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Time of India
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
5 things to look forward to at the Death Star Live Event in Fortnite
Image via Epic Games. Finally Chapter 6 Season 3 is about to end with the hands of Death Star Sabotage live event in Fortnite. The ongoing season in the game termed as Galactic Battle was actually a treat for the fans because of the epic collaboration with Star Wars. This collaboration brought so many in-game themed contents including the AI Darth Vader companion. However, it's time to bid adieu to this fan-favorite season, and there is no better way than enjoying the Death Star Sabotage event to the fullest. What can fans expect from the Death Star Sabotage live event in Fortnite? Exciting treats await the fans in Fortnite's Death Star Sabotage live event. | Image via Epic Games. Just like the recent Star Wars collaboration, the Death Star Sabotage live event in Fortnite is again going to be another crossover with this huge franchise. This event is going to be launched on June 7 at 2 PM EDT, which will eventually mark the end of Galactic Battle aka Chapter 6 Season 3 in the game. However, no more details have been shared by Epic Games about this upcoming event. Still, that doesn't stop the fans from speculating about the potential rewards from this event. Here's what fans can expect from the Death Star Sabotage live event: 1. Sabotage the Death Star As the name suggests, the core of the event revolves around infiltrating and destroying Death Star. Players will embark upon a journey with the Rebels to prevent Emperor Palpatine from taking control of the skies of Oninoshima. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Esse novo alarme com câmera é quase gratuito em Itambacuri (consulte o preço) Alarmes Undo This event is surely going to offer a deep narrative display. 2. Taking control of Death Star Players will be able to get a chance to take the control of the legendary starship, Star Destroyer, from Star Wars. Players have already seen how lasers have been raining down from above in the battlefields live in matches. This is because players will soon be able to become the pilot of that Starship. All they need to do is to teleport to Star Destroyer by a rift gate that appears when the first storm circle closes. After being transported, players then can wreak havoc with the ship's Turbolaser Cannons for around 90 seconds. 3. Darth Jar Jar emoticon We have already seen the Darth Jar Jar skin in the recent Star Wars collaboration. Now, players will be able to get a Darth Jar Jar emoticon, thanks to the Death Star Sabotage live event. In order to redeem this, players need to connect their Twitch profile to their Epic Games account. 4. Login bonus The event is going to begin from June 7, but players who will log into the game once from June 3 to June 10 at 9 AM EDT will get two login rewards: a brand new loading screen called 'Assault on the Death Star' and the Quicksilver Baton Spear Pickaxe, which Fortnite players are already familiar with. 5. Twitch rewards Players can get an array of Star Wars themed content by watching their favorite streamers on Twitch. As they immerse themselves into popular streams, random objects will pop up on the screen, on which players have to click to collect collecting enough number objects, players will avail themselves with exciting sprays like the Jedi Order, the First Order, CIS, the Galactic Empire, and the Rebel Alliance. Read More: Fortnite Death Star Sabotage live event: Date, start time, how to join, and what to expect
Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
When does Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3 end this week
Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3 is the biggest Star Wars-themed event in Fortnite history, with the Galactic Battle themed season bringing a new storyline and POIs to the Island This year's Star Wars season, Fortnite: Galactic Battle, marks the most significant collaboration between Epic Games and Disney to date. Star Wars and Fortnite have joined forces for numerous crossovers since the battle royale game's inception. However, Chapter 6 Season 3 is the first time Epic Games has fully embraced the partnership with a dedicated Star Wars-themed season. That being say, it runs shorter than the usual three months, with a condensed Battle Pass as well, offering just 50 tiers for players to grind through. Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3 began with Emperor Palpatine arriving on the Island in the Death Star, accompanied by his fleet of Imperial Star Destroyers. The Star Wars narrative for this season has been unfolding over five weeks in a five-part saga, and will culminate in a Fortnite live event on the final weekend. The Island has also undergone a Galactic Battle-themed transformation, introducing new Points of Interest such as the First Order Base, Outpost Enclave, and Resistance Base. Shogun's Solitude was repurposed by Darth Vader Samurai and his army of Stormtrooper samurai guards, but . Now we're nearing the end of the Star Wars mini-season, so here's how long it lasted and when exactly Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3 concludes. When does Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3 end? Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3 concludes on Sunday, June 7 at 11am / 2pm EDT / 7pm BST. The details were confirmed in a blog post on the impending live event which lines up with the Battle Pass page. The end of of the Star Wars season will be marked by a live event, where players take to their X-wing or Imperial TIE fighters to bring down the Death Star during the "short window" that it'll be susceptible to attack. How long is Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3? Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3 is brief. It's not quite short enough to claim the title of Fortnite's shortest season, but it's not far off – that accolade belongs to the original Fortnite OG season at the end of 2023, which lasted for 29 days. This Fortnite season spans just over five weeks – exactly 37 days. Each week, a new chapter of the Star Wars story unfolded, and will culminate in the Death Star live event this weekend. Here's how the timetable looks: Following the live event, we can anticipate server downtime before the introduction of Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 4 and its speculated superhero academy theme.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Fortnite Death Star Sabotage live event: Date, start time, how to join, and what to expect
Image via Epic Games The Galactic Battle season in Fortnite is set to end with a dramatic finale, as players prepare to face off against the Empire in the Death Star Sabotage live event. Packed with action, cinematic moments, and exclusive rewards, this Star Wars-themed event is one of Fortnite's most anticipated showdowns yet. When is the Death Star Sabotage event? The Death Star Sabotage live event will take place on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 11:30 PM IST. This is a one-time, in-game event, so players are encouraged to log in early. From two hours before the event begins, the event tile will appear at the top of the Discover tab. This gives players enough time to squad up, enter the queue, and even pilot an X-wing or TIE fighter while waiting. The event supports parties of up to four players. How to join the event Joining the event is simple. Log into Fortnite ahead of the start time and look for the Death Star Sabotage tile. Tap it to enter the lobby and get into the mood with some pre-event Star Wars action. For players away from their primary gaming device, Fortnite is also available via mobile (Android, iOS in select regions) and cloud services like Xbox Cloud Gaming, NVIDIA GeForce NOW, and Amazon Luna. What to expect from the event The stakes are high. Emperor Palpatine's Death Star superlaser is primed to destroy the Battle Royale Island, and it's up to players to stop it. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Cinnamon: The Greatest Enemy Of Blood Sugar (See How To Use It) bloghealthnet Learn More Undo The in-game narrative hints that every participant will temporarily wear stormtrooper armor during the mission. According to leaks, the event may significantly impact the game's map, as Star Wars points of interest are expected to be replaced in the next season - which is rumored to feature DC superheroes like Superman. Leading up to the event, players can also take part in the Star Destroyer Bombardment mode. This limited-time activity allows players to control a massive Star Destroyer and unleash turbolaser attacks on the map below. Players who log in between June 3 and June 10 will automatically receive the Assault on the Death Star Loading Screen and Quicksilver Baton Spear Pickaxe. On Twitch, fans can collect exclusive sprays via a new extension and earn the Darth Jar Jar Emoticon by linking their Epic and Twitch accounts.
The Intercept
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Intercept
Andor Has a Message for the Left: Act Now
Support Us © THE INTERCEPT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Star Wars series shows a rebel movement struggling to be born, but has a clear lesson for fighting rising fascism. Photo illustration: Fei Liu / Photos: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images; Walt Disney Studios Star Wars has always been political, no matter what the MAGA types who cosplay as Imperial agents and scream about Disney shoving diversity into 'their Star Wars' say. The original trilogy showed a band of anti-imperialist fighters going up against a vicious pan-galactic state — based, according to its creator George Lucas, on the Vietnam War, with the Viet Cong 'rebels' going up against the United States 'Empire.' The prequels showed the transformation of the Galactic Republic into the Galactic Empire of the original trilogy. In 2018, during Donald Trump's first administration, James Cameron interviewed Lucas about Star Wars' anti-authoritarian messaging, highlighting a line spoken by Senator Padmé Amidala as Emperor Palpatine declares that the Republic is now an Empire: 'So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause.' 'We're in the middle of it right now,' Lucas replies. Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney in 2012 and hasn't been involved in production since then, but Andor, the new series set in the universe, doubles down on its anti-authoritarian roots, focusing on the creation of the revolutionary Rebel Alliance. In the process, it gives us a glimpse into the messiness and conflict that often accompanies building a movement on the left, as activists fight over which political philosophies and strategies work best. And season two couldn't have come at a more opportune time as Trump and his second administration carry out Project 2025 and Democrats do… well, not much. Caution: spoilers ahead. 'All doubts aside, there is one glaring certainty. If we do not stand together, we will be crushed.' Like the U.S. Congress – and especially the Democrats – members of the Imperial Senate in the show have little actual power under Emperor Palpatine's unitary executive. Senators Mon Mothma and Bail Organa use parliamentary procedure and political dealmaking to fight against the Emperor's fascistic rule, but it becomes apparent that this strategy is futile. In Andor season two, Mothma tries to rally support against an extension of the Public Order Resentencing Directive (P.O.R.D.), an emergency directive from Emperor Palpatine that imposes harsher sentences on people for supposed crimes against the Empire. Senator Dasi Oran of Ghorman won't support the bill because he 'can't risk chafing the Emperor,' who is already singling out his planet for unknown reasons (the audience later learns that Ghorman contains a mineral critical to completing the Death Star). Other senators assert that security concerns are more important than civil liberties, or that the crime numbers can be manipulated and they 'believe what [they] feel.' 'All doubts aside, there is one glaring certainty. If we do not stand together, we will be crushed,' Mothma tells Oran, but his decision has been made. After season one, Gilroy said in an interview that he sees Mothma as 'sort of a Nancy Pelosi character… a powerful presence in the Senate but she's facing defeat after defeat after defeat as the Empire is taking over.' But in the background, Mothma is secretly using her family's money to fund a burgeoning insurgency, including Luthen Rael, a spymaster leading a covert Rebel network whose heist of 80 million credits from an Imperial garrison inspired the creation of the repressive P.O.R.D. law in the first place. Unfortunately, Pelosi's family fortune and ice cream freezer probably aren't being put to similar use right now. At first, Mothma is committed to keeping the Rebellion from breaking into open violence against the powers that be, despite pressure from more radical actors in her orbit. Saw Gerrera, who heads another rebel cell known as the Partisans, is willing to fight the Empire 'by any means necessary,' including through violence, as he says in the Star Wars book 'Reign of Empire: Mask of Fear.' Gerrera and his Partisans have appeared throughout the Star Wars timeline, and are the most far-left revolutionary characters in the Age of Rebellion. Gerrera is frequently used as a foil for Senators Mothma and Bail Organa (father of Leia), who prefer to work peacefully from inside the system to fight the Empire. While the senators came to rebel from a place of immense wealth and privilege, fighting more on philosophical grounds, Gerrera has had to fight for the freedom of his people since he was young. In a meeting among the three to discuss strategy in 'Mask of Fear,' Gerrera tells his counterparts, 'Democracy is a principle and people don't fight for principles, no matter what they say. They fight for land, for resources, for their lives… A democratic genocide isn't any more agreeable to its victims.' But a brutal massacre on Ghorman eventually pushes Mothma to armed resistance. On Ghorman, an underground movement known as the Ghorman Front has been percolating since the gruesome killing of hundreds of peaceful protesters in the planet's capital over a decade earlier. Over the course of the season, the show reveals that the Ghorman Front has been secretly sanctioned by agents within the Imperial Security Bureau, which allowed the rebels to steal Imperial weapons and put up a fight in order to manufacture consent across the galaxy for military crackdowns and the extraction of Ghorman's mineral resources. When the Empire moves mining equipment onto the planet, the people of Ghorman gather in the capital to protest. A local leader, Carro Rylanz, sees the Empire's provocation as the ruse it is, and urges his daughter Enza and the rest of the Ghorman Front to continue peaceful resistance. They ignore him and prep weapons for the demonstration anyway, with Enza Rylanz telling him, 'You can't keep screaming the same ideas expecting change!' But the empire takes matters out of the Front's hands. While the people chant, 'We are the Ghor! The galaxy is watching!' and sing their national anthem, Imperial soldiers barricade them inside the plaza. An Imperial sniper perched on the roof sets off the violence with a false flag, purposefully killing an Imperial grunt and provoking an imperial attack, which forces the Ghorman Front to defend their people with arms. They are massacred. As news of the massacre makes its way to the Imperial Senate, Ghorman Senator Oran is arrested without charges. Mothma realizes the time to fight peacefully from the inside has passed; the Rebellion must escalate its tactics with military action. In a speech on the Imperial Senate floor about the death of objective reality that wouldn't be out of place on the U.S. Senate floor today, Mothma condemns the Ghorman Massacre as an 'unprovoked genocide.' 'When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest,' Mothma says. 'And the monster screaming the loudest? The monster we've helped create? The monster who will come for us all soon enough is Emperor Palpatine!' After her speech, Mothma flees to Yavin 4 where she will become the leader of the Rebel Alliance. Senator Organa stays behind to stall until the Rebellion is ready to go up against the Empire's military might. The parallels of the world of Andor to the United States' political reality in 2025 under Trump's second administration are clear. Rightwing think tanks and news have spewed propaganda for decades to make us question objective truth, leaving us vulnerable to the monster screaming the loudest. People speaking up against Israel's genocide in Gaza are being imprisoned without evidence or due process. Even politicians who dare go against Trump are targets for arrest now. What is it going to take for Democrats to do more than break floor speech records over things that don't matter and fight for the people they represent? Our democracy is giving way to authoritarianism, and we can't just wait for a Jedi to save us. We have to fight now. Or as Karis Nemik, one of the rebellion's freedom fighters, put it in a manifesto in the show's first season: 'The day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try.' Join The Conversation
Gizmodo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘Andor' Asked Fans to Put the Theories Down
Across its two seasons, it became common to describe Andor as 'unlike Star Wars.' Typically a compliment, this phrase was an easy shorthand to use, and it's taken on greater meaning now that its cast and creatives can speak more freely about what stayed on the cutting room floor. Creator Tony Gilroy has recently discussed his active choice to not have the show feature future key players like Palpatine, Darth Vader, or Rogue One protagonist Jyn Erso. Ultimately, he thought including any of the three would've been unnecessary or overindulgent and in Jyn's case, 'disrespectful' to her original appearance. It's a surprising level of restraint that Star Wars hasn't always been the best at exercising, and despite how disappointing it may be to fans of those characters, it was ultimately the right call. The franchise tends to get a little too cute with its callbacks and cameos, and when it indulges in fan service, it really indulges. (There's a reason why Rise of Skywalker quickly became derided as 'written and directed by Reddit.') That Star Wars is in constant conversation with its fanbase isn't inherently bad, and much of it wouldn't exist without this approach. But the way Andor goes about it is more one-sided, instead reminding audiences that it's in charge and telling them to meet it on its own terms. This was, according to Gilroy, a conscious decision: he revealed in 2022 he instructed his writers and crew to treat this like any other show instead of a Star Wars show. 'We told people, 'Do your thing. You're here because we want you to be real.' […] It really gets into people's heads, but to change the lane and do it this way, it takes a little effort,' he said to the Hollywood Reporter. In some ways, it feels like the show was made in isolation from its own mothership franchise and any idea of what the reactions would be like—for better and worse—but it could easily just be how locked in Gilroy and company were during production. He's on record as taking Star Wars seriously and treating the setting and characters with real, considerate intent. In many cases, that means working ahead of the audience, like crafting Kleya and Luthen's backstories so viewers wouldn't think they were sleeping together, or treating Cassian's missing sister Kerri as a thread in his life that he'll just have to live with being unsolved. In another show, or maybe the same show but with more time, Cassian probably would've gotten a definitive answer before flying off to begin Rogue One, and with how espionage-focused this all is, Kerri would either have to be a secretive Kleya or a woman in the ISB or another rebel group with a particular interest in him. Those, or making Cass' childhood droid B2 into his adult droid companion K2SO, would've been somewhat understandable (albeit completely strange) soap opera-esque twists in another show, but they wouldn't be right to how Andor operates. Fan theories often involve characters getting a happy ending or what they want to some extent, and Andor isn't really the type of show where those thoughts are allowed to foster and fully take shape. A repeated throughline for many of its characters is their being denied the chance of a future they wanted or may not have realized was possible until it was too late. For the most part, that's meant a grim fate of some kind awaited them; Syril Karn's much-predicted change of heart for the Ghor was never going to manifest in some betrayal of Dedra or joining the Rebels—as actor Kyle Soller tells it, being killed was the right outcome for his character. But those who make it through to the show's end don't get off unscathed, since their final appearances are punctuated with an undercurrent of bittersweetness or darker, sadder conclusions to their stories. Andor is a matter-of-fact show, and it isn't trying to get a deliberate reaction out of audiences the way other shows do, Star Wars or otherwise. It was, first and foremost, concerned with telling the story of Cassian's growth into a prominent rebel leader and how those caught in his orbit were shaped by his actions. It didn't care what the viewer thought because it knew it had the goods, and that confidence sure did pay off.
