This article is about the Live Event. For the Loading Screen of the same name, see Death Star Sabotage (Loading Screen).
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Overview |
| “ | It's all led up to this! Join the rebellion and board the Death Star as you take the fight to Emperor Palpatine. Jump in early and pilot an X-wing or Imperial TIE fighter while you get ready for the event to begin!
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- — In-Game Description
Death Star Sabotage was a Live Event in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was the conclusion of the Galactic Battle.
Buildup[]
As Daigo crossed into the Spirit Realm, the Death Star entered atmospheric orbit above Oninoshima, slowly drawing itself closer to the Island. The Resistance quickly find themselves overwhelmed by the Galactic Empire as they clashed with Imperial forces, leaving them desperate to formulate a counterattack. Having arrived on the Island, Leia Organa informed The Looper to start gathering allies as Leia finalized a plan to directly attack the Death Star.
Featured Characters[]
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| Blue Squadron | The Looper | Imperial Stormtroopers |
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| Hope | Vengeance Jones | Fishstick |
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| Emperor Palpatine | Desert Dominator | Abstrakt |
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| Superman |
The Event[]
Join the Fight Early[]
A minigame was made available to players that joined the Death Star Sabotage lobby in the two hours before the event began, where two teams of 12 players were pitted against each other. One team piloted X-Wings in the attempt to destroy a Star Destroyer, while the other team piloted TIE Fighters to defend it.
On top of the Star Destroyer's bridge are two spherical shield generators that protect the vessel from sustaining major damage; X-Wing pilots must destroy these in order to be able to damage the bridge. Turrets on the Star Destroyers will fire at X-Wings whenever they get within range, and they can be destroyed by X-Wing fire. Members of both teams can destroy the various asteroids floating around the battlefield to gain access to powerups that can boost their damage output, provide a speed boost, repair any damage, or gain a protective shield.
TIE Fighter pilots win if they successfully eliminate 50 X-Wings, and the Star Destroyer is shown flying into Oninoshima's atmosphere. X-Wing pilots win if they successfully destroy the Star Destroyer's bridge, which will cause the vessel to split in two.
Death Star Sabotage[]
Only if they can disable the battle station's critical defense systems can the final attack run begin.
But the mission will not be easy....
Jones and Hope lead a squadron of Loopers safely onto the Death Star by posing as a prisoner convoy, allowing them to disembark their X-Wings and TIE Fighters without being noticed. They disguise themselves as Stormtroopers and prisoners in order to evade patrol and reach the tractor beam mechanisms to disable them with their Pickaxes. The group rendezvous at the armory and arm themselves with E-11 Blasters and DLT-19 Blaster Rifles, where they learn that the Island is being looted by the Empire. Fishstick discovers a Rift-To-Go amongst the looted items and decides to shake it despite Jones warning him not to. This results in Fishstick being rifted to the outside of the Death Star.
The group advances further into the space station to disable their turbolaser weapon systems, allowing Blue Squadron to make a bombing run that compromises and dooms the Death Star. A pair of Stormtroopers confront Jones, who unsuccessfully attempts to brainwash them while mimicing the Jedi Mind Trick before eliminating them with his blaster. The group fights through hordes of Stormtroopers as they evacuate to their ships, but they get caught in the crossfire when a downed TIE Fighter crashes into the bridge and separates Hope from the rest of them. Before he loses contact with her, Jones tells Hope to leave them behind and save herself.
While walking through the AT-AT hanger they fell into, Jones and the Loopers enter a TIE Fighter hanger bay where they are suddenly ambushed by Emperor Palpatine, deflecting their blaster fire with his lightsaber before Force Pulling their weapons off their hands. He then wipes out most of the group by throwing TIE Fighters at them, as well as utilizing Force Choke and Force Lightning until the remaining loopers are knocked. Hope arrives in time to save Jones with a Rift-To-Go and throws it at Palpatine's Force Lightning, rifting them back above the Island as Blue Three fires torpedoes into the Death Star's weakpoint and into oblivion before it could fire its superlaser. The resulting explosion sends debris hurling towards the Island's surface, with one meteor striking the empowering Spirit Realm Portal on Predator Peak. This creates a beam protruding up into the sky, as well as a shockwave that knocks the squad out. The Looper, on the ground knocked out, now radiates with energy after getting hit.
The effects of the damaged Portal catch the attention of a superhero from outer space...
Audio[]
| Opening Crawl | |
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| Entering Death Star + Infiltration Towards Tractor Beam Generator | |
| Armory Rendezvous + Infiltration Towards Turbolaser Generator | |
| Turbolaser Generator Disabling + Clash With Stormtroopers | |
| Separated + The Emperor | |
| Death Star's Destruction + New Power Awakens... |
Timeline[]
- May 16th 2025
- 4:00 AM ET: The Spirit Realm Portal at Predator Peak has rebuilt itself.
- 7:30 AM ET: Zero Point Energy appeared on the Frozen Portal.
- May 25th 2025
- 2:30 AM ET: The Portal has been re-activated.
- May 29th 2025
- Countdown timer was added to the lobby and Rebel Outpost.
- Rebel Outpost was renovated in preparation for the counterattack on the Galactic Empire.
- May 31st 2025
- 2:30 AM ET: The Portal stabilized.
- June 6th 2025
- 5:00 AM ET: The Death Star turned its superlaser towards the island.
- June 7th 2025
- 5:00 AM ET: The Death Star turned its superlaser further, aiming it directly at the Island.
News Tab[]
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✅ Star Wars themed Battle Pass ✅ weekly gameplay content ✅ live end of season narrative event Fortnite Galactic Battle arrives May 2, 2025 |
April 20th 2025 |
| Pull up that Calendar app and jot this down: Event: Death Star Sabotage Date: June 7 Time: 2PM ET Doors Open: 12:00PM ET Note: Padawan's should download Fortnite Mobile and join earlier to avoid queues |
May 28th 2025 |
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Mobilize and take the fight to Emperor Palpatine in a live, in-game narrative event on June 7. Never tell me the odds! | May 1st 2025 |
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June 7 - V: Death Star Sabotage It's all led up to this! Join the Rebellion and board the Death Star as you take the fight to Emperor Palpatine on June 7 at 2 PM ET. |
May 29th 2025 |
Trivia[]
- The Live Event's codename is "RipeHoneydew".
- The Event's minigame codename is "RipeHoneydewPlaylist".
- Death Star Sabotage was the first large-scale Live Event to happen during the course of a Chapter since Collision Event in Chapter 3: Season 2.
- From Chapter 4: Season OG, this type of event only happened at the end of a Chapter to conclude it (The Big Bang and Remix: The Finale Events).
- Death Star Sabotage was similar to The Devourer of Worlds and Operation: Sky Fire which respectively concluded Chapter 2: Season 4 and Chapter 2: Season 7.
- At the end of Death Star Sabotage, pieces of the Death Star were seen crashing into Oninoshima, which is similar to parts of the Abductors crashing into Apollo at the end of Operation: Sky Fire.
- Unlike Operation: Sky Fire, however, a piece of the Death Star does not knock out The Looper, but the following shockwave from a large chunk of debris crashing into an active Spirit Realm portal instead.
- At the end of Death Star Sabotage, pieces of the Death Star were seen crashing into Oninoshima, which is similar to parts of the Abductors crashing into Apollo at the end of Operation: Sky Fire.
- Death Star Sabotage was the first large-scale Live Event that focuses solely on the storyline since Fracture in Chapter 3: Season 4.
- Chapter 4's The Big Bang focused primarily on establishing the Metaverse with the release of gamemodes developed by Epic Games' subsidiaries.
- Chapter 5's Remix: The Finale was a multi-artist concert that ended with a tribute to the late Juice WRLD.
- Death Star Sabotage was the first Live Event to have an Unplayable Period where the player can't go back to the lobby since Fracture in Chapter 3: Season 4.
- It was also the first major Live Event since Fracture not to have repeat showings.
- Chapter 4: Season OG's The Big Bang and Chapter 2 Remix's Remix: The Finale allowed the player to go back to the lobby post-event, and offered repeat showings.
- Right after disabling the weapons systems and eliminating the Imperial Stormtroopers, Jones utters "I got a bad feeling about this". This line is a long-running gag in the Star Wars franchise, having appeared in all nine episodes of the "Skywalker Saga".
- The Wilhelm scream can be heard should the player fall into a pit on the Death Star.
- Emperor Palpatine's voice lines are taken from other Star Wars media, where he is portrayed by Ian McDiarmid.
- "Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design" and "Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side" are from Return of the Jedi (1983).
- "Let your death be the final word in the story of rebellion" is from The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
- "Now you will experience the full power of the dark side" is from Revenge of the Sith (2005).
- This is the second live event where the player can get knocked mid-event. The first event being The End (Chapter 2).
Gallery[]
Pre-Event Minigame[]
Death Star Sabotage[]
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