‘Fortnite’ x ‘Star Wars’: Galactic Battle What To Expect

We’re less than 24 hours away until the Fortnite x Star Wars: Galactic Battle season goes live, to celebrate the occasion Epic Games has released a blog post featuring everything we can expect in the new Battle Royale season such as new locations, weapons, bosses and more.

Additionally, the full cinematic trailer was uploaded to Fortnite’s social pages, a teaser was released previously on April 19th during the Star Wars Celebration. You can view the new trailer below:

This is everything you can expect on the Battle Royale map tomorrow.

New Star Wars themed Points Of Interest

Each corner of the map will receive a new point of interest in the new season themed around Star Wars locations. Each location was also given a brief description which you can read below:

Resistance Base (Formerly Whiffy Wharf) – The underground Resistance command center is shrouded in foliage, hiding the facility’s location from any ships passing overhead. Here, you’ll find X-wings and a ton of handy equipment for taking on the First Order’s fleet.

First Order Base (Formerly Demon’s Dojo) – The First Order has claimed a mountaintop to house its imposing base of operations, which includes a hangar for repairing damaged First Order TIE fighters. There are five entrances, but its utility shaft is its main point of weakness and where you’ll find it easiest to sneak in.

Vader Samurai’s Solitude (Formerly Shogun’s Solitude) – Darth Vader Samurai has seized Shogun’s Solitude and turned it into his own personal fortress. Deal with his stormtrooper samurai guards and you may get the chance to challenge the Sith Lord himself…

Outpost Enclave (Formerly Hopeful Heights) – There’s an element of danger to the Outpost Enclave, a boisterous hub of smuggler activity where tensions are known to run high. While you’re in the area, check out the interior of the parked sandcrawler nearby.

New and Returning  Star Wars Weapons

You can’t have a Star Wars season without blasters and there’s tons of them. The new season will see the return of the classic E-11 Blaster, F-11 Blaster and DC-15 Heavy Blaster Rifle alongside a number of new weapons, see the list below.

• DL-44 Blaster Pistol
• CR-2 Blaster
• ACP Scatter Blaster
• BARM-ST12 Scatter Blaster
• DLT-19 Blaster Rifle
• IQA-11 Marksman Blaster Rifle
• A280-CFE Blaster Rifle
  Captain Phasma’s F-11D Blaster (Dropped by Captain Phasma Boss)
  Wookiee Bowcaster (Available from May 15th)
• CA-87 Jawa Scatter Blaster (Available from May 15th)
• Amban Sniper Rifle (Available from May 22nd)
• WESTAR-34 Blaster Pistols (Available from May 22nd)

A new explosive called the Thermal Imploder will also be available. Lightsabers will of course also be available in various colors.

Additionally, you can train with Star Wars characters to unlock different abilities such as Rey (Force Push), Emperor Palptain (Force Lightning), Darth Vader Samurai (Force Saber Throw, Defeat Darth Vader Samurai Boss), Mace Windu (Force Pull, Available from May 8th) and Darth Maul (Force Throw, Available from May 8th).

Starting May 29th, players will be able to use the Star Destroyer’s turbolaser. Every match, a portal to the Star Destroyer’s control room will spawn and the first player to get there in time will be able to use the laser.

New Star Wars Themed Vehicles Arrive

Players will be able to ride two new vehicles in the upcoming season, the Imperial TIE fighter and the X-wing. Both appear to be single-passenger vehicles equipped with blasters and lasers respectively.

Fortnite x Star Wars End Of Season Live Event

This Fortnite season will conclude with the Episode 5: Death Star Sabotage where players will take the fight to Emperor Palpatine during an in-game narrative event.

New and Returning Star Wars Cosmetics

While it’s expected that all previously released Star Wars cosmetics (with the exception of Mandalorian, Ahsoka and Darth Vader as they were battle pass skins) will return to the item shop there are a number of new cosmetics to look forward to on May 2nd.

This includes the Star Wars + Porsche 911 GT3 RS Bundle which includes the Darth Vader Wrapped Decal, Darth Maul Wrapped Decal, and Captain Phasma Wrapped Decal available as well as Star Wars Crocs.

As the season progresses we can expect other skins such as Darth Jar Jar, Mace Windu, a customizable Mandalorian, and more.

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