After blessing us with pleasant seasons, granting us a tour of Rio and taking us into outer space, Rovio’s beloved avian-slinging franchise has decided to invade the Galactic Empire with Angry Birds Star Wars which is expected to be unveiled this Monday. The new game was teased by the company through an image released yesterday which shows the Red Bird dressed in robes resembling those from the classic movies and holding in its wing a Lightsaber.
As noted by IGN, Fast Company has official details about this upcoming game. It is expected to be revealed to the world on October 8 at the Toys R Us store in New York. The website writes that Lucasfilm will also be announcing a toy line to complement the game. But the most important piece of information coming from the production company is that this title will cast the birds as characters from the legendary movies.
The Red Bird will be Luke Skywalker, that’s for sure. But some more casting has been revealed by an Amazon.de listing of a Jenga game based on the new tie-in. The Yellow Bird seems to have beaten Harrison Ford for the role of Han Solo, while the role of his lifelong buddy Chewbacca is being donned by the Big Brother Bird. And as can be seen in the image below, the Death Star appears to have been built in the shape of a Pig.
Whatever the whole affair is, we hope we get more information Angry Birds Star Wars come Monday. Rovio’s quite on a roll currently, with three new games (AB Space, Amazing Alex and Bad Piggies) already under its belt this year.