Geek out on Twitter with new Star Wars emoji

If you needed any further proof that everyone is excited for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, check this out: Twitter has created a new set of emoji just for the film.

For now, the three emoji which appear in the featured image for this article are the only ones to have been launched, although Twitter does say that it’ll continue expanding the set as the film’s opening weekend draws closer.

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The emoji character set was unveiled at the same Star Wars Celebration event which saw the unveiling of the new trailer for the Force Awakens.

Getting the characters to appear in your tweets is pretty simple too: users who post hashtags representing keywords associated with specific Star Wars characters and legacy themes will see a small emoji-like icon automatically appended to the end of the text of the tag, embedded within the Tweet.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits cinemas on 16 December.