The next Fortnite season will be Star Wars-themed...but there's a catch that upsets fans.
Fortnite Chapter 6, Season 3 will have a Star Wars theme. However, it might not offer as much as the franchise's fans want.
Star Wars Is Getting A Mini Season
Why won't it offer as much as the franchise's fans want? Because Star Wars is only getting a mini season. This means that the pass will only be available for approximately a month before being replaced with the Chapter 6, Season 4 Pass. The shorter timespan also means there's less stuff to unlock.
BREAKING - FORTNITE C6S3 IS STAR WARS THEMED Mini-Season with 2 Updates (30-35 Days) Multiple Bosses, Mythics, POIs & More.. Info VIA @FNBRintel pic.twitter.com/DnwCcAWI82
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) March 26, 2025
Star Wars Updates Dates
Leakers were also able to uncover the dates of multiple updates that will be released during Chapter 6, Season 3 - the first one will kick off the season on May 2, and the others will presumably add new content.
STAR WARS x FORTNITE UPDATES DATES CONFIRMED MAY 2 - 35.00 / SEASON 3 (STAR WARS) MAY 15 - 35.10 MAY 29 - 35.20 JUNE 8 - 36.00 / SEASON 4 (???) pic.twitter.com/H0LqscOFLe
— HYPEX (@HYPEX) March 26, 2025
Mixed Responses
Fortnite's community had mixed responses to the announcement of the mini pass - the ones who aren't that enthusiastic about a Star Wars season are glad it's not staying for too long, but fans of the franchise are disappointed that they'll get a much smaller pass.
Here's what community members said on various Fortnite subreddits:
I’m cool with it being a shorter season. I enjoyed the previous Marvel season, but I felt that it overstayed its welcome a little bit. I think a little over a month is pretty much perfect to have plenty of Star Wars fun without it getting stale - u/presidentdinosaur115
Yeah this is perfect for collabs, and it opens the door for more niche collabs down the line that you couldn’t justify doing a full season for. I wouldn’t mind them doing more mini seasons that are unrelated to collabs, too - u/SoDamnGeneric
Mini season sucks because there will be only 4 skins in the battle pass - u/Ravdar_
We're living in a worst timeline ever, where og season is longer than presumptive Star Wars season that is gonna be only month long - u/Klutzy-Ad7775
What do you think about the Star Wars theme? Do you wish it would stay longer or are you satisfied with the mini pass?
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