Star Wars: Uprising mobile game fills in gaps before The Force Awakens

Kabam swaps hobbits for Wookiees in title that sets scene for upcoming film - and shows growing cultural clout of mobile gaming

Teaser trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens have left fans speculating on events within the sci-fi universe since Return of the Jedi, based on less than four minutes of heavily edited footage.

Now they'll be able to spend a few hours exploring the period in a mobile game, Star Wars: Uprising, released for Android and for iOS by publisher Kabam, a company with form when it comes to mobile games - and colon-infused titles - based on popular movie franchises.