

Rovio will sell Telepod Angry Birds toys in sets that promise a playable experience on their own. The characters of Angry Birds Star Wars 2 accent their arcs of destruction with Force powers, spinning lightsaber blades and, in the case of Jar-Jar Binks, a sticky tongue that can snatch throwable objects and then hurl them at enemy pig structures.

Like previous Angry Birds games, each strain of bird or pig has its own special skills. Borrowing a page from the Skylanders playbook, the Telepods, as Rovio has branded them, unlock playable characters in Angry Birds Star Wars 2, like pig-shaped versions of Darth Maul and Darth Sidious and angry bird versions of Mace Windu and young Anakin Skywalker. The dollar price tag of Angry Birds Star Wars 2 will likely just be the starting point for the game's audience, as developer Rovio will sell Angry Birds Star Wars toys - a new line of plastic figures and play sets - that tie into the game.

The Rebels Telepods are based on the new animated series Star Wars Rebels, and they are available in the pack Star Wars Rebels Heroes & Villains. The Carbonite Pack reveals 8 new characters, 6 from the original trilgoy and 2 bonus characters from the prequel trilogy. The new characters are the first to be new to Angry Birds Star Wars II, and are exclusive to the set Heroes VS Villains They are listed in character reveals order: At first there were 32 characters in Angry Birds Star Wars II Telepods, but the rate of characters later expanded.
