Star Wars Empire Strikes Back Android App Available Today, For Verizon Wireless Customers

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Back towards the end of September, Verizon offered up the official details for the launch of the R2-D2 Edition Droid 2. Being a huge Star Wars fan I naturally wanted the phone, but given I am not eligible for an upgrade (and not willing to pay full retail) I convinced myself that I would hold off and ‘settle’ for the Empire Strikes Back app that was going to be released.

App screenshots courtesy: Droid-Life

Well, in a little bit of good news, that Empire Strikes Back app is now available for those sporting a Verizon branded Droid smartphone (running Android 2.1 or later). The app is free to download, though there is a $2.99 fee in order to download premium content. And worth noting, the $2.99 fee is not charged through your typical Google Checkout account but instead as a carrier billing from Verizon. There is also no option to get a refund, read on for more details on why you may want a refund.

That aside though, the Empire Strikes Back app comes touting features and goodies to include;

• Bounty Hunt Visual ID: Find and capture images around the Star Wars universe to unlock hidden content

• Sound and Photo Gallery

• Live Wallpapers: Blast the Probe Droid, Luke Balancing Yoda, Navigating the Asteroid Field, Watch Bespin’s Cloud City

• Trivia Challenge: Answer trivia questions about the Empire Strikes Back

• Widgets

With that, $2.99 for some live wallpapers, new sounds and a few photos for wallpaper sounds fairly reasonable. Except in this case there is a but. I was all set to go ahead and download the app, and then I starting reading the reviews. Needless to say, they are bad. I will save you the headache of having to read them all, but lets just say that terms such as force close and lock up and uninstall are used often. In other words, downloading is fine for free, but make sure you are willing to potentially lose your $2.99 should you go ahead and make the purchase. As for me, I do not have the app, nor the phone.