May 4th is Star Wars day, which gives us a good excuse to link to a couple of Star Wars related apps for Windows Phone. Kinnect Star Wars shows your Twitter and Facebook updates in the style of the opening credits of the films, Star Wars sound board gives you easy access to a number of Star Wars related sounds, and Star Wars Trivia tests your knowlegde of the Star Wars universe.

Kinnect Star Wars:

Kinect™ Star Wars™ is the game that lets you feel the Force, without the need for a controller. This app brings the Kinect™ Star Wars™ universe into your social networking world. With full access to your Facebook and Twitter accounts, you can even view your feeds in the style of the iconic Star Wars™ opening title sequence.

Star Wars soundboard:

Impress your friends with this Star Wars soundboard, ringtones and backgrounds! It currently includes 71 backgrounds and over 150 clips from favorites like Ackbar, Anakin, Boba Fett, C3P0, Obi-wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, Lando, Leia Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Jar Jar Binks, Padme, Yoda, Emperor Palpatine, Jabba da Hut and R2D2. 

Star Wars Trivia:

A complete Star Wars Trivia game with over 500 question on all the Star Wars Saga.

Enjoy this Trivia game and show your friends how much you really know about the universe of Star Wars!

Just enough entertainment to avoid falling to the Dark Side this weekend. Though we do wonder whether the latter two apps might not full foul of Microsoft's recent policy changes relating to trademark terms in the Marketplace. It probably depends on which bounty hunter is on the case and whether they shoot first or not...