After months of teasing, Disney’s Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run trip at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will obtain a serious replace in 2026 and will hook up with the continued occasions in Fortnite. Based on insider Drew Smith, the brand new mission will function The Mandalorian and Grogu, giving friends a recent journey contained in the Star Wars universe.
CONFIRMED: Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run’s new Mandalorian and Grogu mission will hook up with the Disney video games and leisure universe coming to Fortnite.
The mission will leverage Epic Video games’ Unreal Engine for “seamless, cross-platform storytelling.”
Disney says that… pic.twitter.com/5anYpmW6Re— Drew Smith (@DrewDisneyDude) November 2, 2025
Disney’s partnership with Epic Video games goals to deliver superior know-how and interactive storytelling to theme parks. Whereas the collaboration between Disney and Epic is official, Smith studies that the connection between the upcoming Disney x Fortnite universe will create “seamless, cross-platform storytelling” between parks, video games, and different leisure.
Nonetheless, Disney and Epic haven’t but made a public assertion confirming how this connection will work. Earlier studies and leaks have hinted that Disney’s $1.5 billion funding in Epic Video games is funding a large-scale on-line world the place progress from park points of interest might affect gameplay in Fortnite. For instance, friends who full the brand new Smugglers Run mission may earn in-game rewards or standing within the Disney x Fortnite expertise–however this has not but been formally detailed.
Nonetheless, Disney executives have acknowledged that the corporate’s future lies in connecting motion pictures, video games, and points of interest into one shared digital ecosystem. The upcoming Smugglers Run replace stands out as the first clear step in that route, combining storytelling, gaming know-how, and theme park interactivity in ways in which blur the road between actual and digital worlds.