Fortnite X Star Wars Galactic Battle Event Schedule, Skins and Gameplay Updates Revealed
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At the recent Star Wars Celebration event held in Japan this weekend, Epic Games unveiled the latest Fortnite crossover collaboration with Star Wars, and it’s due on May 2!
Titled the Galactic Battle, not only are we getting new skins, but we’re even getting a new narrative event, too. If you’re wondering what we can expect from the event, MP1st is here to help.
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Thanks to reliable dataminers like Shiina, we have a good list of confirmed new skins and gameplay updates players can expect once the event starts.
SKINS
- Darth Jar Jar
- Darth Sidious
- Mace Windu
- New Mandalorian (Customizable?)
- Sith & Jedi Evie
- Wookie Team Leader
- Captain Phasma
- Poe Dameron
- More Unannounced Skins
GAMEPLAY
- New Star Wars POIs
- New Force Abilities (Force Lightning)
- Lightsabers will make a return
- Rideable X-Wings & Tie Fighters
- Mandalorian Mythics (Jetpacks)
- Blasters will be make their return
UPDATES SCHEDULE
- New Updates drops mostly Thursdays
- May 2: Imperial Takeover
- May 8: The Pull of the Force
- May 22: Mandalorian Rising
- May 29: Star Destroyer Bombardment
- June 7: Death Star Sabotage
UNCONFIRMED INFO
- Andor skins possibly dropping in Season 3. Aside from The Mandalorian TV show getting a new season soon (co-promotion and all that), the key art holds the same weapon as Cassian Andor.
The new Fortnite X Star Wars trailer uses a remixed version of Dual Lipa’s “Levitating” which might mean we’ll get a Festival Season for the artist or some sort of collaboration (speculated).
FN_Assist mentions:
- X-Wings can be used by 1-4 players
- TIE Fighters can be used by 1-2 players
Best Look (So Far) at Season 3 Map
Before the Star Wars update drops on May 2, there’s another update scheduled for next week, April 22! This will bring new cosmetics and more.
- New Cosmetics
- TMNT Villains
- Potential Teasers for S3
- Skin inspired by Jenna Ortega
- May Crew Pack
- Season 3 Datamining Leaks
- New Monks Reskin
- Old Collabs updated for shop return
- Shield Breaker EMP unvaulted
- Business Turret unvaulted
- And even more!!
Same as always, once the patch is live, expect it up here on MP1st. Also of note for Star Wars fans, Star Wars Zero Company was revealed at the event this weekend as well, and this is a tactics game for consoles and PC scheduled for release in 2026.
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