Summary
- Fortnite leakers have uncovered two new skins, a samurai spin on Darth Vader and the generic Stormtrooper.
- There’s no word yet on when these will release or how much they’ll cost, but leakers claim that they’ll be added to the Item Shop “soon”.
- Darth Vader even appears to include a glowing red katana, the closest we’ve ever come to a lightsaber Pickaxe.
Fortnite leakers have uncovered images of two skins that will reportedly arrive in the Item Shop “soon” — a samurai Darth Vader and generic Stormtrooper.
According to Hypex, Darth Vader will be accompanied by a glowing red katana, the closest we’ve ever come to a lightsaber Pickaxe. Leakers @Black_Astley and @SamLeakss even found images showing it off, which you can see embedded below.
First Look At Samurai Darth Vader
These samurai cosmetics aren’t based on any Star Wars stories, per se.
Instead, they’re a fun reimagining that harkens back to the franchise’s roots, as George Lucas was famously inspired by classic samurai films. It’s even speculated that the term ‘Jedi’ comes from jidaigeki (or “period drama”), something Lucas learned about while in Japan.
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However, Fortnite isn’t the first to reimagine these characters as samurai. There are several posters with a similar rendition of Darth Vader and the generic Stormtrooper (and even the two with Boba Fett). And you can get a samurai Darth Vader action figure for the low, low price of… £175.
There’s no word yet on the pricing of these cosmetics in Fortnite, but something tells me they’ll be a lot cheaper. There’s also no release date as of yet, but Hypex claims that they are at least “upcoming”.
Starting life as a tower defense game, Fortnite has become one of the biggest video games out there. Its battle royale mode dominates popular culture, featuring concerts by megastar musicians and crossovers with just about every brand imaginable, from Marvel to the NFL.