FortniteChapter 2, Season 4 is packed with superhero content from Marvel Comics. The new Battle Pass features superhero skins such as Iron Man, She-Hulk, and Wolverine. Season 4 has also introduced newMarvel locations like Stark Industries across the map, as well as superhero powers. Now, the item shop has updated to add an exclusive item from another popular Disney-owned franchise.
Star Warsis returning toFortnitewith the new X-Wing Glider, available in the item shop for 1,200 V-Bucks as of this writing. WhenFortnitepreviously teamed up with Disney forStar Warscontent, characters fromThe Last Jedilike Rey and Kylo Ren had exclusive skins, and players could get their hands on the Y-Wing Bomber Glider. Players can now get the X-Wing as a glider, which was famously used by Luke Skywalker during the Death Star trench run.
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Star Warscosmetic inFortniteare often released as promotions for an upcoming movie or video game, like a Stormtrooper skin being added for the release ofStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The X-Wing Glider is available forStar Wars: Squadrons, which releases on October 2nd. Players can get the glider for free by pre-orderingStar Wars: Squadrons.
At the same time the X-Wing Glider was added to theFortniteitem shop, EA released ananimated short detailing the story behindStar Wars: Squadrons. The short features a space dogfight with an X-Wing and a TIE fighter, so it makes sense that both theFortniteglider and this animated short released at the same time.
This could be the start of a promotion that may bring moreStar Wars: Squadrons-related items intoFortnite.Star Wars: Squadronsis based around spacecraft combat, so if any more cosmetics appear inFortnite,they would likely beStar Warsspacecrafts, or skins related to the new game’s main characters or pilot attire.
Much like most other gliders, the player holds on to bars at the bottom. Unlike the previousY-Wing glider, the X-Wing actually features a little replica R2 unit for some company while choosing the best place to land. The combination of Marvel-themed cosmetics andStar Warscosmetics may produce some interesting situations never seen before, like Groot gliding down to Stark Industries using an X-Wing.
Fortniteis available now on PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and some mobile devices, with PS5 and Xbox Series X support planned.
