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Title: New Star Wars series will premiere in Fortnite of all places

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:58:59 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/new-st...

ThereΓÇÖs a new animated Star Wars show coming soon and itΓÇÖs set to
actually premiere in the game Fortnite. Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld
will be available to watch in-game starting on May 2 at 10AM ET. This is two
full days before the show streams on Disney+.

Viewing will take place in a new in-game location called Star Wars Watch
Party Island. Epic Games says that this area was built using Unreal Editor
for Fortnite and uses official assets to create a "breathtaking environment
inspired by a galaxy far, far away." Players will only have access to the
first two episodes.

For the uninitiated, Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld is an anthology
series consisting of animated shorts. It takes a look at the criminal
underworld, centering on the bounty hunter Cad Bane and the force-sensitive
assassin Asajj Ventress.

This is part of a larger collaboration between Fortnite and Star Wars. The
game will receive new Star Wars content every week for use in Battle Royale.
Players will be able to pilot X-wings and duke it out as Emperor Palpatine. A
dark side version of Jar Jar Binks will also be a playable character.

This isnΓÇÖt the first time our favorite space wizards appeared in Fortnite.
The game once made Luke, Han and Leia playable characters and added the
iconic lightsaber as a weapon.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/new-st...
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