Can you topple your exclusive TIE Fighter Pilot Pig figure? Destroy the Empire, then set the blocks up and destroy it again! Ages 5 and up. Put your Luke Skywalker Bird figure in the X-Wing Starfighter launcher and pull it back on the ramp to launch it at the cannon turret on the blocks. You can stack, launch and destroy the Death Star with the blocks, figures and launcher in the Death Star Trench Run set. Angry Birds Star Wars Telepods Death Star Trench Run Set I received one of each to get my kids started. My son just loves to collect them and stack them up with the blocks to know stuff down. The same goes for the Telepods, you don’t need an iPad or compatible device to play with the Telepods. I think you have to pay for the app though because you don’t need the Telepods to play the game, you can play it as a regular Angry Birds game. You do have to purchase the app on your own for $0.99, which I assumed the new toys came with a code or something. Now though there are Angry Birds Star Wars Telepods which allow you to teleport your Angry Bird into the game with their special powers. They have learned to focus on the game (it can be hard for them to sit still), to problem solve, to take turns, and to realize you can’t always win but have to keep trying.Well until recently Angry Birds were not really interactive. Really though what kid wouldn’t want to fling a bird across the sky to knock over blocks and pigs? Yep its crazy but honestly my kids do learn from it. 19, and retail for $0.99 for the standard version and $2.99 for the HD version.Every since my boys first discovered Angry Birds (I honestly have yet to play a game of it) they have been hooked. Expect dozens of character sets and vehicles, like a pig-faced TIE Fighter, when the Angry Birds Star Wars Telepod line launches in advance of the video game.Īngry Birds Star Wars 2 will launch Sept. Later, taking control of Jar-Jar Binks, we took out enemy pigs with the help of his tongue, a podracer version of Anakin - who can accelerate his attack with a podracer engine - and the help of Mace Windu, who delivers a powerful Force push that crumbles enemy pig walls.Īt Comic-Con, toymaker Hasbro had a full complement of Star Wars Angry Birds toys, showing off the many characters from the original trilogy (Han Solo, Princess Leia, Boba Fett, Luke Skywalker) and the prequel trilogy (Jar-Jar, Anakin, Darth Maul), plus a handful of movie moment-inspired sets. We imported a piggy Darth Sidious, who used Force lightning to beef up his attack on the Jawas. In one level we played at Comic-Con, we launched Clone Trooper birds at Jawas. The implementation is clever, and will likely make it easier for players to import those characters through home-printed QR codes so they don't have to buy all 32 Angry Birds Star Wars figures.Įach of the game's dozens of levels has a light side and dark side (otherwise known as "the pork side"), a choice that alters each level's layout and throwable characters. A magnifying glass at the bottom of the stand used in the scanning process helped the iPad camera read that miniature QR code during a hands-on session at Comic-Con. Unlike the RFID chip-powered Skylanders and Disney Infinity, Angry Birds Star Wars 2 relies on QR codes to import its characters. Place a Star Wars-themed bird or pig onto a clear plastic stand, position that over the camera lens and they'll teleport into the game. Those characters can also be scanned into the game via the iPad or iPhone camera. Using a slingshot toy, players can launch the little plastic birds at a Star Destroyer play set or battle with Count Dooku. Rovio will sell Telepod Angry Birds toys in sets that promise a playable experience on their own. The characters of Angry Birds Star Wars 2 accent their arcs of destruction with Force powers, spinning lightsaber blades and, in the case of Jar-Jar Binks, a sticky tongue that can snatch throwable objects and then hurl them at enemy pig structures. Like previous Angry Birds games, each strain of bird or pig has its own special skills. Borrowing a page from the Skylanders playbook, the Telepods, as Rovio has branded them, unlock playable characters in Angry Birds Star Wars 2, like pig-shaped versions of Darth Maul and Darth Sidious and angry bird versions of Mace Windu and young Anakin Skywalker. The dollar price tag of Angry Birds Star Wars 2 will likely just be the starting point for the game's audience, as developer Rovio will sell Angry Birds Star Wars toys - a new line of plastic figures and play sets - that tie into the game. For the longtime Star Wars fan, the ability to launch Jar-Jar Binks' head as a weapon may provide a catharsis that goes well beyond the $0.99 asking price of Angry Birds Star Wars 2.
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