Angry Birds Star Wars

Angry Birds Star Wars was a, a between the  franchise and the Angry Birds series of video games, launched on November 8, 2012, first for Windows, iOS, and Android devices, later also to Mac OS X and. The game is the sixth Angry Birds game in the series. The characters are copyrighted from George Lucas's double-trilogy. On July 18, 2013, Rovio announced that Angry Birds Star Wars would be heading for the, , , , , and the on October 29, 2013, in conjunction with. As of August 2013, the game has been downloaded over 100 million times on its various platforms. The game was a for the  and.

On July 15, 2013, Rovio announced a sequel, titled Angry Birds Star Wars II, based on the and the television show . Angry Birds Star Wars II was released on September 19, 2013. Angry Birds Star Wars was discontinued in 2020 along with Angry Birds Rio and Angry Birds Star Wars II.

Gameplay
The game combines elements of both Angry Birds and Angry Birds Space, featuring levels that take place on both standard terrain and in outer space. The game begins on, and 's home , moves to the  in parallel with A New Hope, travels to , then  in parallel with The Empire Strikes Back, and eventually ends up with  and  in parallel with Return of the Jedi. With the exclusion of Blue Bird, all the Birds are given new powers not yet seen before in a canon Angry Birds title, some of these that are upgraded as the game progresses further. Players can replay previously completed levels with the upgraded abilities.

Differences from other games are that Birds may still perform their chosen abilities a split second after colliding with an object. The  is called the Mighty Falcon and used instead of the Mighty Eagle found in previous games. When a certain number of stars are earned, the player gets a reward. It can be either 5 Mighty Falcons (an item that may be used during normal levels to try to earn badges) or access to a Golden Droid level. There are additional bonus levels if the player manages to hit golden droids in selected levels. On June 13, 2013, power-ups were added.

There was a Facebook version of Angry Birds Star Wars that included weekly tournaments in addition to some story levels. It closed down on March 3, 2014.

Reception
The game has received favorable reviews with a score of 88/100 based on 22 reviews. Mark Brown of  gave the title a Gold Award, praising the game for being "faithful to the source material" and "filled with content". Justin Davis of says it is a great game with Star Wars references and Force powers, and has a huge variety of perfectly tuned stages.

In a 2013 poll on the Rovio website, the game collected the most votes for favorite Angry Birds game. The has garnered a lot of positive response as well. At the, the game was awarded as the "Best Game" from both the Judges and as the People's Choice.