Fortnite’s latestStar Warscelebration is currently underway for “May the 4th” festivities. With festivities celebrated between today, May 3, and May 17, players have many opportunities to revel inFortnite’s popularStar Warscontentthat had been previously shelved in the vault, such as lightsabers.
Iconic lightsabers such as Luke Skywalker’s, Kylo Ren’s, and Mace Windu’s have previously been available for players to retrieve acrossFortnite’s Island. AfteraFortniteleak claimed lightsabers would return for May 4, they are now back inFortnite’s two-weekStar Warsevent.Star Warsaficionados may now instantaneously identify a character based upon their lightsaber’s hilt, andFortnite’s teaser for lightsabers returning has teased one pivotal character’s lightsaber making its debut, as well as the potential of the character himself.
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Fortnitenow confirms that Obi-Wan Kenobi’s blue-bladed lightsaber is independently available alongside the lightsabers that have been unvaulted for the Star Wars Day. But because of the way that this teaser is framed, with an out-of-frame, robed figure holding the respective lightsaber,Fortniteseems to tease Obi-Wan as a skin. If true, it is likely that the inclusion of an Obi-Wan cosmetic outfit would be in tandem with the character’s eponymous Disney+ series, which airs at the end of May. Further, this could also be why the event is stretched out as far as it is.
One tease from another ofFortnite’s Star Wars Day celebration is sure evidence that Obi-Wan is set to appear at some point. Players can now equip the E-11 Blaster Rifle, and to find oneFortnitestates that “Stormtroopers have set up checkpoints in search of Obi-Wan.” Disney+‘sObi-Wan Kenobiseries echoes this similar narrative with the Jedi trying to hide from the Empire, so it is a likely nod to what players can expect in the next couple of weeks.
This would meet the standard expectation forFortnite’s formula of released character skins and associated items, which commonly tie-in with media of the same franchise.Fortnite’s most recent collaboration was withStreet Fighteronce more to add Blanka and Sakura, and before thatFortnitehad added skins forUncharted’s Nathan Drakein both his live-action portrayal from Tom Holland and the authentic Naughty Dog iteration fromUncharted 4: A Thief’s End.
Other Star Wars Day festivities include the “intergalactic comeback” of several outfits inFortnite’s Item Shop, such as an Imperial Stormtrooper, Rey, Boba Fett, and others. Time will tell ifFortnitedoes intend to add Obi-Wan himself along with his “elegant weapon for a more civilized age.” In the meantime, players can enjoy his lightsaber inFortnitealong with the recently unvaulted lightsabers players that are now available.
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