The plush toys have topped $25 million in sales.
PIG ANGRY BIRDS STAR WARS 2 CHARACTERS ANDROID
The game is the top-ranked paid app in the Apple iTunes Store and, in the Android Market, it tops the free apps list.Īnd Angry Birds merchandise is already a hit. Just two weeks ago, Rovio launched Bad Piggies, a game starring the grunting green pigs. "It is very magical."Īngry Birds continues its ascent. "Let's just say there's some really fun music in there," says Stalbow, who serves as the Finland-based Rovio's executive vice president of strategic partnerships. Even John Williams' seminal soundtrack music will be reflected. Well-known environments from Star Wars films – from Luke's home world of Tatooine to the ice planet of Hoth – will serve as settings for intergalactic bird-pig showdowns. The gravitational physics used in the Space game will come into play in the new entry. The Lucasfilm collaboration was a natural after having teamed up with NASA for Angry Birds Space, released in March, and last year's Angry Birds Rio, a mashup celebrating the animated film Rio from Twentieth Century Fox, the studio that distributes Star Wars. "We wanted this to feel like one of the biggest, if not the biggest, entertainment launches of the year," says Rovio's Andrew Stalbow. And the Star Wars game will likely propel the franchise to new heights. Players have already downloaded 1 billion Angry Birds games. "You will see a pig-esque Vader and pig-esque stormtroopers," Southern says. And, of course, Darth Vader and the dark side of the Force will be represented. Other birds provide takes on Chewbacca, Princess Leia, Han Solo and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the game, which will likely have free and paid versions. "They've got personalities which are kind of similar," he says. "They are characters in their own right."įor example, Red Bird will be transformed into Luke Skywalker as an X-Wing pilot in Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope. "They are not Angry Birds dressed up as Star Wars characters," says Paul Southern, vice president of licensing and consumer products marketing for Lucasfilm Ltd.
PIG ANGRY BIRDS STAR WARS 2 CHARACTERS WINDOWS
8 for iOS, Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, Mac, PC, Windows Phone and Windows 8, the birds and pigs alike will take on the personalities of characters from the Star Wars saga. In Angry Birds Star Wars, a totally new edition of the game out Nov. Now they are joining forces with the cast of a beloved space saga. Those wacky Angry Birds, created by Rovio Entertainment, have already been cast into space.
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