{"id":1212232,"date":"2026-02-21T15:36:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=602036"},"modified":"2026-02-21T15:36:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:36:51","slug":"sith-rey-reportedly-closing-out-fortnites-star-wars-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sith-rey-reportedly-closing-out-fortnites-star-wars-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Sith Rey reportedly closing out Fortnite\u2019s Star Wars season"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sith-rey-reportedly-closing-out-fortnites-star-wars-season.png\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In a <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/fortnite\/2417\">Fortnite<\/a><\/em> season filled with a variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/599687\/fortnite-darth-vader-ai-abuse\">familiar Star Wars faces<\/a>, it seems that Epic and Disney have kept one final character on lockdown. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iFireMonkey\/status\/1927731979388105085\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iFireMonkey\/status\/1927731979388105085\">established <em>Fortnite<\/em> leaker iFireMonkey<\/a>, a Sith-tainted Rey will be coming to the game on May 30 at 8pm ET for 1500 V-Bucks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">We got a full glimpse of a Dark Side-loving Rey in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/reviews\/2019\/12\/18\/21024586\/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-review-spoiler-free\">Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker<\/a><\/em>, when she battled herself in the ruins of the Death Star, so it\u2019s fair to assume that she\u2019ll sport a similar appearance here (though maybe not with the teeth).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><iframe title=\"Sith Rey &amp; Death Star - STAR WARS: RISE OF SKYWALKER Movie Clip (2019) HD\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lKRkX5n0gXs?rel=0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer *; clipboard-write *; encrypted-media *; gyroscope *; picture-in-picture *; web-share *;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">If you\u2019re hoping that she might sport her bizarre switchblade-looking double saber in the bundle (coming in at 2,000 V-Bucks), don\u2019t hold your breath. It seems that she will have a pickaxe, but it will be based on <a href=\"https:\/\/starwars.fandom.com\/wiki\/Blade_of_Ochi_of_Bestoon\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/starwars.fandom.com\/wiki\/Blade_of_Ochi_of_Bestoon\">Ochi&#8217;s Blade<\/a>. Yes, it\u2019s the famous magic knife that broke in the perfect way to somehow align with the ruins of the Death Star and show her the way to the Sith Wayfinder\u2026 or something. (Wow, that movie had a lot of problems didn\u2019t it?)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This isn\u2019t the first Sith-happy skin in this season of <em>Fortnite<\/em>. A few weeks ago saw the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/fortnite\/600088\/fortnite-darth-jar-jar-skin-xp-grind\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/fortnite\/600088\/fortnite-darth-jar-jar-skin-xp-grind\">Darth Jar Jar<\/a>, a skin that implied that maybe the goofy Gungan had more going on than meets the eye, and was in fact plotting the rise of Emperor Palpatine since the very beginning of the series. It\u2019s clearly not considered canon, but hey, it\u2019s fun to dream, right?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Star Wars season of <em>Fortnite <\/em>comes to a close on June 7, so if you\u2019re still hoping to unlock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/fortnite\/599529\/fortnite-star-wars-skins-emperor-palpatine-disco-super-style\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/fortnite\/599529\/fortnite-star-wars-skins-emperor-palpatine-disco-super-style\">Disco Emperor Palpatine<\/a>, now is the time to do it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/fortnite\/602036\/sith-rey-star-wars-skin\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Fortnite season filled with a variety of familiar Star Wars faces, it seems that Epic and Disney have kept one final character on lockdown. According to established Fortnite leaker iFireMonkey, a Sith-tainted Rey will be coming to the game on May 30 at 8pm ET for 1500 V-Bucks. We got a full glimpse of a Dark Side-loving Rey in Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, when she battled herself in the ruins of the Death Star, so it\u2019s fair to assume that she\u2019ll sport a similar appearance here (though maybe not with the teeth). If you\u2019re hoping that she might sport her bizarre switchblade-looking double saber in the bundle (coming in at 2,000 V-Bucks), don\u2019t hold your breath. It seems that she will have&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sith-rey-reportedly-closing-out-fortnites-star-wars-season\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1212233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1212232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sith Rey reportedly closing out Fortnite\u2019s Star Wars season | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a Fortnite season filled with a variety of familiar Star Wars faces, it seems that Epic and Disney have kept one final character on lockdown. 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