It’s that point of yr once more. A brand new Star Wars film is coming, which implies that Disney have partnered with numerous different manufacturers to verify there are stormtroopers and lightsabers and blasters in your face on daily basis. One of their newest partnerships is with Fortnite, the place Geoff Keighley, director J.J. Abrams, and Ben Schwartz (as a stormtrooper) acquired collectively in-game on Saturday to indicate off a brand new Rise of Skywalker trailer for gamers. It was solely a ten or so minute occasion however the quick film clip was adopted by lightsabers and blasters popping up on the Fortnite island for gamers to wield for the subsequent week.
The in-game occasion kicked off with an overhead struggle between the Millenium Falcon and several other TIE fighters. After keeping off the attackers and touchdown, Geoff Keighley and a stormtrooper hop out to greet all of the gamers, calling out well-known streamers by identify, after all. Once Abrams makes his look, there’s a little bit of forwards and backwards between he, Keighley, and their stormtrooper good friend principally with regards to how tight the pants are on Abrams’ avatar. Dad jokes abound.
After the introductions wind down, gamers get the prospect to vote on what clip they assume might be proven from the film. Jedi thoughts methods win the favored vote and a curved display pops up in entrance of the Millenium Falcon to play a scene from the film. It’s a brief little bit of Rey pulling a quick one on a pair stormtroopers in traditional Obi-Wan model by telling them it’s alright for her, Finn, and Poe to be on the ship they’ve infiltrated. Shortly after, Abrams, Keighley, and their trooper all make an exit with TIE fighters sizzling on the Falcon’s tail.
All informed, it’s lots of pomp, circumstance, and E3-like scripted pleasure for a one minute film trailer that may have most likely appeared higher for those who have been watching it in your precise monitor as a substitute of a large display inside a game. If you possibly can look previous the occasion being one large advertising plot for 2 big firms, it’s neat to see games turning into digital areas for actual occasions to happen in.
The occasion could also be over however the lightsabers are right here to remain in-game for one more week. Star Wars blasters are an apparent selection for a Fortnite tie-in however the lightsabers appear to be the place the motion is at. Or no less than all the great gifs. There are just a few completely different areas on the island the place yow will discover a glowing blue field with a saber inside. If you handle to grab one throughout a spherical you could possibly tempt your opponents right into a sabers-only duel.
Over on Reddit, one person posted a video of successful their first solo match of the season with Kylo Ren’s purple crossguard lightsaber. They and their opponent throw all their weapons on the bottom to make sure a good struggle and get to work twirling round each other with glowing inexperienced and purple thrives. Spoiler: the Sith participant wins.
Aside from the brand new sabers, there are new skins to put on in alternate on your V-Bucks. Epic have been planning to provide away a TIE fighter glider pores and skin to all attendees of the reveal occasion however resulting from so many gamers struggling to truly get positioned in-game to see the occasion, all gamers who logged in earlier than December 15 at 8PM ET have been gifted the glider free of charge.
