


In contrast, Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it an 8 out of 10, praising it for the "excellent" graphics and the need to move carefully through the levels. Though he praised the musical score, he criticized the game for frustrating controls, overly easy bosses, and particularly the level designs, which he said are repetitious and mostly feel like retreads of level designs from the two previous games in the series. On release, Scary Larry of GamePro gave the Super NES version a mostly negative review. The re-release is identical to the original version. In 1996 THQ announced that they would re-release Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in February 1997 in order to coincide with the "Special Edition" of those films appearing in theaters.

She uses a staff as the bounty hunter Boushh when approaching Jabba's palace, fights with a broken chain as Jabba's escaped slave on his sail barge, and wields a blaster when fighting on Endor as a Rebel leader. Princess Leia is unique in that her appearance and playstyle changes in accordance with the plot. He also cannot use any variation of the blaster in this game. Luke Skywalker no longer has nine Force powers to work with but five and it is easier for him to "recharge" his abilities. Vehicle sequences include the Endor speeder bike chase, and a cruise in the Millennium Falcon. īosses include Jabba the Hutt, the Rancor beast, Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. In addition to the standard Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Chewbacca, Princess Leia and Wicket appear as playable characters. It loosely follows the plot of Return of the Jedi, with some added scenes, such as Luke Skywalker having to fight through the Death Star to get to Emperor Palpatine. The controls are identical to the second game, and this installment also includes its predecessor's password save option. Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi follows closely the standard set by the previous two Super Star Wars games, with the return of selectable characters (on specific levels), multiple playable characters and Mode 7 quasi-3D vehicle sequences.
