Well sort of, by going to www.google.com/starwars you can choose between the Dark Side and Light Side of the force and re-skin you google apps with the appropriate iconography.
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Google is giving fans yet another way to celebrate the upcoming film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, before its December 18 release. You’ll see your side infiltrate your “New tabs”, Gmail backgrounds, Google maps, YouTube, and even the “Loading” icon. The company has hidden some Easter eggs too.
Chrome, Chromecast, Google Translate, and Waze are also getting some changes. Like the idea of being shown how to get to your destination by an X-Wing flying down the streets in Google Maps?
Upon choosing, user’s will get to experience a theme from the side they have chosen.
Below are a couple of screengrabs of my email updated to both the Light Side and Dark Side of the Force. Right now, the dark side is winning.
ILMxLAB, a laboratory for immersive entertainment from Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound, created the Virtual Reality content for the Google Cardboard VR Experience utilizing the group’s combined expertise in special effects, design and artistry. Also, if you are one of the indecisive ones, don’t worry, you can always switch sides. You can switch sides at your leisure, and if you’re exhausted of seeing your Google apps all Star Wars-ified, you can simply go back to the old, boring Google by dragging your avatar back to the center.
The first clip from Star Wars: The Force Awakens has arrived, and although it’s a scene we’ve seen before in chunks in the trailers and TV spots, we get some actual information out of it.
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Some changes – like those for Chrome, Gmail, and YouTube – are only visible on desktop devices.
