With a mere seven days to go before the launch of Angry Birds Star Wars II, the app based on the original trilogy has received a major update. Angry Birds Star Wars Moon of Endor (v1.4.0) is now available for iOS, PC, Mac, and Android via Google Play and the Amazon Appstore, with more platforms coming soon. Buckle up, ready your phasors, and be strong with the Force young Jedi!
Attention Amazon users: We have a report from @pwissing that v1.4.0 force-closes when (a) entering the Cloud City episode or (b) trying to enter Moon of Endor level 5-1. Be sure to download v1.4.1 at your app store.
Attention PC users: This update is now available from Rovio’s site! Check out our PC release post for more information.
This update includes:
- 30 levels on the Forest Moon of Endor! Keep an eye out for furry lovable Ewoks. Our walkthroughs are live!
- 2 Bonus levels: The 11th star level unlocks at 715 stars, and the tenth droid is hidden somewhere in these 30 levels. Our Droid and Bonus Levels Guide is there if you need help.
- 4 new achievements for iOS. Let us know if you discover any hidden achievements along the way!
- 6 SW characters to unlock!
- New Element! Bounce birds and objects off of drums to make Ewoks appear!
- Coming Soon! Death Star II!
Stay focused during this battle, as it will be key in overcoming the Empire! And stay tuned for another update, coming tomorrow!
Helpful Links
- Walkthroughs for all Star Wars levels.
- See our Complete Droids and Bonus Levels Guide if you need help unlocking those!
- Total Destruction video walkthroughs using the Mighty Millennium Falcon can help you earn your gold medals. Our walkthroughs for this update are live!
- For a complete list of all achievements available in Angry Birds Star Wars, see our page.
- Think you can take on the best? Compete on our Star Wars leaderboard. But please, do NOT enter scores using Power Ups on our AB:SW leaderboard.
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- Level Selection Screen
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- Level 5-1
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- Death Star II Coming Soon!
The daily rewards droids continue with this update!
I don’t need daily rewards, unless there are also Mighty Falcons. Anybody knows?
@chriss Yes, the Mighty Falcon is included in the Daily Power-Up Reward.
Oh, that’s cool. Then we can have Mighty Falcons for free.
Yeah… far as I know, I only get daily rewards in Space, Star Wars and Seasons. I read about finding a “package” in Rio.. but have yet to come across anything…otherwise that and Original no longer get them.
Enjoyable update :)
Finished it about 30 mins ago with 3 stars on everything and a couple of achievements along the way (not sure if it is hidden or not, but one involves bouncing on the drums 20 times in one level… Call the ewoks I think it was called).
Looking forward to the pigstar or whatever they call it.
No hidden achievement.
Great update! I absolutely love the first cutscene with Leia and Han Solo :)
Awesome…..how come the first part of the movie got skipped where Hans Salo got rescued and the scene with the pit (that had the worm monster?
It didn’t, it was right there. Or are you talking about the fight scene?
And his name is Jabba :P
Jay, which pit are you speaking of? The one in Jabba’s palace, or the one in the desert? Either way, it obviously got skipped. I’m slightly spazzing out because they’re releasing Star Wars II before finishing SW 1, with the 2nd Death Star. IT’S ALL OUT OF ORDER, THE SKY IS FALLING, WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!! Is what my sad little brain is screaming.
the Sarlaac Pit.
I agree. I’m sad because it’s not playable Jabba’s Palace. The battles of the desert, especially the barge, are epic! I expected a picture of the barge exploding.
its so beautiful when Jabba dress up Leia with better hairstyle and fire bra
ABSW 1.4.0 available for Mac.
Thanks @iBird. Post and log updated.
@amslimfordy – me and sunshine are working together to get you the three star thresholds…is there somewhere we can post them for you yet…or should we wait until the walkthrough’s are up?
cc @sunshine ;-)))
Walkthroughs will be up relatively soon, @lesleyg. If you are really anxious, a new Forum thread would be fine.
lol @amslimfordy ;-))) I will wait for the walkthroughs, lol…we just wanted to be helpful!!!
ABSW 1.4.0 available for Amazon, but there seems to be a bug with it. When you try to enter the new Endor levels it force closes.
I cannot enter Cloud City anymore, either. It force closes and will not even enter the level area. I can enter Moon of Endor, but when I click on level 1 to play it, it force closes. It I sent a message to Rovio.
@pwissing Thanks for the report. I’ll add a disclaimer to the post and send a message to Rovio. I’d encourage you to do the same, so they have someone to communicate with :)
Thanks, I just sent them a message. I hope they fix it fast. I am really looking forward to playing it.
Great update. I’m lovin’ it.
This might be a bug on android, POTJ is free for me. i never paid for it, just finished the first level a few months ago, but now second is unlocked. when i finished second, i cant click on the double arrow in the score screen (he went to the pay screen for POTJ, but when i return to the level screen from POTJ, third level is unlocked and playable etc. etc.
Also another little bug level 15 is not an planet icon.
I hope, that Rovio won’t erase free POTJ in another update. Seems like old bug from Seasons, when ME was for free.
After passing lvl 10 of POTJ you can click on dbl trngl without getting into paying screen, just into next lvl.
@Josm Before this update, had you 3-starred all levels (in Tatooine, Death Star, Hoth, & Cloud City)?
@AMslimfordy no, neither now
@Josm Have you 3-starred any episode completely? (It could be a bug in that the requirement got tweaked.)
@AMslimfordy no, not only one, not on phone and not on tablet, only everything on my PC, but that doesn’t matter
@AMslimfordy hmm after finishing the last level 30 from Moon Of Endor (not 3-starring!) POTJ is stated as UNLOCKED in the shop. I’m free to play it right now. must be a bug because the text in the shop isn’t changed since the last update ‘Buy now or unlock by 3-starring every level’
i think that’s not a bug, because i just do it in my iPad and android!!!
Great Levels ans Great style!!
Um… why am I getting video ads with this update? I paid for No Ads.. and I have sound turned off. However, before some levels I get a video ad with sound on full! That’s breaking every like every app rule ever…
Not a big fan of that change. That makes 2 apps on Android now… (Rio is the other, but it has no Ad Free purchase option… sound though…)
INSERT ‘If this keeps up I’m quitting AB’ CLICHE SENTENCE HERE
You should contact Rovio about that.
Hi Mike, did you ever install the Play Store version with ads? I have the ad free Amazon version as well, but since I had installed the Play Store version once when the Amazon version was very late, the Play Store will automatically download the updates, and they won’t be ad free.
I don’t mind this because this way I don’t have to wait for the newest version, then I just download the Amazon one when it’s available and the ads are gone.
Maybe that is what is happening on your device?
I have always used the Play Store version. I purchased the Ad Free option from the little in-game store.
I’ve sent a message to Rovio, We’ll see where that goes.
I saw that in game purchase thing and clicked on it earlier. It said I already purchased it, so now I agree, it must be a bug, because I’m getting ads too.
If you can’t wait for the official walkthrough, here are my videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwL7w8nwPLG9Jo1suDSyWbJAurQIPdTQk
They might not be the easiest way to 3-star or the best way to get a high score but they’re online and they are all 3-star.
Enjoy !
Jabba’s Palace only being a cutscene is extremely disappointing. It’s half the movie! (And also my favorite part of all the movies.) That and Endor only being 30 levels, instead of the normal 40, makes me think that Rovio is just trying to finish as fast as they can and, after the DSII update, will abandon this game in favor of SW2. I hope I’m wrong. :(
On the plus side what I have seen of the Endor update is very good. But I think I’ll be waiting for the PC update to play them. At least I will have the Space and Original updates plus the last few episodes of Rio to keep me busy till then.
I agree with you. I’m sad because it’s not playable Jabba’s Palace. It’s just disappointing, really, I was hoping this battles. I don’t want to forget this game :(
@SnTrooper There could be a technical problem which might have forced Rovio to insert a cutscene in order to make the release date, or it could be that such levels may be part of a future update. We just won’t know until it happens.
Abandon ABSW? I don’t think so. Look how long it took Rovio to land an update for Rio. It may be a while before we see anything past DSII, but that doesn’t mean all that much, in and of itself.
I don’t think you’re doing yourself any favors in waiting for the PC version of The Endor levels, but that’s entirely up to you. Speaking for myself, I find that the Endor levels have a slightly different playability “flavor,” (for lack of a better word), but still as enjoyably challenging as ever.
I REALLY hope I’m wrong and they do continue after DSII. I’ve been anticipating Jabba’s Palace since I got the game back in November so them skipping it has really soured the game for me. If I finish off the other games before the PC update I definitely will play it (and probably enjoy it) but until then I really don’t care. Besides if they hadn’t had the game as a “Free App of the Week” I would have had to wait for the PC update anyways.
Has anyone else noticed.. that in the Google Play version (Android).. that level 15 is using the graphics for the monitor (cut scene) and not the metallic orb? (or whatever it’s supposed to be lol).. There is a blank orb sitting right next to it, that I believe is supposed to be the level.
I’d take a screen shot of it, but my phone isn’t able too.
After going back to double check, the icons are actually switched. The cut scene icon opens the level, and vice versa.
@morph416, I noticed that also, here is my screen cap
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Yeah, I noticed that too. It confused me when I first saw it.
Ok cool… I was hoping I wasn’t the only one that seen that bug!
:)
Nothing big, but if Rovio sees this I’m sure they’ll fix it in the next update.
Just noticed an update for AB:Star Wars. I have not downloaded it yet, but guessing it fixes the above mentioned issue.
The issues has been resolved, Just updated and now its version 1.4.1. Here is the fixed level selection screen
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Thank you for the update on the update!
:)
I’m glad that there will still be more levels!
I noticed that Han has a new colored blaster. Not sure if it more powerful or just a different color. Either way, it is backwards compatible with the previous levels. For example Tatooine, 1-17, Han’s blaster is blue. His old blaster was red.
It is more powerful. The third shot now goes straight through a piece of metal instead of bouncing off, for example.
May need to revisit a BUNCH of the older episodes. There may be more points sitting out there with the new blaster.
I too saw the color change, and I wondered about it. Since you mentioned backwards compatibility, I’m gonna have to do the same!
I think I may have been wrong. I just replayed some of the early levels and It didn’t seem any stronger. But I was able to get slightly better scores on some of them. I think it might be that it does not damage material any more than before (like the demo lead me to belive) but each blast lasts longer.
I was wrong again. I just tried playing the same levels on the PC version and the new blaster is definitely stronger but only with wood and glass not metal. It cuts through wood much easier than the red one does but damages metal about the same. I think I was correct about it being able to bounce more times than before though.
PC Version? I’m under the impression that at this time, it hasn’t been released for PC yet.. only those listed in the OP.
@Morph416 he means once you get the new blaster, you can use him in earlier levels. And while it is not for PC yet, he means he compared it on the PC with the old blaster
Yes. I played some of the early levels (1-17 through 1-20 to be specific) with the updated IOS version then I played the same levels on the not updated PC version and the blaster is definitely stronger. It’s especially noticeable on 1-19. The shots bounce around a lot more.
Ah ha.. ok, gotcha! :)
I think that it became strong.
I take time and intend to start it again!
Everybody’s complaining about Jabba’s Place… what about the speeder bike chase?!? It was perfect material for a moving boss fight, and the best scene in the Original Trilogy! I’m pretty irked about that not being there. Otherwise, though, this is an amazing update.
It wouldn’t have worked as a boss fight since it would have had to be at the beginning instead of the end. Maybe the missing ten levels were going to be it. Maybe in a “Red’s Mighty Feathers” type gameplay that was axed after the chilly reception that got.
Stella’s in her slave outfit in tattovin
Great new update and levels. The bounce actions of the drums and the action of the logs is new and great to play. Adds a different “flavor-of-fun” to the levels. Love the backgrounds, colors and graphics. Nice job Rovio.
I cannot imagine what tomorrow’s update will be like :D
Excellent news! Can’t wait to get started after I get finished with the old levels.
Wait…. “lovable” Ewoks? They always kinda creeped me out…
“Buckle up, ready your phasors, and be strong with the Force young Jedi!”
lol… I love the Star Trek reference here.. haha..
:D
This is an awesome update :D have to say, the best part about this isn’t the Ewoks, isn’t the log swinging, isn’t the “Shield is down” achievement…
it’s the Pork Side propaganda! Got to love Pigpatine’s ghostly visage cackling at you on the level select screen :) I note that for all their efforts, the Empire’s still lagging way behind on support.
Also, it seems that Rovio have yet again got the game spot on. Ewoks have no purpose but to be cute and cuddly and sell toys, just as in the original Lucas marketing plan :)
I have a Kindle fire and the first update fixed the bug. Then this morning I got a new update and now when opening I get the intro and then get kicked out to the Kindle main menu. What is going on?
v1.4.1 should be working just fine. You might want to contact Rovio if you are experiencing more issues.
I contacted them but nothing yet…
Should never have updated the second time!
Rovio says they removed the 1.4.1 update from Amazon because of ongoing problems and they are now trying to fix it! I never got to play more than 5 games and then got kicked back to 1.3.1 version (which won’t even open!). I too am extremely frustrated!
Update fix is out this morning!!! Hope this one works!
My kindle fire updated to 1.4.1. I three stared all the Endor levels and this morning it updated back to 1.3.1 and Endor disappeared. Very frustrated.
Sorry you’ll have to contact Rovio about the downgrade. We don’t have any information.
I sent another message to Rovio. I am just mad that it reverted back, especially when I wasn’t having any issues and completed all the new levels.
I agree! Mine was working perfectly fine, also. “Don’t try to fix what’s not broke!”
Just talked to Amazon. The morning update kicked back to the previous version and they are working on solving the problem of getting the 1.4.1 version out again!!! Should never have installed the second update!
Superb levels :). I enjoy it!
Level 5-11 on Moon of Endor the red bird (Jedi) does not have a lightsaber therefore can’t get three stars on the level. Did I miss something from a previous level or just a bad update?