The birds in the game will now represent the well-known Rebel Alliance characters from the space saga, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Obi Wan Kenobi, Han Solo and Chewbacca. The villains of the game, the green coloured pigs, will play the role of the dark side's stormtroopers, led by the porky version of Darth Vader. The iconic Star Wars background score will be reworked during the third intergalactic venture of the birds, after Angry Birds: Mission To Mars and Angry Birds: Space.

Before teaming up with Lucasfilm, Rovio had worked with film distribution agency Twentieth Century Fox, which incidentally also distributes Star Wars, to create the title Angry Birds: Rio. For Angry Birds: Space, it had collaborated with Nasa.

Apart from Angry Birds, Rovio has introduced two new games, Amazing Alex and just a few weeks ago Bad Piggies, which have not been unable to recreate the magic of the fight between the birds and pigs.