Star Wars' Darth Jar Jar is now found in Fortnite, but fans can't believe you have to make 1 million XP to buy him
Blog Andrew Joseph 19 May , 2025 0
Fortnite's Star Wars season just dropped its biggest new skin from the far-flung galaxy and shocked fans by locking it behind 1.28 million XP Grind.
Darth Jar Jar can be purchased from Fortnite's store on weekends, but only after you have won the ability to do so. Even then, Darth Jar Jar's XP XP was still selling for 1500 v-bucks (about $13) after accumulating 1.28 million XP.
Fortnite Skins have been locked behind XP demand before, but only once in recent years, rather than being expected to be one of the key cosmetic releases for this shortened Star Wars season.
A few weeks later, now players have less time to earn XP to get Nab Darth Jar Jar (Fortnite's Star Wars season ends on June 7), and anyone who has managed to finish the Battle Pass now has a fresh level grinding.
“I'm exaggerating about this kind of skin, after all, it's just another kind of skin,” one fan wrote. redditin a long thread dedicated to Darth Jar Jar. “But it's ridiculous that this whole lock is behind the XP wall. Do you want me to win the right to give you money? I closed the game right away.”
Another common complaint is that Darth Jar Jar is not required for bending skin with regular jars, but still costs 1500 v-bucks alone.
Along with the various accessories from Sith and Gungan, you can choose to pay 6,500 v-bucks jar jar binds for everything. a lot of.
“Using regular jars alone is $20,” another fan wrote. “If you want both payments to be 52 full funds, it's something with only 1 skin.”
Meanwhile, others retorted that Jar Jar is just a cosmetic option – if you don’t want to, you don’t need to buy him at all. Ignore him and your Fortnite locker will not be as characterless as George Lucas, after opposing the illusion threat.
“Earning XP isn't hard to get me about 8/9 hours,” the third fan wrote. “I didn't plan on Saturday. I did it in 3 races, but within a day. I participated in Rockets and ranked and ploughed for as many XP farming challenges as possible.
“There is nothing that allows anyone to choose from all the items you can choose, and when Deathstroke was 1,800 V-Bucks, he only had 1,500 V-Bucks, I wasn’t disturbed by the price at all. At first I realized more than I had a few hours or more I already had 300,000 XP.”
Fortnite's Star Wars season will continue this week, focusing on the Mandalorian Warriors and the highly anticipated newly customized Mandalorian skins in the game store.
Epic Games' Battle Royale will end the live narrative event on June 7 in Star Wars Galaxy – fans believe they will be on the Death Star hovering on the game island since the start of the season.
Earlier this month, Epic Games and Apple escalated Fortnite is “blocked” to return to iPhone App Store In the United States.
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