Fortnite adds Rey, Finn and Sith Trooper ahead of Star Wars event

Fortnite has added new Star Wars skins to the game, ahead of a live event on Saturday, December 14.

Rey, Finn and Sith Trooper skins are now available in the game’s Item Shop, joining the Imperial Stormtrooper skin added in November to celebrate the launch of EA’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

On Saturday a scene from upcoming movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be premiered via an in-game event in Fortnite.

The “exclusive scene” will be premiered at Risky Reels on Saturday, December 14 at 2pm EST / 7pm BST, including an appearance from director J.J. Abrams.

Epic has made a habit of staging elaborate in-game events to mark the close of Fortnite seasons.

To round off season seven in February, DJ star Marshmello played an exclusive in-game concert which attracted an audience of 10.7 million people, breaking the game’s record concurrent player count.

Fortnite season X’s end of season event saw the game’s map being sucked into a black hole and players left waiting for an entire day to see what would happen next.

Epic Games recently confirmed it was extending Fortnite Season 2 Chapter 1 until February 2020.

The studio said it chose to lengthen the current season “to prepare for all the new holiday-themed updates” it has lined up.