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Facebook Messenger adds Star Wars-themed features and AR effects

December 12, 2019

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Star Wars has come to Facebook’s Messenger app. Facebook today announced a new set of Star Wars-themed features for Messenger users, including a chat theme, reactions, stickers, and AR effects. The features were developed in partnership with Disney to help promote the upcoming film, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” which premieres nationwide on December 20.

Both the stickers and the reactions allow users to express themselves using characters from both sides of The Force, says Facebook. Disney also helped to create a set of limited-edition AR effects which can be used both while taking photos and selfies or when you’re on video calls.

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