In a very big surprise over the weekend, JJ Abrams appeared in person within the super popular MMO shooter, Fortnite. Abrams set up shop at Risky Reels, Fortnite’s drive-in movie theater, to show an exclusive preview of The Rise of Skywalker when something unexpected happened. The clip ran for 142 minutes — the full runtime of Episode IX, essentially giving the world a free ticket to the movie. WHOOPS! There’s likely a Bad Robot or Epic Games intern looking for another internship today.

Luckily, one of our own interns, who happens to be a Fortnite semi-pro, attended the live-stream, and even recorded it, but when everyone gathered around to watch, it turned out to be nearly 3 hours of Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up on repeat.



FSW learned that all illegal streams of the film were changed to the infamous Rick Roll via JJ’s son Henry Abrams, who used the hacking skillz he learned from watching Mr. Robot on USA Network.

So unfortunately, we were unable to share any details regarding The Rise of Skywalker from Fortnite, but StormDuper, Teeb, and IG-69 did time travel to tonight’s premier and recorded their thoughts for FSW Radio. Click here to listen in! Did you play Star Wars x Fortnite? Do kids even know what Star Wars is, and were confused by what was even happening? Let us know what you think in the comments below or hit us up on social media.

As always, stay tuned to FakingStarWars.net for all the finest Star Wars comedy, parody, and satire in the galaxy. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or Google Play for even more unbelievable news from a galaxy far, far away. Also, consider supporting us on Patreon… for as little as a buck a month, you can help us fake harder, better, faster, stronger.

–Link “Vox” Voximilian