Rovio Games have today announced the development of Angry Birds Star Wars II for release later this year. Based on the engine and infrastructure of the hit physics puzzle title Angry Birds Star Wars, this follow-up will focus on the three prequels to the Original Trilogy released during the last decade.
This entry will entail the events of The Phantom Menace, Attack Of The Clones and Revenge Of The Sith, with new Angry Birds and Bad Piggies based on Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Padme Amidala, Qui-Gon Jinn, Mace Windu, Darth Maul, Count Dooku, General Grievous and Darth Sidious already revealed by the initial promotional image released this morning. Additional characters will be available via a Skylanders form of promotion whereby action figures of these Jedi and Sith can be purchased in high street retailers and then scanned into the game itself. As ever, it's a cunning marketing ploy by Rovio for their younger audience, yet based on Skylanders and Disney Infinity's ongoing successes, it's a strategy which seems destined to work in the developer's favour.
Angry Birds Star Wars II retails on iOS and Android devices everywhere on September 19th.
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