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"May the birds be with you!\nRovio has released the first trailer promoting Angry Birds Star Wars, its tie-in game with Lucas Film announced Monday.\nThe trailer actually uses original footage from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope; you see the classic scene where Han Solo and Obi-Wan Kenobi approach the Death Star for the first time\n\"This is one of the few times Lucasfilm has allowed for such use of the original material, and we feel the end result is creative, powerful, and most importantly a lot of fun for fans of both Angry Birds and Star Wars,\" Ville Heijari, vice president of franchise development at Rovio, told Mashable.\nThis trailer is the first of three like it that use original footage from Star Wars. Rovio will release eight trailers in total, including a three-minute animated short. There will also be a whole line of tie-in merchandise and toys available starting Oct. 28.\nAngry Birds Star Wars will be out for iOS, Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, Mac, PC, Windows Phone and Windows 8 on Nov. 8.\nBONUS: Check out the Angry Birds Star Wars event at the Times Square Toys R Us.\n\n\nAngry Birds Star Wars Toys\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAngry Birds Line\nRovio promised to unveil its Angry Birds/Star Wars mashup merchandise at the Times Square Toys R Us. This was the line to get in.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDie Hard\nA young fan was first in line.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChewie Bird\nPress and fans were greeted with an enormous stuffed Chewbacca bird.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAT-AT\nOne of the Angry Birds Star Wars play sets takes place on a modified piggie AT-AT. The pigs have been cast as Empire characters for the tie-in.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeath Star\nThere is also a Death Star play set.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBoxes\nBox art for the upcoming toys, which are being released by Hasbro.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFigures\nSome of the tie-in figures, which represent Han Solo and Rebel pilots.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJenga\nHasbro is also releasing a Jenga set for the Battle of Hoth.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCostumes\nThere are also Angry Birds Star Wars Halloween costumes, available in the next couple of days on Toys R Us website and in the Times Square store.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRed Bird as Luke Skywalker\nThe iconic Red Bird has been recast as Luke Skywalker.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVader Piggie\nHere is the pig version of Darth Vader, as a plush.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTag\nThe tags all show the joint branding.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStorm Troopers\nThe pigs are also Storm Troopers, and the plush is available in two sizes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTiny Plush\nPrincess Leia and Han Solo also make plush bird appearances.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoster\nEach fan that came to Toys R' Us received a poster.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToys R Us Birds\nThe Times Square Toys R Us also now has its own Angry Birds section for all toys.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAngry Birds Space\nThere are also launchers for Angry Birds Space.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackpacks\nBackpacks featuring the Red Bird also populate the Toys R Us.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPig Pile\nThe whole section surrounds a stack of blocks with King Pig on top.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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