Angry Birds Star Wars

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Angry Birds Star Wars
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Developer(s) Rovio Entertainment
Exient Entertainment (PS3/PS4/PS Vita/X360/Xbox One/Wii/Wii U/3DS)
Publisher(s) Rovio Entertainment (in conjunction with LucasArts), Activision (PS3/PS4/Vita/X360/Xbox One/Wii/Wii U/3DS)
Series Angry Birds
Engine Box2D
Platforms Android, iOS, BlackBerry 10,[1] Windows Phone, Microsoft Windows, Windows 8, OS X, Facebook, BlackBerry Tablet OS, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS
Release date(s) November 8, 2012
Genre(s) Puzzle

Angry Birds Star Wars is a puzzle video game, a crossover between the Star Wars franchise and the Angry Birds series of video games, launched on November 8, 2012, first for Windows, iOS and Android devices, later also to Mac and BlackBerry. The game is the sixth Angry Birds game in the series. The characters are copyrighted from George Lucas's double-trilogy.[2] On July 18, 2013, Rovio announced that Angry Birds Star Wars will be heading for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Wii, Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS on October 29, 2013 in conjunction with Activision.[3] As of August 2013, the game has been downloaded over 100 million times on its various platforms.[4] The game is a launch title for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

On July 15, 2013, Rovio announced a sequel, entitled Angry Birds Star Wars II. It is based on the Star Wars prequel trilogy and the television show Star Wars Rebels. Angry Birds Star Wars II was released on September 18, 2013.[5][6]

Gameplay

The game combines elements of both Angry Birds and Angry Birds Space, featuring levels that take place on both standard terrain and in outer space. The game begins on Tatooine, Luke Skywalker's home planet, moves to the Death Star, travels to Hoth, then Dagobah, and ends up in Cloud City. With the exclusion of Blue Bird, all the Birds are given new powers not yet seen before in a canon Angry Birds title, some of these that are upgraded as the game progresses further. Players can re-play previously completed levels with the upgraded abilities.

Differences from other games is that Birds may still perform their chosen abilities a split second after colliding with an object. The Millennium Falcon is used instead of the "Mighty Eagle" found in previous games. When a certain number of stars are earned, the player gets a reward. It can be either 5 Millennium Falcons (an item that may be used during normal levels to try to earn badges) or access to a Golden Droid level. There are additional bonus levels if the player manages to hit golden droids in selected levels. On June 13, 2013, power-ups were added.

There was a Facebook version of Angry Birds Star Wars that included weekly tournaments in addition to some story levels. It closed down on March 3, 2014.[7][8]

Episodes

# Level pack Levels Release date Special features
1 Tatooine 40 November 8, 2012 Introduces Luke, Obi-wan and Han, new power for Luke, and space physics
2 Death Star 40 November 8, 2012 Introduces Rebel Pilots, and Chewbacca, lasers, boss levels, and improved power for Obi-wan
3 Hoth 40 November 29, 2012 Introduces Princess Leia, Walkers, snow, ice, and hovercrafts
4 Cloud City 40 March 28, 2013 Introduces Lando, steam
5 Moon of Endor 30 September 12, 2013 Introduces bunkers, breakable logs, and Ewok drums
6 Death Star 2 30 December 16, 2013 Introduces Darth Vader as a bird to fight as unlimited times only on final boss battle (level 30), Emperor Palpatine boss
B Boba Fett Missions 10 March 28, 2013 Special, unlockable by finding five jetpacks or in-app purchase
J Path of the Jedi 40 November 8, 2012 Unlockable by 3 staring all levels (except Bonus levels S/D) or in-app purchase, introduces Dummy Pigs, and new green lightsaber for Luke which is longer and more powerful
S/D Bonus 23 November 8, 2012 Each D-level unlocks when finding Golden Egg Droids, found on various levels throughout the game, S-levels are unlocked by collecting stars from levels, only C-3PO and R2-D2 appear in the Bonus levels

Reception

The game has received favorable reviews with a Metacritic score of 88/100 based on 22 reviews.[9] Mark Brown of Pocket Gamer gave the title a Gold Award, praising the game for being "faithful to the source material" and "filled with content".[10] Justin Davis of IGN says it is a great game with Star Wars references and Force powers, and has a huge variety of perfectly tuned stages.[11]

In a 2013 poll on the Rovio website, the game collected the most votes for favorite Angry Birds game.[12] The Facebook version has garnered a lot of positive response as well.[13]

At the 2013 Webby Awards, the game was awarded as the "Best Game" from both the Judges and as the People's Choice.[14]

References

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External links

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