History VideoGame / SuperStarWars

* AdaptationalVillainy: The tractor beam becomes a boss in ''Super Star Wars''.

** The Kalhar Boss Monster is the Mantellian Savrip Dejarik character from the movie.

* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: The first level, where Sandscorpions, Womprats and Mynocs harass you [[RespawningEnemies endlessly]]. Also in the Cantina level, ''everyone'' in the bar is after you, not just Greedo.

** Giant Tampa Creature and Giant Probe Droid in ''Super Empire Strikes Back''.

The Kalhar Boss Monster is the Mantellian Savrip Dejarik character from the movie.

The first game came out in 1992, followed by ''Super Star Wars: Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' in 1993, and ''Super Star Wars: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' in 1994. All three games were re-released on VirtualConsole in 2009, and the first one was re-released on the [=PS4=] and Vita in November 2015.

* LifeMeter: Pictured as a lightsaber. As WebVideo/GameGrumps pointed out, it's depicted as a lightsaber even ''before'' Luke knows he's a Jedi, creating a bit of a continuity snarl.
** Ditto for Luke's [[ManaMeter Force powers]].
* LostForever: The Force power ups in The Empire Strikes Back game. Most are found on the main path of the level they're in but the rest are either out of the way or hidden, so it's possible to miss out on these powers if you advance to the next level. Averted in the ''Return of the Jedi'' game where Luke starts with a set of Force powers and doesn't need to find more.

''Super Star Wars'' is a series of action-platformer games based on the original ''StarWars'' trilogy, developed for the [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] by Sculptured Software and LucasArts.

These games largely had great critical reception, and are regarded as some of the best action platformer games made, as well as some of the best movie adaptation games.

The first game came out in 1992, followed by ''Super Star Wars: Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' in 1993, and ''Super Star Wars: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' in 1994. All three games were re-released on VirtualConsole in 2009, and the first one was re-released on the PS4 and Vita in November 2015.

* OutrunTheFireball: The final level in ''Return of the Jedi'' follows the same scene from the movie where you have to navigate through twisting tunnels and jutting walls while trying to avoid being caught by the fireball from an explosion. The attack run even impressively recreates the layout of the tunnel as seen in the films. Right down to the narrow section where the ''Falcon'' loses her radar dish (complete with a digitized Lando commenting, "That was ''too'' close!")!

The first game came out in 1992, followed by ''Super Star Wars: Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' in 1993, and ''Super Star Wars: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' in 1994. All three games were re-released on VirtualConsole in 2009, and they'll be re-released on the PS4 and Vita in November 2015.

The first game came out in 1992, followed by ''Super Star Wars: Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' in 1993, and ''Super Star Wars: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' in 1994. All three games were re-released on VirtualConsole in 2009.

* SequelDifficultySpike: ''Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'' is regarded one of the hardest, most unforgiving games on the SNES.

* StuffBlowingUp: Every boss dies with a lot of explosions, even living ones, such as the Sarlacc at the first level. Naturally, the Death Star in the first and third game have a grand explosion.

* LostForever: The Force power ups in The Empire Strikes Back game. Most are found on the main path of the level they're in but the rest are either out of the way or hidden, so it's possible to miss out on these powers if you advance to the next level. Averted in The Return of the Jedi game where Luke starts with a set of Force powers and doesn't need to find more.

* BagOfSpilling: Luke in Return of the Jedi doesn't retain all of his Force powers from the previous game and instead starts with a handful of them. This was most likely for balancing purposes.

''Super Star Wars'' is a series action-platformer games based on the original ''StarWars'' trilogy, developed for the [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] by Sculptured Software and LucasArts.

The plot of the first game closely follows ''Film/ANewHope'', and consists of 14 levels. The player can control Luke Skywalker (later Han Solo and Chewbacca too), from the Dune Sea of Tatooine, through the Mos Eisley Cantina up until the trench of the first Death Star. The gameplay is essentially this: Luke & Co. is gunning down various {{Mooks}} on each level, while fighting their way to the end of the level, where the [[BossFight boss awaits]] them. In a few of the levels, the player can control vehicles (Luke's speeder, much later his X-Wing), these levels feature and showcase the capabilities of the SNES' then brand new MODE-7 chip, which provides a 3D-like experience. Then the very last level is like an [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]], where the player is up against an endless swarm of TIE Fighters and they have to defeat them by moving a crosshair with a D-Pad and shooting wildly.

These games largely had great critical reception, and are regarded some of the best action platformer games made, as well as some of the best movie adaptation games.

* OutrunTheFireball: The final level in ''Return of the Jedi'' follows the same scene from the movie where you have to navigate through twisting tunnels and jutting walls while trying to avoid being caught by the fireball from an explosion.

The plot of the first game closely follows ''ANewHope'', and consists of 14 levels. The player can control Luke Skywalker (later Han Solo and Chewbacca too), from the Dune Sea of Tatooine, through the Mos Eisley Cantina up until the trench of the first Death Star. The gameplay is essentially this: Luke & Co. is gunning down various {{Mooks}} on each level, while fighting their way to the end of the level, where the [[BossFight boss awaits]] them. In a few of the levels, the player can control vehicles (Luke's speeder, much later his X-Wing), these levels feature and showcase the capabilities of the SNES' then brand new MODE-7 chip, which provides a 3D-like experience. Then the very last level is like an [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]], where the player is up against an endless swarm of TIE Fighters and they have to defeat them by moving a crosshair with a D-Pad and shooting wildly.

The first game came out in 1992, followed by ''Super Star Wars: TheEmpireStrikesBack'' in 1993, and ''Super Star Wars: ReturnOfTheJedi'' in 1994. All three games were re-released on VirtualConsole in 2009.

* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: The first level, where Radscorpions, Womprats and Mynocs harrass you [[RespawningEnemies endlessly]]. Also in the Cantina level, ''everyone'' in the bar is after you, not just Greedo.

* NoOshaCompliance: [[BottomlessPit Bottomless pits]] in the Death Star Hangar Bay level without railings.

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: As noted in the page description, the ''Super Star Wars'' Trilogy is noted are some of the best action platformers of the 16-bit era, and are highly acclaimed.

* LifeMeter: Pictured as a lightsaber. As WebSeries/GameGrumps pointed out, it's depicted as a lightsaber even ''before'' Luke knows he's a Jedi, creating a bit of a continuity snarl...unless he knew all along?

* LifeMeter: Pictured as a lightsaber. As WebOriginal/GameGrumps pointed out, it's depicted as a lightsaber even ''before'' Luke knows he's a Jedi, creating a bit of a continuity snarl...unless he knew all along?

* LifeMeter: Pictured as a lightsaber. As WebOriginal/GameGrumps pointed out, it's depicted as a lightsaber even ''before'' Luke knows he's a Jedi, creating a bit of a continuity snarl.

* LifeMeter: Pictured as a lightsaber.

* LostForever: The Force power ups in The Empire Strikes Back game. Most are found on the main path of the level they're in but the rest are either out of the way or hidden, so it's possible to miss out on these powers if you advance to the next level. Adverted in The Return of the Jedi game where Luke starts with a set of Force powers and doesn't need to find more.

* ActionGirl: Leia is a playable character in ''Super Jedi'', and even has a handy charge attack.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A level inside the trash compactor was planned for the first game, but was scrapped due to memory issues.