The SNES Super Star Wars port, a demanding, gorgeous action platformer. Hard but faithful to the trilogy, essential for fans.
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Category
Action Adventure1 player12+
Description
Action platformer set in the Star Wars universe featuring Luke Skywalker. Published by JVC, released in Europe in 1992. Luke battling Stormtroopers and creatures in Tatooine and Death Star levels and ships to pilot. European version of the first Super Star Wars on Super Nintendo.
Super Star Wars review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Adapting John Williams's immortal scores with pomp, the music revives the galactic epic with an epic gust rare on the console. From the triumphant main theme to the "Imperial March", each track galvanises Luke's adventure. This symphonic grandeur, faithful to the myth, elevates the action from end to end.
The European PAL SNES edition of JVC/Sculptured Software/LucasArts' Super Star Wars from 1992, the first entry in the SNES Star Wars trilogy. The Rev 1 fixes several scrutinised bugs. The PAL cart is rarer than the US version, and PAL boxed CIB in the original cardboard box is valued by LucasArts SNES PAL collectors for coherence with Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The cote climbs hard, sustained by physical scarcity and by the cult stature of the trilogy.
Is Super Star Wars still worth playing in 2026?
Super Star Wars, signed by Sculptured Software and published by LucasArts, adapts episode IV into a brisk 2D action platformer. The cartridge chains Tatooine speeder rides, Death Star firefights and Land Speeder battles in Mode 7. The handling is very tight and the difficulty fierce, in line with LucasArts productions of the era. For fans of demanding platformers and the original Star Wars trilogy, a solid cartridge and a reminder of a time when licensed games called for real mastery.
