''Angry Birds Star Wars'' is a discontinued

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. 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

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on October 29, 2013, in conjunction with

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. As of August 2013, the game has been downloaded over 100 million times on its various platforms. The game is a launch title for the

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. On July 15, 2013, Rovio announced a sequel, entitled '' Angry Birds Star Wars II''. It is based on the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy and the television show ''

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''. ''Angry Birds Star Wars II'' was released on September 19, 2013. ''Angry Birds Star Wars'' was discontinued on February 3, 2020 along with '' Angry Birds Rio'' and '' Angry Birds Star Wars II'', with the games also being pulled out of app stores.

Gameplay

The game combines elements of both ''

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'', featuring levels that take place on both standard terrain and in outer space. The game begins on

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's home

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, then Cloud City in parallel with The Empire Strikes Back, and eventually ends up with

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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 ''

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'' 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

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

Discontinuation

In December 2019, Rovio announced that ''Angry Birds Star Wars'' was discontinued on February 3, 2020 Alongside ''Angry Birds Star Wars II'', ''Angry Birds Space'' and ''Angry Birds Rio''. The game was pulled from

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Reception

The game has received favorable reviews with a

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score of 88/100 based on 22 reviews. Mark Brown of ''

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'' gave the title a Gold Award, praising the game for being "faithful to the source material" and "filled with content". Justin Davis of IGN 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

version has garnered a lot of positive response as well. At the

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, ''Angry Birds Star Wars'' was awarded as the "Best Game" from both the Judges and as the People's Choice. The game also earned a pair of nominations for Best Video Game from the

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(BAFTA Kid's Vote).

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