'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Coming Soon to a Fortnite App Near You

Something from a milky way far, far away will visit Fortnite this weekend. With the adjacent installment in the Star Wars franchise all set to hit theaters December 20th, Walt Disney Studios and Epic Games have tied-up to debut an exclusive glimpse of the movie within Fortnite'southward 'Risky Reels' section on Saturday, December 14.

In an official blog mail service over the weekend, Ballsy Games announced that J.J. Abrams, the director of Star Wars: The Rising of Skywalker, will reveal "never-before-seen footage" from the moving picture on Sabbatum, December fourteen at 2PM ET (12:30AM, December 15, Republic of india fourth dimension). The virtual doors to the theater will open half an hr before that, said the company.

Live from Risky Reels Fortnite Presents: #StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker exclusive scene premiere.

Scout it live on Dec 14. Doors open at 1:thirty PM ET, bear witness begins at 2 PM ET.

You won't want to miss this 👀 pic.twitter.com/xRD0ynjaJT

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) Dec seven, 2019

The latest collaboration between Ballsy and Disney comes a few weeks after a new Star Wars stormtrooper corrective skin was launched for Fortnite. The DLC was free for those who bought Jedi: Fallen Order on the Ballsy Games store, but came with a price-tag of 1,500 V-Bucks if purchased separately. The game has likewise seen cross-promotions for a bunch of other movies and games, including Avengers, John Wick, Batman and more than.

While Fortnite has been a promotional vehicle for other brands in the past also, this is the first time nosotros'll see the screening of bodily movie scenes inside the game itself. It will exist interesting to see if more such cross-promotions between Epic and other movie studios are in the offing going forrard, merely going by the buzz this i seems to be generating, information technology will be a surprise if that doesn't happen in some way, shape or form.