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title: "Fortnite’s Star Wars Live Event with JJ Abrams"
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description: "Epic Games announced an exclusive Star Wars live crossover event with their hit game Fortnite, set to premier exclusive footage from the upcoming movie The Rise Of Skywalker."
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published at: "2019-12-18 16:40:19"
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Fortnite’s Star Wars Live Event with JJ Abrams | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Fortnite’s Star Wars Live Event with JJ Abrams](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/fortnites-star-wars-live-event-with-jj-abrams.jpg "Fortnite’s Star Wars Live Event with JJ Abrams")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/fortnites-star-wars-live-event-with-jj-abrams.jpg)Epic Games announced an exclusive Star Wars live crossover event with their hit game Fortnite, set to premier exclusive footage from the upcoming movie The Rise Of Skywalker.

## [](#people-love-them-some-star-wars-and-fortnite)People love them some Star Wars … and Fortnite

Unsurprisingly, there was a massive turnout for the event, which forced Epic to delay its start time by a few minutes in order to be able to meet demand. As compensation for the server issues this caused, all players will be receiving the TIE Whisperer Glider.

> Wow! Unprecedented demand to get into Fortnite. We had to delay until 2:10 PM ET to let in more players.
>
> Thanks for your patience, as a thank you, everyone will get the glider!
>
> — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) [December 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1205930422795931649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Yeah we are a bit late to report on this but … hey mostly we are still a one man show … so sue me 😉

The event itself featured in-game starship battles, holographic avatars appearances of both Geoff Keighley and JJ Abrams, as well as the short clip from The Rise Of Skywalker that was promised.

Our friends over at **IGN** did video coverage of the entire affair:

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