Angry Birds Star Wars Escape from Hoth Update Out Now!

Just hours after being teased by Rovio, the Angry Birds Star Wars “Escape from Hoth” update (v1.1.2) is now available for iOS, PC, Mac, and Android via Google Play and the Amazon Appstore.

This update includes:

  • Final 20 levels of Hoth! Though categorizing them as “Hoth” seems a bit misleading, the gameplay for these levels are in an asteroid field near Hoth. Our walkthroughs are live! and can be found on the Hoth page.
  • Two new Bonus levels! Star Level #8 requires 480 stars, and Droid #7 is hidden somewhere in these 20 levels. Be sure to check out our Bonus Levels Guide, which has been updated to include these levels.
  • Six new character icons! We will update our “Meet the Characters” post soon, but it’s awesome to see Chewie get a power boost! (No word yet if this boost is retroactive.)
  • Four new iOS Achievements! Beware the mynock pigs!!!
  • “Coming Soon” Teaser Planet: Cloud City here we come! For more info on the Cloud City see Wookiepedia.

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Comments (85)

By @Doodle-Sandwich Offline

Red now has his black robe in-game! If you’ve completed path of the Jedi…

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By concretebrunette (@concretebrunette)

Cloud City?! No way!

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By brave1966 (@brave1966)

@concretebrunette: I sure guessed right about that one! :D

Watch for Tatooine 2, Endor, and Death Star 2 as the game evolves… :)

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By concretebrunette (@concretebrunette)

I hope Endore rocks. If you go by all 6 episodes there could be four Tatooines. Naboo will be cool. I wonder if they intend to do Eps 1, 2, & 3.

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By concretebrunette (@concretebrunette)

I wonder if there will be a Lando Calrissian bird? :D

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By Carrot-master (@carrot-master)

Maybe the orange bird?

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By birdistheword (@itpoo)

hope cloud city comes with the orange bird ;)

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By Sith Bird (@altla-darkwinder)

@alfredhartojo was tell me that bubbles (orange bird) will be the ewoks, so it most possible that lando is Hal (green bird)

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By alfredhartojo (@alfredhartojo)

@altla-darkwinder Just guessing… :)

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By reactive1 (@reactive1)

I bet Tatooine 2 will be “Jabba’s Palace”. I can see the boss fight for that now… Defeat the fat Jabba pig on his sail barge and send his minions into the Sarlacc pit!

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By Balooon (@balooon)

Cloud city will be the last planet of episode V

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By Oobgular (@oobgular17)

I’m guessing you’re right. Bispen is the last scene in Ep V, and that would make sense- two episodes per episode. I wonder what will happen when they run out?

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By theanonymoussomeone (@anonymousomeone)

Well, there will be 3 more movies. In 2015. But in cloud city, Darth vader says that he is Luke’s father. Will it be the same in ABSW? Or will darth Vader be a pig? Look at his mask. It looks sort of like a pig face.

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By AngryBirdsSpaceMaster (@spacemaster)

Maybe there’s a bird under there, you never know :)

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By sparty83 (@sparty83)

It’s a little late in the day, but again on a thursday!

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By CC Jolly (@cc-jolly)

Yesss. !!! Good Show :-)

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By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

Yep. Once again, good stuff appearss on the horizon, and I’m the guy out for a beer or six! In fact, I’d play some of the new levels, but I need to head for Omaha…..

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By WereWolf69 (@werewolf69)

Lucky you @TruckDriver, I’m still in Limbo waiting for the update for PC.

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By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

Featureless places are such a drag. Sounds like this Limbo might have much in common with W. Chicago, IL, my destination for today…..

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By WereWolf69 (@werewolf69)

And you’re not just whistling Dixie my friend, watch out for Al Capone’s ghost.

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By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

Wasn’t a problem. After all, according to many tales, Capone’s HQ was actually in Cicero, many miles away.

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By burbman (@burbman)

I kinda thought we might be in the asteroid field based on the twitpic and the fact that we had the imperial fleet to defeat in level 20.

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By Chris (@chriss)

I think Chewie’s power boost is retroactive, as it was for other characters.

By @Doodle-Sandwich Offline

It seems as though a wave of energy pulses from chewie when he is launched, so that when he smashes on contact, nearby blocks and piggies are pushed away.

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By RedXM (@redxm)

Yea, that’s all it does from what I’ve seen. If you look closely you can see little blue lines come out on impact.

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By Angryguy (@angryperson)

awesomeness!!!! that came fast

By quilly

Some fun one birdies that will cause Score Addicts some fierce competition…and nights of sleep lost. :)
3-23 foreex

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By JTB (@jtb)

It’s a horrible problem… I can’t keep up with all the new levels! LOL

One of these days I’ll have completed them all.

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By brave1966 (@brave1966)

@JTB: That’s a nice problem to have! LOL I hope they’ll have the PC version out by tomorrow…

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By theanonymoussomeone (@anonymousomeone)

I have that problem too! With all these updates I can’t get 3* and average on the other levels!

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By brave1966 (@brave1966)

@anonymousomeone: I know the feeling. Seasons Winter Wonderham and the first two rounds of Star Wars put me waaaaaay behind on finishing Danger Addict in Space. lol

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By sparty83 (@sparty83)

I’m suprised there are no power ups. I figured that they would come to this update and be implemented like they did in Space.

So far, fun levels. Some I am having a hard time with, but I have 3 starred all levels that I have played so far. No not done with the entire episode yet, but having fun getting through it.

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By Oobgular (@oobgular17)

I’m guessing they’ll make them in the next update. Same for Seasons.

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By AngryBirdsFanGuy438 (@angrybirdsfanguy438)

I was expecting powerups too, but maybe we shouldn’t expect so much of Rovio. Always expect the least, that way huge updates will be extra special.

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By muleskinner (@muleskinner)

I’m going to go ahead and make a prediction that the Angry Birds show up in the new Star Wars movies! The birds are building a lot of hype early for a movie that’s not even due out until 2015! If they don’t at least make a cameo, they should!

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By PdB (@playdbird)

I’ll bet you right now they won’t.

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By ncisgrabert (@ncisgrabert)

Wow…this update has got to be the fastest one I’ve seen yet since the teaser was announced. I’m waiting patiently for the Fruit Market update in Rio.

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By AngryBirdsFanGuy438 (@angrybirdsfanguy438)

I completely agree with that.
Fruit Market is definitely the longest teaser-to-update gap!

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I’m not sure if that’s quite fair. Fruit Market was not teased by Rovio. It was uncovered.

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By ncisgrabert (@ncisgrabert)

I didn’t know the correct word so I used teaser. Its still greuling to know that another level will be coming out in the future for Rio. Oh the anticipation! ;-) In the meantime, i will be playing until i 3-star and feather every game on my new phn. I couldnt back up my progress so I’m starting all over again n trying to beat my highscore from my old phone.

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By theanonymoussomeone (@anonymousomeone)

There is a Rio 2 coming out in 2014 I think. You can ask @brave1966 for more info.

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By ncisgrabert (@ncisgrabert)

Yes, Rio 2 will be coming out in 2014. http://m.imdb.com/title/tt2357291/

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By brave1966 (@brave1966)

@ncisgrabert: Cool, we’ve got a plot now! :) I hope it does well for Don Rhymer’s last script. RIP Don.

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By MVNLA2 (@mvnla2)

@brave1966 — Just googled Don Rhymer. How on earth did you know he wrote the script for Rio, let alone the sequel, let alone died last year?

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By brave1966 (@brave1966)

@mvnla2: Wikipedia. :)

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By AngryBirdsSpaceMaster (@spacemaster)

That’s one wierd boss fight. It felt kind of endless. Cool levels though!

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By cosmo2503 (@cosmo2503)

I need my iPad back to play, can’t wait. Chewie gats more power, WOW, that’s great. I’d like to see it.
Thank you guys for awesome work on walkthrough.

By Gavin

New to ABSW. Did update, but did not see Escape from Hoth. How do I get to it?

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By Josm (@josm)

‘Escape from Hoth’ means, the end of Hoth, last 20 levels of Hoth

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By theanonymoussomeone (@anonymousomeone)

In the actual asteroid field in the Star Wars V movie, one of the asteroids was really a potato. Strange.

By getheking

Has anyone noticed that you can enter cheat codes? I found it in the settings on the main menu by pressing the gear (settings) then pressing the keyboard icon.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Those aren’t cheat codes. You enter a code (usually comes with the purchase of a tangible AB:SW product, such as plushies) and receive Mighty Millennium Falcons.

By GD

Now available on PC as well!

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Thanks! Updating the post and log now.

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By Kislu (@kislu)

Yes! Finally update for PC! Thanks for info.

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By Old Man Bird (@oldmanbird)

Any word on the Amazon update for Hoth yet? Why are they always so far behind Google? I would switch ABSW to Google, but I 3-starred Path Of The Jedi and paid for it and am afraid I will lose my progress even though I have Angry Backup which has never failed me. A few more days and I will take the risk of switching it also. I will then have move all of my phones Angry Birds to Google. I don’t have a choice on my Kindle Fire unfortunatley.

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By Old Man Bird (@oldmanbird)

A few days lag is okay, but we are looking at a week and still no hint of the Amazon update. I will never buy a phone app that would be timely updated from them again. I am considering rooting my Kindle Fire just so I can use Google Play on it. Probably won’t do that because it could brick or void warranty. The sad part is there update process is better than Google’s because if the program resides on the sd card you don’t have to have the space on the internal phone and with an Optimus V phone (178MB total internal space) it really helps. When I do Google update I have to unistall and then reinstall a lot of programs to have room. I probably should just get a new phone, but I am stubborn. Shame on Amazon again.

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By Jody (@jody)

I emailed them about this on the 7th and got this reply”

“Hello,

Thank you for your inquiry about “Angry Birds Star Wars” app. The current version available in the Amazon Appstore is 1.1.1.

Updates for your apps will automatically be made available in “My Apps” once the developer submits the app, and it’s approved by our Review Team.

Depending on when the developer submits the app for review this may result in the update being available after other marketplaces.

Our goal is for Amazon Appstore customers to have a great experience with every app they order. As a result, we test all apps and updates prior to making them available in our store to verify that each app works as outlined in the product description, does not impair the functionality of the mobile device, and does not put customer data at risk once installed.

You can let the developer know you’d like to see their updates made available in the Amazon Appstore by submitting feedback on their website.

Also, I’ve forwarded your email regarding the updated version of “Angry Birds Star Wars” to the Amazon Appstore development team. Customer feedback like yours helps us continue to improve the service we provide, and we’re glad you took time to write us.

We would never want to disappoint a valued customer like you and we always endeavor to assist our customer with the best of our service so we can ensure that we fulfill all of their needs.

Thanks for your patience and providing us your valuable feedback. We look forward to seeing you again.”

That was a week ago, and still no update. They’ve always lagged, usually only by a day or two, but two weeks is just ridiculous. I regret buying from them and not Google Play.

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By Old Man Bird (@oldmanbird)

I tweeted Rovio last week and they said it would be out very soon. That was also the 7th. I tweeted them again today, but have not heard back from them yet. I’ll post it if the answer is more specific than ASAP. I just don’t understand other than the installation method what makes it so different from Google Play. With so many variations of Android devices it will never achieve perfection, just look at the user comments on Google Play. I would sacrifice perfection if that is what is causing the delay. Last year on ABSp the delay was trying to get Danger Zone working and I contacted Rovio and ask them why they couldn’t release just the levels and go back and work on the Danger Zone issue. The next day Amazon had the update without the Danger Zone option. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a similar issue this time. There does appear to be quite a few people complaining about having bought Path Of The Jedi and not being able to access it after the update on Google Play, maybe that is the issue. I think just a short update on the status from Amazon would be nice every few days.

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By natobro (@natobro)

Am I blind and stupid? I can’t find the update!

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Well, I’m guessing that you aren’t blind, since that would be a pretty silly comment. As for stupid, I’ve never met you, but I’m willing to assume at the start that you’re of at-least normal intelligence.

This update adds levels 21 thru 40 to “Hoth”.

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By natobro (@natobro)

lol It’s all good now.

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By Old Man Bird (@oldmanbird)

Based on my response from Rovio, I would be very suprised if we see the Amazon update before next week. It sounds like the issue has not been resolved yet and unless a breakthrough occurs it could be a little while yet. I hope I am wrong.

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By Jody (@jody)

Well at least that’s more information than we’ve gotten from Amazon! Did they give any indication of what the issue is?

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By Old Man Bird (@oldmanbird)

@jody Not really, but I would say it is safe to assume the Path Of The Jedi access issue that is referred to on Google Play. Something simpler wouldn’t be taking this long. Even if it was something else, they would have probably released the HD Version for the Kindle Fire by now, as that is basically for one device.

On a different subject, your Wonder Woman avatar is really cool. I haven’t ever seen her in the all gold outfit. Is it a CGI image? It looks very real, almost life-like.

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By Jody (@jody)

@Old Man Bird, google Alex Ross. All of his work is fantastic, but I’m especially fond of his DC Comics work!

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By Old Man Bird (@oldmanbird)

@jody Alex Ross has some really cool superhero works. I visited his page this morning.

If you have a Kindle Fire, @mariokart-cruz has been able to update his. The HD page has been changed to new version on Amazon website. The non-HD version web page has not changed and there were not any updates on my phone. However, the non-HD version should be available within a few days, beacause they overcame the issue on the Kindle Fire (HD version).

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By Jody (@jody)

Thanks for the update! Still nothing on my Droid 4, but at least we know there’s progress being made.

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By Jody (@jody)

WOOT! I’m downloading it on my phone right now!

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By Old Man Bird (@oldmanbird)

I just saw the web page, I knew it couldn’t be long. Unfortunately, I am at work and have to wait until I have wifi. Something to look forward to though.

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By mariokart.cruz (@mariokart-cruz)

Escape from Hoth update released for Amazon Appstore.

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By Old Man Bird (@oldmanbird)

@mariokart-cruz What device do you have? I checked both my phone and Kindle Fire this morning and there was not any update notices. However, I did see where the ABSW HD version web page on Amazon had changed, but not the phone (non-HD) version. Was there some way other than the normal update procedure that was necessary?

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By mariokart.cruz (@mariokart-cruz)

I have the Kindle Fire HD and Star Wars updated for me. Restart the device or restart the Amazon Appstore.

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By Old Man Bird (@oldmanbird)

@mariokart-cruz Thanks. I will try that when I get home on my Fire.

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By jen120 (@jen120)

Cool, Just downloaded it! I was getting so frustrated waiting on Amazon, I actually started the Google Play version last night to catch up using that app. I will be a happy woman this afternoon. :)

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By Old Man Bird (@oldmanbird)

I absolutely love these levels. It was definetly worth the wait. That means less time until the next release. We need an ABS level next. Spring would be cool.

By elundmark

Can’t upgrade! Any help? Wine/XP – 1.1.2, all prev versions have worked flawlessly). I’ve contacted the official supportteam, but when has that ever helped… Seems it can’t extract the exe file it downloaded, tried everything…

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Did you try downloading the .exe from the official site manually? Head to download.angrybirds.com and click on “Download Free Demo”. Install the resulting .exe and all should be fine. Though, if you are having difficulties, you may want to backup your progress first — just to be safe.

By Erik Lundmark

Thanks a bunch, but I’ve tried that, and everything under the sun, just gave up trying it with PlayOnLinux, same error. CrossOver (which is what I’m using normally), has all the fixes and has never failed me until now. I’m guessing it’s something wrong with the “AngryBirdsStarWarsInstaller_1.1.2.exe” file itself, v.1.1.0 works, so I’m using that, waiting for the next update… hopefully it won’t be too long :(

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Unfortunately, I’m not sure I can help any further. I’m not really familiar with Windows emulators.

By Erik Lundmark

Solved it !!! Yey !!!
As I suspected, the extraction was what made it break, it has to be something off with the exe file. Anywho, here’s what you do:
Extract the exe using a msiexec command, and then launch the setup.msi installer manually.
Because the solution is extremely fidgy about backslashes and such, I’ve made a gist here https://gist.github.com/5029833. I hope someone will find this useful…

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By mlssrn (@mlssrn)

When I search google play it dosn’t show my version needs updating and I’m currently playing v1.1.0 – I have Samsung Galaxy III and have completed all levels up to Hoth 20 :-( is there another way to download?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Try restarting your phone and manually searching for the app in the Google Play Store.

By Akhar Bandyopadhyay

How can I Unlock the COMING SOON star? I have already finished the Hoth!

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By sal9 (@sal9)

You can’t … you have to wait like everyone else for the update.

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