Star Wars Takeover

Star Wars Takeover
Star Wars Takeover
Information
Members only?	No
When	July 25, 2013 - August 13, 2013
Free Item(s)	Unknown
Location	Club Penguin Island
Mascot(s)	Possibly: Jet Pack Guy; Confirmed: Herbert P. Bear, Cadence, and Sensei

“	A long time ago on an island far, far away...	”
	— The tagline for the party

The Star Wars Takeover is an upcoming party in Club Penguin, which will start on July 25, 2013 and go on until August 13, 2013. It will be based off of the Star Wars™ films. It will be Club Penguin's first partnership with Lucasfilm Limited, and will occur only months after Disney's purchase of the company in October 2012. ^[1]

The storyline for the party is based on the Original Trilogy of the Star Wars films, mainly Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Storyline

Opening Crawl

CHAPTER 1 THE THREAT OF DARTH HERBERT It is a time of grave danger. DARTH HERBERT and the evil Empire threaten the island. Join the rebel forces to battle Stormtroopers, steal the secret plans, and destroy the Death Star. Without your help, destruction is certain. Defeat the dark side and restore freedom to the galaxy...

Summary

Herbert returns to seek revenge for his defeat during Operation: Hot Sauce. He assumes the role of Darth Herbert (an obvious spoof of the famous Sith Lord Darth Vader), joining the Stormtroopers, who are battling with the Rebel Forces above Club Penguin at the time. He takes control of the Death Star.

The island is in a code red alert as they discover the space station floating in the sky. The Rebel Alliance sends out a call for help to Club Penguin Island. Penguins work around the clock to build a landing pad for the Millenium Falcon at the Dock, so that when it lands on July 25, penguins can blast into space to destroy the Death Star and save the galaxy.

Description

Variety Article

Over the past year, Disney Interactive, which oversees Club Penguin, has increasingly turned to its corporate parent for more synergistic crossovers.

Club Penguin’s managers have also given the sponsored events more playtime, with the events lasting two weeks at a time. Marvel was the first Disney branded crossover last summer, followed by “Monsters University.”

But the “Star Wars” event is Club Penguin’s largest to date, which runs through July 25, timed with next week’s Comic-Con in San Diego.

The takeover involves 18 rooms, three mini games and 20 or more costumes for penguin characters. The “Star Wars” theme will also be offered on Club Penguin’s new mobile app, which has registered 1.5 million downloads since it was launched two months ago.

“The partnership with Lucasfilm has been amazing,” said Chris Heatherly, a Disney Interactive VP and head of Club Penguin. “They’ve given us a lot of creative latitutde and worked closely with us to make it faithful to the property.”

Club Penguin’s managers had long been approached by its users to integrate “Star Wars” into the virtual world and received even more requests when Disney bought Lucasfilm last year for $4 billion.

“We have been bombarded by kids since the Lucasfilm acquisition was announced,” Heatherly said. “We knew there was a lot of audience demand out there. The Lucas guys understood that. And now we’re offering ‘Star Wars’ because we can.”

Announcement

On June 20, 2013, along with Club Penguin's usual updates, the Club Herbert website was updated with a transparent image of space, with copyright info at the bottom.^[2]. Hours later, Polo Field made the official announcement on the What's New Blog about the party, along with a ten second teaser video.

Trivia

The party was officially confirmed on the What's New Blog on June 20, 2013. ^[3]
It is the third party to have the suffix "takeover" , first two being the Marvel Super Hero Takeover and Monsters University Takeover.
We will be able to visit new worlds, one of them being Tatooine, according to Spike Hike. ^[4]
It is unknown why a Star Wars Takeover is occuring, because there are no known Star Wars related happenings in July, but Disney most likely wants to advertise it to raise awareness for the seventh film, due to Episode VII (7) being released in 2015.
- There is Star Wars Celebration II Europe convention happening in July. However, it is unknown if this party will be used as advertising. If this is the case, it will most likely be for European countries, especially Germany (where the event takes place) and the UK (as the Disney site for that country already has a prize contest for the Celebration).
  - Club Penguin will appear at Star Wars Celebration Europe. ^[5]
There is a code for this party which is BARONFEL. The code unlocks the TIE Fighter Pilot Costume.
Members will be able to become Jedi Masters by dueling other penguins with Lightsabers.
Rsnail will log in to become a Jedi as revealed on Twitter ^[6].
It's strange that,in the movie,Darth Vader reveals that its the father of Luke Skywalker;it'll be strange that a penguin is a son of a polar bear

Features

How to Play

Each week, penguins will travel to different parts of the galaxy and play a minigame to save the galaxy from Darth Herbert and the Galactic Empire.

During week one, you have to travel to Tatooine and defeat the enemy to receive a Stormtrooper Helmet. During week two, you must travel to the Death Star and complete challenges to receive a Rebel Trooper Helmet. During week three, you must travel to the Rebel Base on Yavin 4 to do battle and receive a X-Wing Pilot Helmet.

Using points you earn by playing these three minigames, members will be able to buy more than twenty costumes from the Star Wars Catalog.

In addition to this, members also have the chance to become Jedi Masters.

Characters

Galactic Empire

Darth Herbert
Stormtroopers
TIE Fighter Pilots

Rebel Alliance

Luke Skywalker
Princess Leia Organa
C-3PO
R2-D2
Han Solo
Chewbacca
Obi Wan Kenobi
Rebel Troopers
Rebel Pilots

Bounty Hunters

Boba Fett
Greedo

Other

Tusken Raiders
Jawas

Starships

Locations

Club Penguin Island
Death Star
Tatooine
Yavin 4
Millenium Falcon
Space

Gallery

Sneak Peeks

Game On Segment

Screens

Login and Homepage

Logoff Screens