Joynt: Rovio releases new ‘Angry Birds Star Wars’ trailer

Jordan Joynt

Mobile game developers at Rovio released a new trailer for “Angry Birds Star Wars.” The latest entry into the popular “Angry Birds” series will feature levels and characters based on the “Star Wars” movies.

The newest trailer revealed some of the gameplay elements and showed off the levels based on planets made famous from “Star Wars.” The game will also see changes to abilities, namely the use of lightsabers, blasters and the Force.

Some of the new levels include Tatooine, a snow-covered Hoth and the Death Star. The game will also include the birds as classic characters from “Episodes IV through VI,” including Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca and R2D2.

The pigs frequently take the form of enemy TIE fighters and the Millenium Falcon will be making an appearance as well.

Rovio and Lucasfilm executives will be hosting a live Hangout on Wednesday, November 7 for the game’s launch. It will be available for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Mac, PC and Windows 8.