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{{Event
|title1=[[File:Death Star Sabotage - Logo - Fortnite.png|250px|center]]
|type=[[Live Events|Live Event]]
|event_countdown=June 7 2025 13:00:00
|season=[[Galactic Battle]]
|location=Outer Space<br>[[Death Star]]
|previous=[[Daigo's Fate Event|Daigo's Fate]]
|event_start_date=June 7th 2025<br/>(2:00 PM ET)
|event_end_date=June 7th 2025<br/>(2:20 PM ET)
|image1=<gallery>
Death Star Sabotage - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|Promo 1
Death Star Sabotage (Teaser) - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|Promo 2
</gallery>
|next=[[To Be Continued!]]}}
{{Quotation|It's all led up to this! Join the [[The Resistance|rebellion]] and board the [[Death Star]] as you take the fight to [[Emperor Palpatine]]. Jump in early and pilot an [[X-Wing|X-wing]] or [[Imperial TIE Fighter|Imperial TIE fighter]] while you get ready for the event to begin!|In-Game Description}}
'''Death Star Sabotage''' was a [[Live Events|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 (Galactic Battle)|The Resistance]] quickly find themselves overwhelmed by the [[Galactic Empire (Galactic Battle)|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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|{{Style Background|Unknown - Outfit - Fortnite.png}}
|{{Style Background|The Looper (Animated) - Character - Fortnite.gif|link=The Looper}}
|{{Style Background|Imperial Stormtrooper (v32.00) - Outfit - Fortnite.png|link=Imperial Stormtrooper}}
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![[starwars:Blue_Squadron_(Rebel_Alliance)|Blue Squadron]]
![[The Looper]]
![[Imperial Stormtrooper]]s
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|{{Style Background|Shadow Blade Hope (Stormtrooper Disguise) - Outfit - Fortnite.png|link=Shadow Blade Hope}}
|{{Style Background|Vengeance Jones (Stormtrooper Disguise) - Outfit - Fortnite.png|link=Vengeance Jones}}
|{{Style Background|Triggerfish (Stormtrooper Disguise) - Outfit - Fortnite.png|link=Fishstick}}
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![[Shadow Blade Hope|Hope]]
![[Vengeance Jones]]
![[Fishstick]]
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|{{Style Background|Emperor Palpatine - Outfit - Fortnite.png|link=Emperor Palpatine}}
|{{Style Background|Desert Dominator (v30.10) - Outfit - Fortnite.png|link=Desert Dominator}}
|{{Style Background|Abstrakt (v33.10) - Outfit - Fortnite.png|link=Abstrakt}}
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![[Emperor Palpatine]]
![[Desert Dominator]]
![[Abstrakt]]
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|{{Style Background|Superman - Outfit - Fortnite.png|link=Superman}}
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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-Wing|X-Wings]] in the attempt to destroy a Star Destroyer, while the other team piloted [[Imperial TIE Fighter|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 ===
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[[File:Death Star Sabotage - Logo - Fortnite.png|250px|center]]
<span style="color: #4BAED5; font-size:110%;">'''An unlikely band of heroes, posing as TIE fighter pilots and their captured X-wing counterparts, have a plan to infiltrate the DEATH STAR.'''</span><span style="color: #4BAED5; font-size:110%;">'''<br><br>Only if they can disable the battle station's critical defense systems can the final attack run begin.'''</span><span style="color: #4BAED5; font-size:110%;">'''<br><br>But the mission will not be easy....'''</span></div><br>

[[Vengeance Jones|Jones]] and [[Shadow Blade Hope|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 [[Imperial Stormtrooper|Stormtroopers]] and prisoners in order to evade patrol and reach the tractor beam mechanisms to disable them with their [[Pickaxe]]s. The group rendezvous at the armory and arm themselves with [[E-11 Blaster]]s and [[DLT-19 Blaster Rifle]]s, where they learn that the [[Oninoshima|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 Portals|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 [[Superman|a superhero]] from outer space...

==Audio==
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!Opening Crawl
|[[File:IP MX RipeHoneydew OpeningTitles.ogg]]
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!Entering Death Star + Infiltration Towards Tractor Beam Generator
|[[File:IP MX RipeHoneydew SHG 01.mp3]]
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!Armory Rendezvous + Infiltration Towards Turbolaser Generator
|[[File:IP MX RipeHoneydew AC 01.ogg]]
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!Turbolaser Generator Disabling + Clash With Stormtroopers
|[[File:IP MX RipeHoneydew LE 01.mp3]]
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!Separated + The Emperor
|[[File:IP MX RipeHoneydew EFB 01.ogg]]
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!Death Star's Destruction + New Power Awakens...
|[[File:IP MX RipeHoneydew SDE 01.ogg]]
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|}
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== Timeline ==
*'''May 16th 2025'''
**'''4:00 AM ET:''' The [[Spirit Realm Portals|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 (Galactic Battle)|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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|[[File:Galactic Battle (Teaser) - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|center|200px]]
|✅ Star Wars themed Battle Pass<br> ✅ weekly gameplay content<br> ✅ live end of season narrative event<br> <br> Fortnite Galactic Battle arrives May 2, 2025
|April 20th 2025
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|[[File:Death Star Sabotage - Promo Video - Fortnite.mp4|center|200px]]
|Pull up that Calendar app and jot this down:<br>Event: Death Star Sabotage<br>Date: June 7<br>Time: 2PM ET<br>Doors Open: 12:00PM ET<br>Note: Padawan's should download Fortnite Mobile and join earlier to avoid queues
|May 28th 2025
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!Description
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|[[File:Galactic Battle (Teaser) - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|center|200px]]
|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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|[[File:Death Star Sabotage (News Tab) - Promo - Fortnite.jpg|center|200px]]
|'''June 7 - V: Death Star Sabotage'''<br>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
|}
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==Trivia==
*The Live Event's codename is "RipeHoneydew".
**The Event's minigame codename is "RipeHoneydewPlaylist".
*Death Star Sabotage was the first large-scale [[Live Events|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 Portals|Spirit Realm portal]] instead.
*Death Star Sabotage was the first large-scale [[Live Events|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 Periods|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.
*Death Star Sabotage is the second live event where the player can get knocked mid-event. The first event being [[The End (Chapter 2)]].
*When the [[X-Wing]]s and [[Imperial TIE Fighter]]s enter the [[Death Star]] in the beginning of the event, the [[Lambda-Class Shuttle]]'s model switches to its [[Glider]] model as evident by its handlebars still being visible.
**This detail is odd as the [[Lambda-Class Shuttle]] in prior scenes showed it without the handlebars.
*Right after disabling the weapons systems and eliminating the [[Imperial Stormtrooper]]s, 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).

==Gallery==
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X-Wing Victory - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png{{!}}X-Wing Victory

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Intro Message - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Squadron - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Main Gate - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Looper Exiting X-Wing - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png{{!}} [[The Looper]] exiting their X-Wing after boarding the Death Star.
Stormtrooper Disguise - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png{{!}} A [[The Looper|looper]] putting on the Stormtrooper disguise.
Prisoner Disguise - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png{{!}} A [[The Looper|looper]] putting on the handcuffs as a disguise.
Hall 1 - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Hall 2 - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Generator Destruction - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png{{!}}A group of players destroying a generator.
File:Hall 3 - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png.png
File:Jones Meetup - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png.png{{!}}[[The Looper]] meeting up with [[Vengeance Jones|Jones]] disguised as a stormtrooper.
AT-AT Room - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png.png
Fishstick(?) With Rift to Go - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Gear Up - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Bridge 1 - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Hall 4 - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
File:Fishstick(?) in Space - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png{{!}}A disguised [[Fishstick]] ending up in space as a result of the [[Rift-To-Go]].
Big Gun Destruction - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Big Gun Destruction 2 - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Stormtrooper Horde 1 - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png{{!}}The loopers fighting off a horde of Stormtroopers
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Entering Palpatine Room - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Palpatine Hologram - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Palpatine Encounter - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png{{!}}Let your death be the final word in the story of rebellion.
Palpatine Taking All Guns - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Palpatine Dropping TIE Fighters - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Palpatine Force Choke - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Palpatine Lightning - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Palpatine Rift - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
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Raining Debris - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Portal Explosion - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
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Looper Awakening - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
Superman Alerted - Death Star Sabotage - Fortnite.png
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