Fortnite's Darth Jar Jar Skin Requires You To Grind Before You Can Buy It

Fortnite is in the middle of a Star Wars season, which has boasted a rapidly growing roster of heroes and villains from the sci-fi classic. However, one of the newest outfits is notably weird even by Fortnite standards: You can now play as Darth Jar Jar, but you'll need to grind a lot of XP to be able to buy the skin.

In a recent blog post, developer Epic Games announced a number of accessories for evil Jar Jar that are now available to purchase. These include a wrap, a pickaxe, a back bling, and the full outfit. However, these specific items are locked behind XP benchmarks, which players can earn in any Fortnite mode. To unlock the ability to buy all of the items, you'll need to amass 1,280,000 XP. Depending on how committed to grinding out XP you are and the modes you play, this will likely take at least several hours of gameplay to earn.

In addition, once you hit these XP benchmarks, you'll still have to shell out V-Bucks. In total, the Darth Jar Jar item set costs 3,200 V-Bucks (roughly $26); if you just want the outfit, that costs 1,500 V-Bucks (roughly $13).

This isn't the first time that Fortnite has locked item purchases behind XP gates, but it's pretty rare in the history of the game. Epic's decision to implement benchmarks like this during the Star Wars event has sparked frustration among many fans.

Fortnite's Star Wars season has brought with it many other changes and additions. Among these is an AI Darth Vader that you can activate and have follow you around. Most notably, it is powered by a chatbot that will respond to whatever you ask of it in a generated facsimile of the voice of the late James Earl Jones.