Star Wars puts some skin in the game with huge, Xbox-exclusive Minecraft skin pack

By Will Fulton November 25, 2014

Microsoft, Disney, and Lucasfilm have teamed up to bring a massive downloadable pack of 55 skins from the original Star Wars trilogy to Minecraft on Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The Star Wars Classic Skin Pack is available to download now for $3. The full list of skins includes:

Remember that time in Empire Strikes Back when Lando Calrissian and Admiral Ackbar were blown up by a creeper? Now you can recreate that classic moment and countless others. Expect more Star Wars-related content for Minecraft in the future now that the floodgates seem to be open.

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