Fortnite is getting a Star Wars battle pass with Darth Jar Jar

Star Wars is erstwhile again descending connected Fortnite. This time, it’s done the Star Wars-themed Galactic Battle, a caller Battle Royale play that starts May 2nd and features Darth Jar Jar and the debut of Force Lightning, a caller in-game ability. The quality was appropriately revealed astatine Star Wars Celebration successful Japan. As with astir Fortnite seasons, this 1 had been heavy rumored successful the runup.

For the uninitiated, Darth Jar Jar is simply a goofy instrumentality theory that holds that Jar Jar Binks was secretly a Force idiosyncratic and perchance the existent villain of the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

Ahmed Best, the dependable of Jar Jar Binks since Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, said connected signifier astatine the lawsuit that helium improvised immoderate Darth Jar Jar lines for the portrayal. When asked to database immoderate of his favorites, helium said, “‘I americium the phantom menace’ was wholly [improvised],” adding that the enactment was thing he’s “been meaning to accidental for implicit 20 years.”

Galactic Battle volition see X-Wings and TIE Fighters that players tin pilot, themed maps, and “all-new Item Shop offerings including Mace Windu.” Players volition besides beryllium capable to bargain enactment their hard-earned Fortnite V-Bucks towards a Star Wars-themed Battle Pass with characters similar Emperor Palpatine and Wookiee Cuddle Team Leader. Galactic Battle volition play retired implicit 5 weeks with antithetic themes starring up to a communicative unrecorded event. Here’s the schedule, from StarWars.com:

Imperial Takeover – May 2, 2025

The Pull of the Force – May 8, 2025

Mandalorian Rising – May 22, 2025

Star Destroyer Bombardment – May 29, 2025

Death Star Sabotage – June 7, 2025

Of course, this is acold from the archetypal collaboration betwixt the 2 popular civilization behemoths. There person been Star Wars skins successful the game dating backmost to 2019, and past twelvemonth Star Wars elements dispersed passim the full Fortnite ecosystem, including its Lego and bushed crippled spinoffs.

Fortnite’s existent play has a heist theme, and has featured personage cameos from the likes of Shohei Ohtani and Sabrina Carpenter.