{"id":406796,"date":"2026-05-01T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/406796\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:00:10","slug":"star-wars-drops-3-free-games-ahead-of-may-4-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/406796\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Drops 3 Free Games Ahead Of May 4 Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

May the fourth be with you, Star Wars<\/a> fans. Yep, Star Wars day is fast approaching, and there’s lots to be excited about. The Mandalorian & Grogu<\/a> is our next big movie, of course, and the excellent Maul Shadow Lord<\/a> is going from strength to strength. But I want to focus on some of the new Star Wars video games you can play right now, especially because they’re all completely free.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, there are three brand-new Star Wars games you can get your hands on. Each of them are markedly different, and each one will cost you precisely nothing at all.<\/p>\n

If you’ve been playing Fortnite recently, you’ll know that the game’s Unreal Editor is capable of some pretty amazing things. Players have been building their own games, including open-world RPGs and other unofficial Star Wars games.<\/p>\n

“Starting May 1, hundreds of these islands will go live and Fortnite will be the only place where you can come together with friends to race tauntauns through icy tracks, run a bustling cantina on Tatooine, pilot a T-65B X-wing starfighter, and go on imaginative Star Wars adventures,” Epic writes.<\/p>\n

But with May 4 approaching, Epic has officially released three official Star Wars experiences within the free-to-play Fortnite, and each one is a standalone game in its own right. Let’s take a look.<\/p>\n

\"Star<\/p>\n

Galactic Siege<\/p>\n

If you’re wondering where Star Wars: Battlefront 3 is, there’s a strong chance Galactic Siege will scratch your itch. This one was created by JOGO Studios, and is a 10v10 class-based battle between the Rebels and the Empire. You’ll get to play across various iconic Star Wars locations with a host of familiar characters. It really is Battlefront lite.<\/p>\n

Island code: 5003-9856-3648<\/p>\n

Escape Vader<\/p>\n

Now, this one is very cool. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a completely normal person in the Star Wars universe who comes across Darth Vader on a bad day, this is the game for you. Developed by Beyond Creative, this one is a first-person four-player horror game in which you have to do your best to escape the Sith Lord. Incredible.<\/p>\n

Island code: 7285-4185-5428<\/p>\n

Droid Tycoon<\/p>\n

Created by FOAD, Droid Tycoon lets you build your own Star Wars droid using blueprints, then manage your workshop while taking on missions and earning rewards.<\/p>\n

Island code: 7865-8305-9184<\/p>\n

All three of these games are available to play in Fortnite right now. To do so, all you have to do is launch the game, hit the play button in the top left, navigate to the search bar, and enter one of three codes above. It’s definitely a great time to be a Star Wars fan, and don’t forget that other fans will be releasing their own games over the next few days, so make sure to see what else is out there.<\/p>\n

\"Star<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tTV Show(s) \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Mandalorian<\/a>, Andor<\/a>, Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/a>, The Book of Boba Fett<\/a>, Ahsoka<\/a>, The Acolyte<\/a>, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew<\/a>, Lando, Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/a>, Star Wars Rebels<\/a>, Star Wars: The Bad Batch<\/a>, Star Wars: Resistance<\/a>, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures<\/a>, Star Wars: Visions<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tCast \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Hamill<\/a>, James Earl Jones<\/a>, David Prowse<\/a>, Carrie Fisher<\/a>, Harrison Ford<\/a>, Daisy Ridley<\/a>, Adam Driver<\/a>, Ian McDiarmid, Ewan McGregor<\/a>, Rosario Dawson<\/a>, Lars Mikkelsen, Rupert Friend, Moses Ingram, Frank Oz, Pedro Pascal<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t Movie(s) \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, Star Wars: Episode IX- The Rise of Skywalker, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, Star Wars: New Jedi Order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May the fourth be with you, Star Wars fans. Yep, Star Wars day is fast approaching, and there’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-406796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}