SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 — The social media platform has teamed up with Disney and Lucasfilm to launch a series of custom, Twitter-only Star Wars emoji.
The emoji will build into a larger and larger collection of old and new characters from the film series as the December release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” draws nearer.
The first three emoji unveiled are C3PO, the new-look Stormtrooper and BB8, an equally new-look droid who has already cropped up in the first teaser and full-length trailers for the latest instalment of the science fiction franchise.
However, there’s another catch. In order to unlock or activate a Star Wars emoji, you will have to post a hashtag “representing keywords associated with specific Star Wars characters and legacy themes,” according to Twitter’s blog.
Once you do that an emoji will automatically appear in your tweet. — AFP-Relaxnews
