Jakku Spy

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Jakku Spy is an interactive virtual reality experience, designed for the Star Wars App by Lucasfilm's immersive entertainment studio ILMxLAB. It features levels of being a spy on the planet of Jakku. Following you through your missions is BB-8, an astromech droid. There are a total of 10 missions to complete. None of the missions require any touching and only need the player to turn their phone to explore Jakku.^[1] The feature ties directly into Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, but is not considered canon.^[2]

The features was released prior to The Force Awakens, and as a promotion, players could get Google Cardboard from Verizon stores to experience the full VR effect.^[1]

Opening crawl[]

JAKKU SPY

It is a dangerous time in
the galaxy. The evil First
Order is on the move.

You are a spy for the
Resistance on the planet
Jakku, where you watch for
any enemy activity.

The Resistance keeps you
informed with messages
delivered by a helpful
droid....

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Appearances[]

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Gial Ackbar (Mentioned only)
BB-8
Poe Dameron (Mentioned only)
Nien Nunb (Mentioned only)
Rey
Lor San Tekka (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid
- BB-series astromech droid

Events

Cold War
- Hunt for Lor San Tekka
  - Attack on Tuanul
- Escape from Jakku

Locations

Jakku
- Niima Outpost
- Starship Graveyard

Organizations and titles

First Order
Officer (Mentioned only)
Resistance
Spy

Sentient species

Human

Vehicles and vessels

Weapons and technology

Hologram

Sources[]

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Experience Star Wars Like Never Before in Jakku Spy on StarWars.com (backup link)
↑ Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) on Twitter (March 12, 2016): "@ultrasoup Those articles are cool fan written editorials. But they're not canon storytelling. Jakku Spy was a fun VR experience. Not canon." (content now obsolete; screenshot) (In response to: @pablohidalgo R articles like this starwars.com/news/imagining... this starwars.com/news/imagining... & this starwars.com/news/kaminos-finest-captains-and-commanders-of-the-clone-army canon? And Jakku Spy?)

ILM Immersive productions

Immersive experiences
Secrets of the Empire (2017) · Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series (I · II · III) (2019) Tales from the Galaxy's Edge (2020) · Tales from the Galaxy's Edge – Last Call (2021)
Experiments
Jakku Spy (2015) · Star Wars: The Force Awakens Immersive 360 Experience (2015) Trials on Tatooine (2016) · Rogue One: Recon A Star Wars 360 Experience (2016) Droid Repair Bay (2017) · Reflections (2018) · Project Porg (2019) · Lightsaber Dojo (2020)
Theme park attractions
Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run (2019) · Rise of the Resistance (2019)

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[Press_release-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Experience Star Wars Like Never Before in Jakku Spy on StarWars.com (backup link)

[noncanon-2] Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) on Twitter (March 12, 2016): "@ultrasoup Those articles are cool fan written editorials. But they're not canon storytelling. Jakku Spy was a fun VR experience. Not canon." (content now obsolete; screenshot) (In response to: @pablohidalgo R articles like this starwars.com/news/imagining... this starwars.com/news/imagining... & this starwars.com/news/kaminos-finest-captains-and-commanders-of-the-clone-army canon? And Jakku Spy?)

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