Galactic Battle’ Season Is Almost Over Already

It seems like it just started yesterday, but Fortnite’s entirely Star Wars-themed season, Galactic Battle, is already more than halfway over, and there are just over two weeks left it in from here.

This is not a change or anything, and it was stated from the start, but I think most players probably don’t have any idea this is the case. The Galactic Battle season started on May 2 and will end on June 7, running for just five weeks. This includes a number of in-game stages the game has been working through:

• Update 1 – May 8 – The Pull of the Force
• Update 2 – May 15 – Chew on This
• Update 3 – May 22 – Mandalorian Rising
• Update 4 – May 29 – Star Destroyer Bombardment
• Update 5 –June 7 – The Final Showdown: Death Star Sabotage

I don’t know if this ends with the Death Star blowing up some chunk of the map (all of it?) or if it will be blown up itself for the third time now. But again, the end is coming shortly, way, way faster than most seasons.

This is the third shortest season in Fortnite history, if you want to count the release of Fortnite OG as a season. A full on “Chapter: Season” would be in season 5, here’s the list:

1. Fortnite OG – 29 days
2. Chapter 5: Remix – 29 days
3. Chapter 6: Season 3 – Galactic Battle – 36 days
4. Chapter 1: Season 1 – 50 days
5. Chapter 1: Season 3 – 67 days
6. Chapter 1: season 2 – 71 days

In all, the average length of a Fortnite season is about 85 days, and you can see how Galactic Battle is certainly one of the lowest on this list considering the contest of OG and Remix and the fact that so many others are in Chapter 1 before Fortnite had fully figured out this seasonal concept.

Not that many players mind. Many, if not most, seem to hate this season for a number of reasons, and so far the highlight has been players talking to an AI Vader on the map that says funny things. Players are not exactly having a wild time battle royale-ing here, in other words. We don’t know what the next season is about yet, but hopefully it’s better, and if it’s better, hopefully it’s longer. And hopefully we’re done with these massive pure marketing seasons for a while now as they’re sort of a running joke at this point (Jar Jar? Come on). We’ll see.

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