Summary
Fortniteleakers 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 toa 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 anyStar Warsstories, per se.
Instead, they’re a fun reimagining that harkens back to the franchise’s roots, as George Lucas was famously inspired byclassic samurai films. It’s even speculated that the term ‘Jedi’ comes from jidaigeki (or “period drama”), something Lucas learned about while in Japan.
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 (andeven the two with Boba Fett). And you can geta samurai Darth Vader action figurefor 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”.
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