{"id":125008,"date":"2022-05-20T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-131765"},"modified":"2022-05-20T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T16:30:00","slug":"take-the-high-ground-as-obi-wan-kenobi-in-fortnite-on-26th-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/20\/take-the-high-ground-as-obi-wan-kenobi-in-fortnite-on-26th-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Take The High Ground As Obi-Wan Kenobi In Fortnite On 26th May"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4fe657aae1394\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4fe657aae1394\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4fe657aae1394\/fortnite-obi-wan-kenobi-outfit-1920x1080-c6ab5108835d.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Fortnite Obi Wan Kenobi Outfit 1920x1080 C6ab5108835d\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Epic Games<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> collaborations just keep on coming in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a>. Next Thursday, fans will be able to get their hands on an Obi-Wan Kenobi skin, just in time for the brand new Disney+ show&#8217;s launch on 27th May.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re an eager Jedi and want to get your hands on the costume early, you can compete in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Cup. Kicking off this Sunday, 22nd May, you&#8217;ll need to be at account level 50 and have two-factor authentication enabled on your Epic account. Lightsabers and e-11 Blaster Rifles will be making a return, too, and you&#8217;ll also have a chance to get the Desert Essentials Back Bling alongside Obi-Wan.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament is a Battle Royal Duo one, and you&#8217;ll be able to play up to ten matches within your region&#8217;s three-hour time window. You can find out exactly what time the tournament starts in your area by checking the &#8220;Compete&#8221; tab in-game.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the outfit, you&#8217;ll be able to get all of these goodies below when Obi-Wan joins properly on 26th May:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Desert Essentials Back Bling<\/strong> (included with the Outfit): An assortment of tools perfect for living an isolated existence on a remote desert planet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Obi-Wan\u2019s Blade Pickaxe<\/strong>: An ol\u2019 reliable partner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jedi Interceptor Glider<\/strong>: Your new fighter has arrived.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Obi-Wan\u2019s Message Emote<\/strong>: An important transmission\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out Epic Games&#8217; news post in the link below, and for the rules of this weekend&#8217;s Cup, you can read them <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epicgames.com\/fortnite\/competitive\/en-US\/news\/obi-wan-kenobi-cup-chapter-3-season-2-official-rules\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you excited for Obi-Wan Kenobi in Fortnite? Let us know in the comments<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Epic Games The Star Wars collaborations just keep on coming in Fortnite. Next Thursday, fans will be able to get their hands on an Obi-Wan Kenobi skin, just in time for the brand new Disney+ show&#8217;s launch on 27th May. If you&#8217;re an eager Jedi and want to get your hands on the costume [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}