Fortnite Star Wars Season: Darth Jar Jar, Battle Pass Lineup, Map Changes, And Everything Else To Know

There's not much time remaining in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 2, and it's looking like Season 3 is going to be a wild one: a season that's all about Star Wars. Normally, the spring Fortnite season would run until late May or early June, but Season 2 is wrapping up weeks earlier. But since we've got Star Wars season next, the change makes sense--they're kicking things off on the weekend of the May the 4th.

We're just days away from the new season now, with the Death Star hovering very large in the sky over the battle royale island. Now it's full speed ahead toward Galactic Battle season, which already has had folks in a tizzy for more than a week thanks to the big reveal trailer from Star Wars Celebration in Japan (see it just below). Let's take a look at what we know so far.

Fortnite Star Wars Season trailer

The season trailer dropped on Saturday night on the main stage at Star Wars Celebration. And, uh, it's quite a doozie.

Fortnite Star Wars Season start date

The current battle pass is advertised to end on May 1 at 10:30 PM PT / May 2 at 1:30 AM ET, which means the plan is for Fortnite to go offline at that time for maintenance and the season update. If all goes well, the new season will kick off during the morning of Friday, May 2.

Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3 theme

Season 3 will be a Star Wars-focused season, which will add Star Wars locations, weapons, and items to battle royale, like last year's Marvel-oriented Absolute Doom season. But it seems as though Epic has learned some important lessons from the way the last Marvel season wore out its welcome so hard that the company had to pull most of the Marvel items from battle royale before the season ended--this Star Wars season will reportedly last just five weeks. Short and sweet.

Fortnite Star Wars season map changes

Epic has already revealed what the new map will look like--we're getting four new named locations, each of which will occupy a corner of the map.

The new locations include a Tatooine-inspired desert biome in the southeast, a snowy First Order enclave in the northeast, a jungle-themed Resistance base in the northeast. There will also be some other changes scattered around the map, like a wrecked AT-AT walker that's been converted into a restaurant in the mountains above Brutal Boxcars.

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Fortnite Star Wars season gameplay changes

In addition to a loot pool full of Star Wars weapons and other items, this Star Wars season will introduce flyable X-Wings and TIE Fighters--X-Wings will be able to carry one pilot and three passengers on the fuselage and the wings, whereas the TIE will carry one pilot and one passenger.

Fortnite Star Wars season battle pass

A Star Wars-themed season would mean a Star Wars-themed battle pass, and now we know what the lineup is: Emperor Palpatine, General Grievous, Poe "They Fly Now" Dameron, Wookiee Team Leader and a new remix of Evie from the Chapter 3 Season 3 battle pass.

Other New Fortnite Star Wars skins

Since the above skins are on the battle pass, most or all of the remaining skins that have been teased will be sold in the shop. That includes Darth Jar Jar, Mace Windu, Captain Phasma, and the customizable Mandalorian. That said, it's likely there is another...

Lego Fortnite Star Wars updates in Chapter 6 Season 3

We haven't had any leaks about Star Wars-themed Lego Fortnite updates, but the current Lego Pass also ends on May 2. Since Star Wars season is indeed arriving in battle royale that day, it stands to reason the same thing will happen in Lego Fortnite Odyssey. Last year's Lego Pass (pictured above) included a Chewbacca skin and ushered in a major Star Wars storyline, and the Lego Fortnite twitter has teased Captain Phasma's involvement in the new storyline--she's our best guess for being on the Lego Pass.

Given that the current, about-to-end Lego Pass includes a second skin at the end of the pass, it could also be that Phasma isn't alone. Fingers crossed.