Watch Star Wars Meet Nissan. See What Happens Her!

By Adriana Gray - 28 Oct '16 19:40PM
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Star Wars is coming right back on track. But this time they were coming together with the multinational automobile company, Nissan. Nissan's partnership with Lucasfilm is finally happening. The partnership was announced earlier this year. The company stated that they were working on a limited-edition Star Wars Rogue One version of its popular Rogue model.

Nissan announced that they would produce a limited volume of its new revised Rogue compact SUV. And later they released a 30-second shot advertisement. The new Advertisement is a whole intense battlefield. Where in the Nissan team was inside their facility trying to test the capability of the new car?

The advertisement showcases the battlefield scenes coming from the new film, featuring AT-ST, new AT-ACT walkers and hundreds of Imperial Stormtroopers. After testing the stimulation of the car, the Rouge tries escaping the battle that is happening overhead.  Cutting onto the road. Before Rouge One's new droid, K-2SO, Trigger the Nissan's pedestrian detection system, causing the car to stop automatically for the driver.

The advertisement ended with the statement, "Take on any galaxy, with the car that could stop for you." 
This is the first ever Rouge Hybrid model.  It has expanded the Nissan Safety Shield technology, including available Forward Emergency Braking with Pedestrian DetectionThe vehicle makes it's global debut at the 1026 Los Angeles Auto Show in November.

"The Star Wars film franchise had pushed the boundaries of technology since the debut of the original episode nearly 40 years ago. Nissan is doing the same with our industry- leading cars, truck, and SUVs, so it's natural that we join forces," said Jeremy Tucker, Nissan North America, Inc. Marketing Communication and Media, Vice President.


Nissan will launch on theaters the longer version of the advertisement which will run for about 60-seconds. You will start to see the ads on their assigned dates. And expect more from this partnership of Nissan and Lucasfilm because this was only the beginning of pushing every boundary.

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