Super Star Wars

Super Star Wars is the first of a series of three Super Nintendo games based on the original three films of the Star Wars series, released in 1992. In 2009 the game was released on the Wii's Virtual Console and on November 17, 2015, it was ported to PlayStation 4 and Vita. The term Super Star Wars can refer to the first game or the entire series. All are essentially platform games, although they all have stages which feature other challenges, such as driving a landspeeder or piloting an X-wing fighter. All three also feature multiple playable characters with different abilities.

The game's manual added a number of names and details not spelled out in the game itself.

Opening crawlEdit

It is a period of civil war.
Rebel spaceships, striking
from a hidden base, have won
their first victory against
the evil Galactic Empire.

During the battle, Rebel
spies managed to steal secret
plans to the Empire's
ultimate weapon, the DEATH
STAR, an armored space
station with enough power to
destroy an entire planet.

Pursued by the Empire's
sinister agents, Princess
Leia races home aboard her
starship, custodian of the
stolen plans that can save
her people and restore
freedom to the galaxy....

Plot and gameplayEdit

Super Star Wars generally follows the Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope plot closely, with some changes made to suit a platform action game. Characters have to fight their way from scene to scene. Instead of simply buying the droids from the Jawas, Luke Skywalker meets C-3PO in the desert, then fights his way into and through the Jawa Sandcrawler to rescue R2-D2. The player characters, not Obi-Wan Kenobi, shut down the tractor beam after fighting a number of enemies.

The player is able to initially control Luke Skywalker, then can choose Han Solo or Chewbacca as the game progresses. Other levels have players control Luke's landspeeder and an X-wing fighter.

LevelsEdit

1. Dune Sea - Boss: Sarlacc Pit Monster
2. Tatooine I (Landspeeder)
3. Outside Sandcrawler
4. Inside Sandcrawler - Boss: Lava Beast Jawenko
5. Land of the Sandpeople
6. Land of the Banthas - Boss: Mutant Womprat
7. Tatooine II (Landspeeder)
8. Mos Eisley
9. Cantina Fight - Boss: Kalhar Boss Monster
10. Escape from Mos Eisley - Boss: Hover Combat Carrier
11. Death Star Hangar Bay - Boss: Imperial Defense Droid
12. Rescue of the Princess - Boss: Detention Guard Boss
13. Tractor Beam Core
14. Death Star Attack
15. Trench Battle - Boss: Darth Vader's TIE Advanced

WeaponsEdit

• Laser Blaster
• Flame blaster
• Proton Seeker
• Rapid ion gun
• Plasma Wave Blaster
• Lightsaber (only as Luke Skywalker)

Power-UpsEdit

• Plasma Shield - Temporary invulnerability
• Thermal detonator - Clears screen of enemies
• Health (Small and Large) - Regains health
• Time - Increases time to finish the level
• Bonus - Multiplies the number of points by 2
• Health Sword - Increases size of health bar
• Extra Life - One more life

EnemiesEdit

The game manual refers to many Cantina aliens by their singular names, but since multiple versions appear in one scene this list assumes they are more than one of the same species.

AppearancesEdit

By type 

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

C-3PO Chewbacca Jan Dodonna (Voice only) Kalhar Obi-Wan Kenobi Bail Prestor Organa (Indirect mention only) Leia Organa Osleo Prennert R2-D2 Darth Vader Luke Skywalker Han Solo

Creatures

Bantha Dewback Dianoga (Cut) Jawenko lava beast Mynock Sandworm Sarlaac Scorpion Spitapillar Womp rat Mutant Womprat Worrt (as "Drog")

Droid models

3PO-series protocol droid Eyeball Droid Factory droid (First appearance) GNK power droid Ground Level Automated Defense Droid System (GLADDS) Imperial defense droid Imperial spider droid IT-O Interrogator LIN demolitionmech autonomous minelayer Maintenance droid (Mos Eisley) Mechanical claw MSE-series R2-series astromech droid Spidertaur T0-D interrogation droid

Events

Clone Wars (Mentioned only) Galactic Civil War Battle of Tatooine Rescue of Princess Leia Battle of Yavin Royal Award Ceremony

Locations

Kashyyyk (as "Kazhyyyk") (Mentioned only) Tatooine Dune Sea Mos Eisley Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina Docking Bay 94 (Mentioned only) Yavin Yavin 4 Great Temple (as "Rebel base") Grand Audience Chamber

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Military Alliance Army Rebel trooper Alliance Starfighter Corps BlasTech Industries (as "Blastech") Bounty hunter Galactic Empire Imperial Military Imperial Army Stormtrooper Corps Stormtrooper Desert stormtrooper General Jedi Order Jedi Knight (Mentioned only) Jedi Master Princess

Sentient species

Aqualish Bith Devaronian Duros Human Ithorian Jawa Kubaz Mantellian Savrip Rodian Shistavanen Tusken Raider Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

CR90 corvette Tantive IV Detention Guard repulsorcraft (as "Detention Guard Boss") Death Star Detention Block AA-23 Docking Bay 327 Garbage Compactor 3263827 (Cut) Meridian trench Escape pod Class-6 escape pod Hover Combat Carrier Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Devastator Jawa Pod T-65B X-wing starfighter TIE/LN starfighter TIE Advanced x1 Sandcrawler Digger crawler X-34 landspeeder YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon

Weapons and technology

Blaster DL-22 blaster pistol (as "Blastech BL-22") DL-44 heavy blaster pistol E-Web heavy repeating blaster EPT-212 droid detector FD-011 crossbow Flame blaster Gaderffii Hologram KX9 laser cannon Lightsaber Obi-Wan Kenobi's third lightsaber Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber Darth Vader's lightsaber Macrobinoculars Moisture vaporator Plasma Wave Blaster Proton Seeker Proton torpedo Rapid ion gun Thermal detonator Thermal exhaust port Tractor beam XX-9 heavy turbolaser

Miscellanea

Bandolier Death Star plans The Force May the Force be with you Medal of Bravery

Critical reactionEdit

The entire Super Star Wars series earned mostly acclaim from both critics and fans. Its graphics were considered cutting-edge for their time, with the driving stages employing Mode 7 graphics, a primitive form of 3D of which the Super Nintendo hardware was capable. Particularly well-received was the game's lush sound, with its accurate representation of the film's famous John Williams soundtrack. On the negative side, the entire series would develop a notoriety for its unforgiving difficulty, which would often frustrate even skilled players.

Behind the scenesEdit

At one point, the game was to include a garbage compactor level, where the Dianoga would likely be the boss. Early press images included a screenshot from that scene.^[2]

BibliographyEdit

• Super Star Wars Official Game Secrets
• The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
• "Join Us!"—Star Wars Insider 160

Notes and referencesEdit