Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, sometimes called Super Return of the Jedi, is a platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom in Japan) and Nintendo Game Boy which follows Super Star Wars and Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. There is also a simplified version for the Sega Game Gear portable system. It is largely based on the third film of the original Star Wars trilogy, Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.
Opening crawl[]
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Plot and gameplay[]
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi closely follows the standard set by the first two Super Star Wars games, with multiple playable characters and Mode 7 quasi-3D vehicle sequences. Controls are identical to the second game, and this installment also includes its predecessor's password save option. While the plot of the game roughly follows the film, several changes were made to accommodate gameplay. Characters fought their way from scene to scene and are confronted by multiple enemies.
In addition to the standard Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Chewbacca, new playable characters include Leia and Wicket the Ewok. Bosses include the Jabba's Palace door guard droid, the Rancor beast, and Emperor Palpatine. Vehicle sequences include the Endor speeder bike chase, a ride to Jabba's Palace in the landspeeder and a cruise in the Millennium Falcon.
Levels[3][]
A screenshot of the 3D Mode 7 sequence of the game where the player pilots a landspeeder to Jabba's Palace in the first level.
- Tatooine 1 (Landspeeder)
- Tatooine 2 - Boss: Palace Door Guard
- Jabba's Dance Hall - Boss: Bib Fortuna
- Jabba's Palace - Boss: Giant Frog-dog
- Rancor Pit - Boss: Rancor
- Attack on Sail Barge - Boss: Esoomian
- Inside Sail Barge - Boss: Jabba the Hutt
- Endor - Speeder Bikes
- Ewok Village A - Boss: Imperial EV-series supervisor droid
- Ewok Village B - Boss: Giant forest beast
- Endor - Boss: Imperial Ship
- Endor Space Battle (Millennium Falcon)
- Power Generator - Boss: Deflector Shield Generator
- Inside Death Star - Boss: Zero-G assault stormtrooper
- Death Star Surface
- Tower - Boss: Emperor's Royal Guard, Zero-G assault stormtrooper
- Tower Entrance - Vader - Boss: Darth Vader
- Emperor's Chamber - Boss: Emperor Palpatine
- Death Star Tunnel
Enemies[]
- Winged lizards[4]
- Arions[5]
- Unidentified Tatooine arthropod
- Unidentified Tatooine dragons
- Invisible lizards
- Needle rat
- Piranha Plants
- Crawling Energy Bugs
- Purple mantis
- Flying Lightning droids
- Bombardment droids
- Hovering Energy droids
- Jawas
- frog-dog
- Gamorreans
- Grans
- Twi'lek dancers (Oola)
- Eloms
- Salacious B. Crumb
- Quarren
- Mini-Rancor
- Blobs
- Slugs
- Crawling Fish-like beasts
- Bats
- Mini-Frogs
- Skiff Guard (Weequay)
- Skiff Guard (Klatooinian)
- Skiff Guard (Nikto)
- Skiff Guard (window shooter)
- Endorian flytraps[6]
- Endorian mosquitoes[6]
- Dinosaur
- Lizards
- Giant Tree Frogs
- Huge Forest Snakes
- Piranhas
- electric eels
- Imperial Rolling Droids
- Imperial Army trooper
- Imperial officers
- Stormtroopers
- Scout troopers
- Scout Troopers on Imperial Speeder Bikes
- EV-series supervisor droid
- TIE Fighters
- TIE/IN interceptors
- FX Medical Droids
- Imperial gunners
- Emperor's Royal Guards
Behind the scenes[]
The game was advertised as a 16 megabit game. For a relatively brief period in gaming history, some particularly large games were advertised based on their contents in megabits, some of which required special cartridges to hold. Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the previous game in the series, was advertised as 12 megabits.
Unlike the rest of the Super Star Wars series, this game had no versions for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom, as those systems were at the end of their life. Game Boy and Game Gear versions of the game do exist.
Appearances[]
| Characters | Creatures | Droid models | Events | Locations |
| Organizations and titles | Sentient species | Vehicles and vessels | Weapons and technology | Miscellanea |
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Locations
Organizations and titles
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Vehicles and vessels
Weapons and technology
Miscellanea
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Sources[]
- Super Return of the Jedi Official Players Guide
"Super Return of the Jedi (article)" – Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 2- Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in the StarWars.com Cargo Bay (content now obsolete; backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Instruction Booklet. The Internet Archive. (backup link not available)
- ↑
20th Anniversary History, Part Two: The Classics, 1990 - 1994 on LucasArts.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑
"Super Return of the Jedi (article)" – Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 2
- ↑ Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Game Boy manual
- ↑ "Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Trust in the Force". Nintendo Power. Volume 67, December 1994. (web archive)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Super Return of the Jedi Official Players Guide
External links[]
- Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Instruction Booklet. The Internet Archive. (backup link not available)
- Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi on MobyGames (backup link)
- Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. GameFAQs.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021.
