Does Droid know a marketing tie-in when it sees it? Droid does. We've been speculating about what Motorola might do to take advantage of its licensing deal with LucasArts (who owns the trademark to "Droid") since this time last year. The answer came in the form of the Droid R2-D2, a limited edition "Star Wars"-branded Droid 2 device.

The back of the Droid R2-D2 is designed to look like everyone's favorite rolling trashcan. Inside you'll find R2-D2 sound alerts and ringtones, four live "Star Wars" wallpaper, an exclusive Star Wars binocular app, R2-D2 clock widget, and a "best of R2-D2" video with original Cantina music.

Verizon this week announced that the device will go on sale September 30 on the provider's Web site and at select Verizon stores. The R2-D2 ships in a carbonite-esque box, with a Star Wars media dock and a wired stereo headset.

It runs $249 with a two-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate.

Verizon also said that customers running Android 2.1 or higher will soon be able to download an "Empire Strikes Back" app from the Android Market for $2.99. In honor of the film's 30th anniversary, the app includes a "Bounty Hunt Visual ID," which lets users capture images in the Star Wars universe to unlock hidden content, sound and photo gallery, live wallpapers, trivia challenges, and widgets.

What did Motorola miss? Check out PCMag's . Holographic video calling, pocket Chewbacca, and more.

This post originally appeared on Gearlog.