Angry Birds Star Wars is a 2012 puzzle video game developed and published by Rovio Entertainment in conjunction with LucasArts. It is the sixth game in the Angry Birds series, and is a crossover with the Star Wars franchise; it combines gameplay from previous Angry Birds games with elements from the Star Wars original trilogy, with several Angry Birds characters portraying Star Wars characters. The game initially released on November 8, 2012, before being ported to home video game consoles by Activision in late 2013. The mobile version was praised by critics, whereas the console ports received negative criticism. A sequel was released in 2013.
Angry Birds Star Wars was conceived when Ville Heijari, vice president for franchise development at Rovio Entertainment, considered a Star Wars collaboration to be the most sensical for a major partnership.[10] Andrew Stalbow, strategic partnerships chief at Rovio, stated that the developers aimed to make the game "feel like one of the biggest, if not the biggest, entertainment launches of the year".[11]
In a 2021 development update on the remake of Angry Birds (2009), brand director Steve Porter stated that Angry Birds Star Wars was unlikely to be re-released due to third-party licensing.[14]
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Angry Birds Star Wars was received as "generally favourable" based on a weighted average score of 88/100 from 22 reviews.[15] On OpenCritic, the game has an average critical score of 49%.[16] Mark Brown of Pocket Gamer gave the title a Gold Award and a score of 9 out of 10, praising the game for being "faithful to the source material" and "filled with content".[19] Justin Davis of IGN gave a score of 8.8/10, praising the playable characters and level design.[17] Eric Ford from TouchArcade called the game "excellent", considering it his favourite Angry Birds game and a "must-play" for iOS users.[2] Andrew Reiner from Game Informer gave it an 8.5 out of 10 score and called its levels "the most creative [in the Angry Birds series] to date".[3]
The console ports were more commonly criticised in comparison to the mobile versions. Martin Watts from Nintendo Life gave the Wii U version a score of 6 out of 10; he praised its faithfulness to the source material but criticised the multiplayer modes, which he called "an underwhelming affair".[18]Push Square gave Angry Birds Star Wars a negative score of 4 out of 10; critic Katy Ellis called the PlayStation 3 version "awkwardly out of place" on the platform and better suited for mobile devices,[4] while fellow critic Simon Fitzgerald called the PlayStation 4 version a "clone" of previous Angry Birds titles and criticised its price. Additionally, he noted its use of the DualShock 4's touchpad, but found it "too sensitive" and recommended the analog stick instead.[6]
A sequel, titled Angry Birds Star Wars II, was released for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone on September 19, 2013.[23] It is based on the Star Wars prequel trilogy and launched alongside Telepods, a range of toys-to-life figures used to "teleport" characters into the game.[24]
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↑Activision published the console and handheld ports.[1]
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