Video game
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
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Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, sometimes called Super The Empire Strikes Back or simply Super Empire Strikes Back is a platform game for the Super Nintendo (Super Famicom in Japan) which follows Super Star Wars and precedes Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. It is largely based on the second film of the original Star Wars trilogy, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
The game's manual added a number of names and details not spelled out in the game itself. The Super Empire Strikes Back Official Game Secrets guide released separately added even more details.
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Facts
- Title
- Super Star Wars:
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Developer
- LucasArts
- Sculptured Software
- Publisher
- THQ
- Victor (Japan)
- Released
- June 1, 1993 (SNES)
- Genre
- Action
- Modes
- Single player
- Ratings
- ESRB: Everyone (E), ELSPA: 3+
- Platforms
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console
- Director
- Kalani Streicher
- Designer
- Kalani Streicher
- Programmer
- Peter Ward and Ryan Ridges
- Artist
- Harrison Fong (Art Supervisor)
- Composer
- Paul Webb (Based on John Williams)
- Prev
- Super Star Wars
- Next
- Return of the Jedi
Who turns up here
Characters: 14
- C-3PO
- Lando Calrissian
- Chewbacca
- Boba Fett
- Jabba the Hutt (mentioned only)
- Leia Organa
- R2-D2
- Palpatine (mentioned only)
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo
- Darth Vader
- Yoda
- Unidentified probe droid (Hoth)
- Giant Wampa Creature (first appearance)
Species: 26
- Dagbat
- Dagobian caterpillar (first appearance)
- Dagopiller (first appearance)
- Fire Bat (first appearance)
- Habogad (first appearance)
- Helio (first appearance)
- Hoth hog (first appearance)
- Hoth jellyfish (first appearance)
- Ice Bat (first appearance)
- Ice Cat (first appearance)
- Ice Piranha (first appearance)
- Ion eel (first appearance)
- Porcuspine (first appearance)
- Snow Bear (first appearance)
- Snow Mynock (first appearance)
- Stargerm (first appearance)
- Swamp Gator (first appearance)
- Tauntaun
- Wampa
- Gand
- Hutt (mentioned only)
- Trandoshan
- Ugnaught
- Wookiee
- Yoda's species
- Acid Plant (first appearance)
Planets: 4
Galaxy: 1
Starships: 10
Vehicles: 7
Organizations: 14
- Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Alliance Military
- Alliance Army
- Rebel trooper
- Galactic Empire
- Imperial Military
- Stormtrooper Corps
- Air Assault Trooper
- Stormtrooper grenadier (first appearance)
- Snowtrooper
- Speeder Bike Assault Force (first appearance)
- Darth Vader's Security Force (first appearance)
- Vader's Special Force Trooper (first appearance)
- Jedi Order
Technology: 32
- R2-series astromech droid
- AC1 surveillance droid
- Armor Droid (first appearance)
- Grenadier Droid (first appearance)
- Hover Droid (large) (first appearance)
- Hover Droid (small) (first appearance)
- Orbot Droid (first appearance)
- Viper probe droid
- 3PO-series protocol droid
- LOM-series protocol droid
- DL-44 heavy blaster pistol
- E-Web heavy repeating blaster
- Mark II medium repeating blaster cannon
- Bowcaster
- Carbon-freezing chamber
- Carbon-Freeze Exhaust unit (first appearance)
- DF.9
- DSS-02 shield generator
- Flame blaster
- Floor laser installation (first appearance)
- Four-way Laser Tower (first appearance)
- Grappler Crane (first appearance)
- Ion Turret (first appearance)
- Lightsaber
- Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber
- Darth Vader's lightsaber
- Plasma Wave Blaster
- Proton Seeker
- Rapid ion gun
- Three-way Ceiling Gun (first appearance)
- V-150 Planet Defender
- Wide-beam laser (first appearance)
Lore: 6
- Jedi Knight (mentioned only)
- Jedi Master
- Ice Plant (first appearance)
- Force cloak
- Force healing
- Force Stasis (first appearance)
Everything else: 22
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