Also known as SWE1
1999 · Williams
Star Wars Episode I
Known for Center target, Projector, Watto's Junk Shop and Mos Espa. Deep space starfield, colourful nebula clouds and pink-and-orange desert cityscape with domed buildings inset in a rounded silver screen frame.
- Year
- 1999
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- CGA monitor
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Target
Center target
- Toy
Projector
- saucer
Watto's Junk Shop
- saucer
Mos Espa
- Mode
Scenes
- Goal
JEDI
- Wizard mode
Saber Battle
On the playfield
Toy 1
- Projector
Holes 2
- Watto's Junk Shop saucer
- Mos Espa saucer
Target 1
- Center target
Control 1
- Action buttons buttons
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Adult with long brown hair and full beard, tan jedi robes, holding an upright glowing green lightsaber, upper centre right, serious expression
- man Older man with short grey-brown hair and beard, dark brown robes, upper right, gazing left
- child Blond boy, head and shoulders, tan shirt, right side, wide-eyed staring forward
- other Pale white female humanoid face with red lips, elaborate gold headdress and red robes, floating centre, ornate gold collar and medallion
- other Black-cloaked figure with a red and black snarling mask, holding a red crossguard lightsaber, lower centre right
- other Glowing red and black demonic mask face with yellow slit eyes and sharp teeth, upper centre background
Setting
- Deep space starfield
- Colourful nebula clouds
- Pink-and-orange desert cityscape with domed buildings inset in a rounded silver screen frame
Text on it
- STAR WARS
- EPISODE I
- PINBALL 2000
- CONJURATED PINBALL MACHINE
- © 1999 WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS GAMES, INC.
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
- © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM.
How it plays
-
Modes 1
- Scenes
-
Goals 3
- JEDI
- Center Jackpot
- Ramp Jackpots
-
Wizard modes 1
- Saber Battle
Made by
- Design
- John Popadiuk
- Art
- Dave Mueller
- Art
- Paul Barker
- Art
- Kevin O'Connor
- Mechanics
- Jack Skalon
- Mechanics
- Bob Brown
- Software
- Cameron Silver
- Software
- Duncan Brown
- Sound & Music
- Eric Pryzby
- Display animation
- Alan Cruz
- Display animation
- Jack Liddon
Reference
Linked terms
- Center target also called Projector target
- Watto's Junk Shop also called Watto lock saucer
- Mos Espa also called Mos Espa lock saucer
- Saber Battle also called Saber Battle Completed
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- blue
- yellow
- white
- gold
Fingerprint: Star Wars: gold arrowhead spacecraft pointing down center, flanked by tan wedge ships like wings. Painted crew cluster below logo—man in white shirt, woman with cinnamon-bun hair centered. Black ribbed post runs right side beside green lit wireform lane. Two rainbow-holographic insert panels: STAR WARS left, PINBALL 2000 oval right. Starfield background, chrome dragon-head ball return.
The centrepiece is a gold arrowhead-shaped spacecraft pointing straight down the playfield, flanked by two big tan wedge ship shapes that make the middle of the field look like a bird or bat with outstretched wings. A printed crowd of painted film characters crowds right up against the flippers, with a man in a white shirt and a woman with tall cinnamon-bun hair standing dead centre under the STAR WARS logo. The lower deck is two rainbow-holographic insert panels - STAR WARS on the left, a PINBALL 2000 oval on the right - with matching Action Button / Spell Letters legends. A black ribbed rubber-covered post runs up the entire right side beside a bright green lit wireform lane.
Setting
- Deep blue starfield with nebula wash
- Pale tan and cream painted architecture/wall panels either side
- Black cabinet apron at the base
Symbols
- Star wars stacked block logo
- Pinball 2000 oval logo
- Black dragon/creature head emblem on the ball return
- Gold x-shaped spacecraft
- Two tan wedge-shaped spacecraft
- Yellow starburst graphic on the upper backbox surround
- Qr code
- Action buttons with round red lamps
Notable shapes
- A gold arrowhead/x-shaped spacecraft pointing down the centreline
- Two large tan wedge ships angled inward like wings either side of it
- A central black ball-return trough with a chrome dragon-head emblem
- Tall black corrugated post on the right rail
- A large circular hole-out / scoop opening on the left mid-playfield
Art motifs
- Starfield
- Printed character collage
- Chrome-like gold ship highlights
- Holographic rainbow insert laminates
- Neon-blue underglow
Themes
- Space
- Sci-fi film adaptation artwork
- Starships
- Blasters
- Galactic adventure
Title on it
- Star wars
Text on it
- STAR WARS
- PINBALL 2000
- ACTION BUTTON
- SPELL LETTERS
- HIGH SCORES
- Free Play - Press Start
- GRAND CHAMPION
- 1,227,900
- SCAN FOR
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Centre of the lower field, adult male in a loose white shirt and dark trousers, standing facing the viewer, one arm bent holding a small dark blaster pistol |
| Woman | Immediately right of the white-shirted man, adult female with tall coiled cinnamon-bun hair, head turned slightly, painted in comic style |
| Man | Above the pair, adult male with dark hair and beard wearing a brown robe and belt, standing facing forward |
| Creature | Tall shaggy brown-furred upright figure with a bandolier across the chest, left of the robed man |
| Robot | Slim gold humanoid robot with a rounded dome head, standing on the left cluster |
| Robot | Pale grey-white humanoid robot beside the gold one, left cluster |
| Man | Dark-haired man with a beard, brown tunic, standing right of centre |
| Man | Helmeted figure in white armour, left of the gold ship arrow, standing |
| Man | Helmeted white-armoured soldier at far right of the figure cluster, standing |
| Man | Seated/kneeling figure in brown robes at the left of the cluster, legs forward |
| Woman | Seated figure in pale clothing near the left tan wedge shape |
| Man | Small figure in a dark tunic at the far right edge of the painted art, beside the green lit lane |
A photographed, lit-up modern electro-mechanical style playfield with a big white-and-gold STAR WARS block logo printed centre-left of the upper deck, set over a blue starfield. A gold, arrow-shaped spacecraft sits dead centre pointing down the playfield, flanked by two large tan/gold wedge-shaped ship forms angled inward like wings. Below the logo a cluster of roughly ten painted human and droid figures in comic-book rendering: a man in a white shirt and dark trousers holding a blaster at centre, a woman with tall cinnamon-bun hair beside him, a bearded man in brown robes, a shaggy brown-furred creature, gold and white humanoid robots, helmeted white-armoured soldiers and seated figures. Two yellow flippers with red rubber rings sit at the bottom, either side of a black-and-silver dragon-emblem ball return. The lower deck carries two rectangular holographic-insert panels: STAR WARS lettering on the left and a PINBALL 2000 oval logo on the right, both flanked by small ACTION BUTTON / SPELL LETTERS legends. A QR code sticker is at bottom left, a black diamond-plate apron below, and a tall black rubber-covered post and green wireform lane guard the right side. A backbox display above shows score digits and Free Play - Press Start.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- black
- blue
- yellow
- pink
Fingerprint: Star Wars Episode I: huge yellow 'STAR WARS' and white 'EPISODE I' lettering at top left, glowing red and black demonic mask with yellow slit eyes looming behind figures, two glowing green and red lightsabers crossing composition diagonally, bearded man in tan robes, rounded silver-framed desert cityscape screen.
The sheer number of separate large painted characters crowded over a single starfield, dominated by the huge yellow STAR WARS and white EPISODE I lettering in the top left corner. The glowing red and black demonic mask face with yellow slit eyes looming in the upper centre behind the figures is the most memorable single element. Two glowing lightsaber blades, green and blue, cross the composition in strong diagonals. A floating pale white female face-mask with red robes and an elaborate gold collar sits dead centre. The rounded silver-framed inset screen showing a pink desert cityscape behind the figures is unusual.
Setting
- Deep space starfield
- Colourful nebula clouds
- Pink-and-orange desert cityscape with domed buildings inset in a rounded silver screen frame
Symbols
- Glowing lightsaber blades
- Rings around a planet
- Domed buildings and twin suns
- Starburst sparkle
- Rounded silver screen frame
- Artist signature lower right
Lettering
- Large yellow-to-orange gradient block capitals with heavy white keyline and drop shadow for the title; widely spaced white serif capitals beneath; cursive script maker logo top right; small white condensed sans-serif print in the lower left corner
Themes
- Space opera
- Lightsabers
- Desert planet
- Space battle
- Pinball licence art
Title on it
- Star wars episode i
Text on it
- STAR WARS
- EPISODE I
- PINBALL 2000
- CONJURATED PINBALL MACHINE
- © 1999 WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS GAMES, INC.
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
- © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Adult with long brown hair and full beard, tan jedi robes, holding an upright glowing green lightsaber, upper centre right, serious expression |
| Man | Older man with short grey-brown hair and beard, dark brown robes, upper right, gazing left |
| Child | Blond boy, head and shoulders, tan shirt, right side, wide-eyed staring forward |
| Other | Pale white female humanoid face with red lips, elaborate gold headdress and red robes, floating centre, ornate gold collar and medallion |
| Other | Black-cloaked figure with a red and black snarling mask, holding a red crossguard lightsaber, lower centre right |
| Other | Glowing red and black demonic mask face with yellow slit eyes and sharp teeth, upper centre background |
| Robot | Two small floating grey and white astromech droids with spherical heads, upper centre |
| Monster | Open-mouthed orange winged creature head, lower right corner |
| Animal | Tan long-eared hoofed animal head beside the blond boy, right side |
| Vehicle | Orange and white single-seat pod racer with yellow engine glow, lower left |
| Vehicle | White and grey x-wing fighter crossing the inset screen, left centre |
| Vehicle | Grey twin-boom y-wing fighter, right of centre |
| Vehicle | Yellow and orange landspeeder car, right centre |
| Vehicle | Silhouetted starfighters in the upper right nebula |
| Other | Grey ball-shaped probe droid with a domed head, upper left of the inset screen |
Rectangular backglass with a deep black starfield speckled with white dots and coloured nebula clouds of magenta, pink and blue. Top left carries a huge blocky yellow-to-orange gradient title reading STAR WARS with a thick white outline, and beneath it widely lettered white serif text EPISODE I. Top right has a cursive script logo inside a small circle. The centre is dominated by a large painted portrait of a long-haired bearded man in tan robes holding an upright glowing green lightsaber, flanked by a stern bearded man in dark robes and a young blond boy in tan clothing. A floating pale white-masked figure with red robes and an ornate gold collar stands lower centre, alongside a black-cloaked masked figure with a red-and-black face. A glowing red demon mask with yellow eyes looms behind them, flanked by two small floating grey droids. A rounded rectangular screen frame in the middle background contains a pink-and-orange desert cityscape and domed buildings, with X-wing, Y-wing and landspeeder craft crossing it. Bottom left shows an orange-and-yellow pod racer and a ringed planet with a bright starburst.