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May The Fourth is quickly approaching and what better way to spend the day than play a bunch of Star Wars games?
You’ve got plenty to choose from like; Star Wars Battlefront II, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga and many, many more.
There are loads of new games on the horizon too but while we’d love to dive straight into Star Wars: Galactic Racer, we’re forced to wait for its release date.
In the meantime though we’ve found a new, free Star Wars game you can play next month that’ll blow you away, especially when you find out how it was made.
Droids are an iconic part of the Star Wars mythos and without them half of the stories we see on the big-screen couldn’t have happened.
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Were it not for R2-D2 and C3PO being in the right place at the right time they’d have never linked up with Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan, whose meeting would eventually bring an end to The Empire’s rule of the galaxy.
So what better to honour these metallic friends than with a game that lets you pilot your own battle droid and pit it against The Empire’s finest?
Star Wars: Droid Wars is a fan-made game made entirely within UEFN, or in other words Fortnite.
Following the collaborations between Star Wars and the infamous battle-royale game the assets used were released for UEFN allowing users to make their own creations.
So far we’ve seen some jaw-dropping builds, including an in-development successor to the Star Wars Battlefront games.
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Star Wars: Droid Wars is built to be PvE though, with its creator Enigma on X breaking down everything players will be able to see and do come launch day.
Players will pilot a “fully drivable droid locomotion” with nine equipable weapons. These range from rockets to laser and even elemental options such as flamethrowers and freeze cannons.
Like the Battlefront games you’ll need to be wary of your weapon’s temperature as it will overheat much like the blasters added in the Fortnite Star Wars collab.
Everything in this fan-made gamemode has been custom-built to offer a truly unique experience, and while it’s not on par with the upcoming AAA Star Wars titles it looks like a solid game to play in the interim.
The gamemode’s creator Enigma originally said 31 May in their post showing off the game but that was apparently a mistake.
In the comments they corrected the date to 1 May, which is just in a few days time. When it’s ready to go all Fortnite players will need is the map code to jump in and try it for themselves.
That 1 May release also means the game will land just in time for May The Fourth, making it a prime game to pick up in-between all the Star Wars films you’ll be watching.