Playing Dress-Up: Google and Star Wars Sitting in a Tree
![Light Side or Dark Side?](https://www.wiredmango.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Untitled1.png)
Star Wars fans, rejoice! Google has done it again. In a creative marketing move, Google has created something that everyone who loves Star Wars will rush to download on their desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones: a total transformation of ordinary apps into ultra-cool Star Wars programmes.
![Match Made In Space](https://www.wiredmango.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gog.png)
With the click of a mouse (or tap of a finger,) you’ll be able to make one of the most important choices of your life: to join the light or dark side. Sign in with your Google account and enjoy everything that comes with it:
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Your Gmail account will be so much more exciting with the new loading bar, depicting a light saber (red or blue depending on which side you chose),
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You’ll get a brand new background for your Gmail platform (of COURSE you’ll see Star Wars wallpapers),
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If you use Chrome, you’ll get exciting new themes with a new greeting image every time you open your browser
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The icon of the car in Maps will be pimped out totally – once you’ve downloaded the extension, you’ll be able to navigate with an X-wing or a TIE Fighter
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Pegman in Maps will become a Stormtrooper or Resistance Pilot
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On Youtube, your loading bar, search box and volume controls will change
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Google Calendar will add important dates regarding the release of Star Wars Episode VII.
![Maps is Cooler Than Ever!](https://www.wiredmango.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Untitled.png)
If, by now, you too have gotten sucked in by the hype around the new Star Wars movie (I know I have been sucked right in,) download the extra here.
![Light Side or Dark Side?](https://www.wiredmango.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Untitled1.png)
In conclusion: Marketing: Level 100000000. Kudos, Disney and Google!