VW Unveils Its Much-Anticipated Follow-up to 'The Force'

Dog's Beetle story has a 'Star Wars' kicker for the Super Bowl

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Here it is—the highly anticipated follow-up to Volkswagen's 2011 Super Bowl sensation, "The Force." And this year's installment is … kinda odd. (This is the 75-second extended version; the actual spot on Sunday will be cut down to a :60.) Called "The Dog Strikes Back," it's essentially a montage showing a portly pooch who dreams of chasing a VW Beetle down the street, and gets in shape to do so—running up and down the stairs and doing other human exercises so he can fit through the door flap.

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