnite additions that make me go, “Wait, this wasn’t already in Fortnite?” The Star Wars replace for Skywalker Week is one among them. Nonetheless, beginning immediately, you’ll be capable to play the sport for the primary time because the three most important characters from the unique trilogy.
From this morning, Fortnite gamers will be capable to purchase Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, and Han Solo as skins from the premium store. You’ll additionally be capable to choose up Star Wars-themed weapons from random chests, similar to Luke and Darth Vader’s lightsabers. The latter comes with the flexibility to deflect projectiles, and will be thrown as a ranged weapon. Stormtroopers’ E-11 blaster rifles will be obtained from the chests, or you should buy them utilizing bars.
The Luke pores and skin comes with a coaching distant again bling, a Slugthrower rifle pickaxe, and an X-34 Landspeeder Glider. Leia’s pack consists of an R2-D2 again bling and an electrostaff pickaxe. Lastly, you will get a Millenium Falcon again bling and vibro-staff pickaxe from Han Solo’s set.
This marks the primary time we’ve seen the OG trio seem in Fortnite, regardless of an enormous vary of different Star Wars familiars beforehand displaying up. Their skins now be part of the ranks of Finn, Rey, Kylo Ren, Zorii Bliss, Mando, Boba Fett, Fennec Shand, Zard Pt-staq, Krrsantan, and Vader, together with a few generic enemy outfits. And I solely made a type of up.
Junk Rifts have additionally been unvaulted for Skywalker week. These projectiles have an opportunity of crushing your enemies with Luke’s X-34 Landspeeder Glider when thrown. You’ll be capable to discover them in chests and on the bottom.
There can even be Star Wars-themed quests that let you farm expertise factors for the battle cross. Should you mosey right down to Greasy Grove, you’ll additionally be capable to battle Darth Vader. As Fortnite veterans realized this summer time, he’ll be a troublesome enemy to beat. So come ready, and you may win his lightsaber.
I’m not as large of a Star Wars aficionado as among the workers (*coughs* Zack), however I can recognize that that is truly one of many better-looking collaborations that Fortnite has give you. The characters in Star Wars truly use weapons, so it’s not as jarring because the time when Superman was gunning folks down in Fortnite. Or when Sasuke Uchiha began changing into a professional sniper with the arrival of the Naruto replace.
Fortnite’s Skywalker Week ends on November 8.
