Epic Games has taken the Fortnite servers down this May 3, and this is for server maintenance to bring a ton of Star Wars content to the game. Players will be prompted to download patch version 29.40 during the server outage.

Fortnite Server Status for May 3:

Here’s the announcement from the official Fortnite Status Twitter account:

Prepare to go back to a galaxy far, far away… Star Wars is entering the Fortnite universe soon!

Downtime begins at 4 AM ET with matchmaking ending shortly beforehand. pic.twitter.com/h0vAJZ5Mcs

— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) May 2, 2024

Prepare to go back to a galaxy far, far away… Star Wars is entering the Fortnite universe soon! Downtime begins at 4 AM ET with matchmaking ending shortly beforehand.

We will update this post as soon as we can to let you know of the full and official patch notes for today’s huge update.

A lot of Star Wars content is coming to both the main game as well as LEGO Fortnite. You can expect to see new weapons, skins, and a whole lot more. Even Star Wars content is coming to the Rocket Racing portion of the game too.

Be sure to stay tuned for more news about Fortnite in the near future.

Update: You can see the full patch notes here.