Angry Birds Star Wars II invites players to the Pork Side

Angry Birds Star Wars II features the familiar bird-flinging action, but with new characters and a few gameplay twists. Photograph: Guardian

At launch, the game includes two full chapters plus a third "Reward Chapter", with 120 levels in total. Half the levels involve playing as birds, and half as pigs. Photograph: Guardian

The levels are all modelled on locations from the Star Wars films, with players assigned different characters to fling, each with their own attack methods. Photograph: Guardian

Each level awards you one, two or three stars depending on how many points you scored, as in previous Angry Birds games. Photograph: Guardian

The plot, such as it is, is delivered through static cut-scenes, although the game also includes a section to watch the (non-Star Wars) Angry Birds Toons videos. Photograph: PR

Some levels are set in space, with gravity effects coming into play as you steer characters around planets. Photograph: PR

This set-piece level in the Escape to Tatooine chapter sees you knocking fleeing ships to the ground. Photograph: Guardian

At any point you can tap a button at the top of the screen to see which additional characters you have available to swap in. Photograph: Guardian

The characters are sold in an in-app store as consumable items: you can buy 10, 30 or 100 uses of each character using virtual coins, or buy them as a permanent power-up. Photograph: Guardian

Rovio is selling the virtual coins in quantities of between 150 and 15,000 at a time. Photograph: PR

You can also earn coins through in-game achievements, then spend these on the additional characters. Photograph: Guardian

Hasbro is making the physical Telepods toys, with more than 30 characters available. The more expensive versions come with multi-piece ships and bases to build (and knock down). Photograph: Guardian

Characters can also be teleported into the game by placing their Telepod on top of your device's camera when prompted. Photograph: Guardian

The characters in Angry Birds Star Wars II are a mixture of the loved and the... not-so loved. Photograph: Guardian