The best parts of Angry Birds with new gameplay set in a faraway galaxy

Oct 9, 2012 08:54 GMT  ·  By

Rovio and Lucas Arts have teamed up to announce Angry Birds Star Wars, “the best Angry Birds game we’ve ever done,” according to Peter Vesterbacka, CMO of Rovio.

Vesterbacka says the new game contains the best parts of Angry Birds with all-new gameplay set in a faraway galaxy. “The Force is definitely strong with this one,” he said.

No gameplay footage has been released yet – only a 20-second teaser which you can find embedded above.

Colum Slevin, vice president, head of Studio Operations for Lucasfilm Ltd., says it was only a matter of time before someone came up with the idea of combining of Star Wars and Angry Birds.

“People seem to instinctively know what to do when handed a lightsaber or a bird in a slingshot, so this is a natural combination,” he said.

Rovio plans to make the game available on iOS, Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, Mac, PC, Windows Phone and Windows 8 this November. Until then, fans are told to expect additional videos, characters, and more to be revealed.