Log On To Fortnite To Watch 12 Minutes Of The Mandalorian And Grogu

Disney and Fortnite are teaming up to promote the upcoming Star Wars film The Mandalorian and Grogu with a new in-game screening area that will allow players to watch the first 12 minutes of the movie. The map is live right now, and you can find the Mandalorian and Grogu Watch Party Island in the Discover section of the lobby. And the good news is there’s more to do there than just watch the clip, since the map is a small open world with quests that players can complete.

The activities around the map, which is set on the planet Nevarra from the show and movie, are similar to the relatively simple quests of Lego Fortnite Brick Life–think fetch quests and defeating stormtroopers. It’s not particularly complex, but there’s a lot more content here than you’d probably expect. Fortnite has had many watch party islands in the past, but none have really been quite this robust.

This watch party island, made in Unreal Editor for Fortnite, is part of Fortnite’s ongoing push for custom Star Wars experiences in Fortnite, like the new modes we tried out at the beginning of May. In that way, this watch party map serves as a pretty compelling proof of concept for a quest-based open-world map–it’s not too tough to imagine somebody being able to use a map like this to tell an interesting story, since the environment on this map already looks like it was ripped straight from a AAA game anyway.

In addition to showing the clip from the movie, director Jon Favreau will answer fan questions in a special presentation on May 26, after the movie is out, so he can talk about the making of the film and the story. Anybody who spends 20 minutes in the Mandalorian and Grogu watch party island will be granted a free loading screen.

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