Super Star Wars

Super Star Wars
North American SNES box art
Developer(s)Sculptured Software
LucasArts
Code Mystics (PS4/Vita)[2]
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Disney Interactive Studios (PS4/Vita)
Director(s)Kalani Streicher[3]
Producer(s)Kalani Streicher[3]
Designer(s)Kalani Streicher[3]
Programmer(s)Peter Ward[3]
Artist(s)Harrison Fong[3]
Jon Knoles[3]
Michael C. Lott
Lance Thornbland
Les Pardew
Lorin Nelson
Rob Kemp
Joe Hitchens
Composer(s)Paul Webb[4]
Platform(s)Super Nintendo Entertainment System
PlayStation 4
PlayStation Vita[5]
ReleaseSuper NES
  • NA: November 1, 1992
  • EU: April 2, 1993
PS4, PS Vita
  • NA: November 17, 2015[1]
  • EU: November 24, 2015
Genre(s)Run and gun
Mode(s)Single-player

Super Star Wars is a 1992 action video game developed by LucasArts and Sculptured Software for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is based on the 1977 film Star Wars. It was released by JVC Musical Industries in Japan and Nintendo in North America in 1992 and Europe in 1993. The game was followed by two sequels based on the subsequent Star Wars films, Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1993) and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1994). The game was re-released in November 1996 as part of Nintendo's Player's Choice series.[6] It was released on the Wii’s Virtual Console by LucasArts in 2009.[7]

In 2015, Disney Interactive Studios re-released the game for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, with Code Mystics developing the ports.[8] The port features enhanced options for saving, including cross-save, leaderboards and trophies, and modern displays and controllers.[9] The game was also made a part of a bundle with the purchase of Star Wars Battlefront for the PlayStation 4, which included Star Wars: Racer Revenge, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter and Star Wars Bounty Hunter.[10]

Super Star Wars features side-scrolling run and gun gameplay, although it has stages which feature other challenges, such as driving a landspeeder or piloting an X-wing. It also features multiple playable characters with different abilities.

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  4. ^ "Composer information for Super Star Wars". SNES Music. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  5. ^ "Star Wars Battlefront PS4 Bundles Announced, Come With "Darth Vader-Inspired" Systems". PlayStation LifeStyle. 17 August 2015.
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  8. ^ "The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 11/17/2015". PlayStation Blog. 2015-11-15. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  9. ^ "Super Star Wars Being Re-Released For PS4, PS Vita". GameSpot.
  10. ^ "Darth Vader-Inspired PS4 System Revealed, Two Star Wars Bundles Out This November". Playstation.blog. 16 August 2015.