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 North America in 1992. Luke battling Stormtroopers and creatures in Tatooine and Death Star levels and ships to pilot. North American NTSC release.
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 North American NTSC SNES edition of JVC/Sculptured Software/LucasArts' Super Star Wars from 1992, the first SNES Star Wars trilogy entry on its home market, the Rev 1 fixing several scrutinised bugs. Large US run and wide circulation. The US cardboard box warps, raising the value of intact-flap copies. Value concentrates above all on clean CIB and graded sealed, sustained by the licence's stature and the coherence of a LucasArts NTSC collection.
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.
