Awaken your inner Jedi with the smartphone-powered augmented reality Star Wars experience…
In connection with Force Friday II and the journey to The Last Jedi, more details on a new Star Wars gaming experience have been released. Disney has teamed up with Lenovo to create “Jedi Challenges,” a cutting edge virtual reality augmentation, which will allow you to experience Star Wars like never before.
Using the Skywalker family lightsaber, you will face off in lightsaber battles, strategic combat, and also play Dejarik, Star Wars Holochess, which are all powered via smartphone devices.
Check out the official trailer below:
Star Wars: Jedi Challenges – Awaken Your Inner Jedi
Awaken your inner Jedi with Star Wars™: Jedi Challenges, a smartphone-powered augmented reality experience.
Posted by Lenovo United States on Friday, September 1, 2017
Lightsaber battles
Face off against Darth Vader, his grandson Kylo Ren, and other Star Wars Dark Siders, in this epic lightsaber duel mode.
Strategy Mode
Take charge of the Rebel Alliance, as you battle against Imperial forces, in a strategy game sequence that will give you the opportunity to lead the good guys to victory.
Holochess
Holochess, known in the Star Wars universe as Dejarik, is another game-mode for this cell phone generated experience. With a 3-D image and style, more of your strategy will be tested, when you match-up with a live opponent or programmed one. If you end up facing off against a Wookiee, we suggest you let them win.
Here are what accessories and features come with the set, so there are no surprises upon purchase:
- 2 x AA Alkaline Batteries
- 5V/1A Wall-Charger
- Augmented reality headset
- Lightning to micro-USB cable
- Lightsaber controller, tracking beacon
- Micro USB to Micro USB cable
- Owner’s manual
- Phone Tray
- Power Cable
- USB C to micro USB cable
- Bluetooth connection to phone
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Pre-Order Jedi challenges and play it yourself when the game officially drops this November.