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hey everybody welcome to tap that app I'm Jason Parker and this is the show where we check out the hottest apps in the mobile space Angry Birds Star Wars is finally here and it's got all the slingshot bird destruction you already love paired with the Star Wars characters and weapons you remember from the movies while the gameplay is similar to earlier Angry Birds games new weapons and jedi-like abilities add enough new elements to the action to make the game worth your money just like the other Angry Birds games you're presented with a level where you'll need to destroy all the pigs but these Imperial pig troopers have new tricks up their sleeves including blasters you'll need to avoid as you progress through the levels you'll unlock new star wars birds like the obi-wan Kenobi bird that uses a force push to knock down objects and take out pig troopers your Birds level up as you play - so the original loop bird you get in the beginning later earn a lightsaber that you can use to take out objects in your way of course if you fail to finish the level you'll get a glimpse of the pig Darth Vader taunting you to try again there are more than 80 levels to explore including hidden levels you can unlock by getting a specific number of stars an early bonus level I played let me use c-3po and r2d2 birds to take out pig troopers in space using the droids own special abilities if you get thirty stars you'll also unlock the mighty Falcon which you can use on particularly hard levels to blow away all the pigs at once you only get a small number of Falcons to use so you'll need to pick your battles wisely in keeping with the Star Wars theme you'll not only play with birds made to look like Luke obi-wan and Chewbacca you'll also explore themed world starting with Luke's home planet of tatooine and then the appear you'll pig star there is a placeholder for ha theme levels as well but those are still to come in free updates down the road but you can spend an additional $1.99 to open up an extra path of the Jedi level set now where you'll be under the tutelage of a bird-like Jedi Master Yoda Angry Birds Star Wars is available now at the App Store with an iPhone version that cost 99 cents and an HD iPad version for $1.99 if you like Angry Birds or Star Wars I heartily recommend you tap this app immediately that's it for today's show but if you have any suggestions for tap that app hit me up on twitter at jay parker CNET I'm Jason Parker thanks for watching