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Star Wars Trilogy backglass

Also known as SWT

1997 · Sega

Star Wars Trilogy

Known for X-Wing, Tie Fighter drop bank, Force targets and top saucer. Starfield, orange explosion nebula, tropical jungle battlefield and space.

Year
1997
Maker
Sega
Type
Solid state
Display
Dot matrix
Players
6

Known for

  • Toy

    X-Wing

  • Drop target

    Tie Fighter drop bank

  • Target

    Force targets

  • saucer

    top saucer

  • Multiball

    Star Wars Multiball

  • Multiball

    Falcon Multiball

  • Wizard mode

    Darth Vader Redemption

  • Mode

    Heroic modes

On the playfield

  • black
  • orange
  • yellow
  • blue
Star Wars Trilogy playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Toy 1

  • X-Wing

Holes 2

  • big hole
  • top saucer saucer

Drop target 1

  • Tie Fighter drop bank

Targets 2

  • Force targets
  • Light Saber Saver targets

Lanes 2

  • Secret left lane
  • Landspeeder orbits

On the backglass

  • orange
  • blue
  • black
  • white
Star Wars Trilogy backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • man Young brown-haired man in loose white tunic, centre, gripping a glowing blue light sword held diagonally, determined expression
  • man Grey-white bearded man in green hooded robe, upper left, holding a dark object aloft
  • man Brown/orange-bearded man in tan tunic, left edge, arm raised in a fist
  • man Shaggy dark-haired man with heavy brow and moustache, left centre
  • creature Pale ghostly white helmeted head with dark eye slits, top left corner
  • creature Bird-like alien head with long beak and raised brow, upper left

Setting

  • Starfield
  • Orange explosion nebula
  • Tropical jungle battlefield
  • Space

Text on it

  • STAR
  • WARS
  • SEGA

How it plays

  1. Modes 12

    • Heroic modes
    • Luke
    • Leia
    • Han
    • C3P0/R2D2
    • Chewie
    • Obi Wan
    • Cantina Hurry-up
    • Extra Ball Hurry-up
    • Special Hurry-up
    • Bounty Hunter
    • Probe Droid
  2. Multiballs 2

    • Star Wars Multiball
    • Falcon Multiball
  3. Goals 4

    • FALCON
    • Thaw Han Solo
    • Light Saber Saver
    • Falcon Jackpot
  4. Wizard modes 1

    • Darth Vader Redemption

Made by

Design
Joe Kaminkow
Design
Joe Balcer
Art
Morgan Weistling
Art & Display animation
Marc Raneses
Software
Lonnie D. Ropp
Software
Orin Day
Sound & Music
Brian Schmidt

Reference

Linked terms
  • X-Wing also called X-Wing cannon
  • Tie Fighter drop bank also called Tie Fighter targets also called Tie Fighters
  • Force targets also called FORCE also called Force
  • big hole also called FORCE hurry-up hole
  • top saucer also called upper VUK also called top kicker saucer
  • Light Saber Saver targets also called Saber Saver
  • Falcon Multiball also called Millennium Falcon Multiball
  • FALCON also called Millennium Falcon
  • Heroic modes also called Heroic
  • Chewie also called Chewbacca
Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Star Wars Trilogy playfield

Playfield

  • black
  • orange
  • yellow
  • blue

Fingerprint: Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back, colossal glossy black helmet triangular mouth grille filling middle dwarfing painted characters, silver wedge-shaped fighter ship hovering nose-down directly above helmet, two yellow all-caps instruction captions flanking flippers Hold FLIPPER for INSTANT INFO and DESTROY ALL THE FIGHTERS for MULTIBALL, blue wireform ramp snaking down right-side past five-window drop-target bank outlined bright pink lamps, apron carrying large outlined SEGA badge beside 10th ANNIVERSARY panel, space-battle sci-fi film-adaptation electro-mechanical magenta-red-blue-yellow-black

Distinctive

A colossal glossy black helmet with a triangular mouth grille fills the middle of the playfield, dwarfing the painted characters around it. A silver wedge-shaped fighter ship hovers nose-down directly above the helmet. Two yellow all-caps instruction captions flank the flippers: 'Hold down FLIPPER for INSTANT INFO' on the left and 'DESTROY ALL THE FIGHTERS for MULTIBALL!' on the right. A blue wireform ramp snakes down the right-hand side past a five-window drop-target bank outlined in bright pink lamps. The apron carries a large outlined SEGA badge beside a 10th ANNIVERSARY panel.

Setting

  • Starfield and outer-space battle scene
  • Orange and yellow painted explosion burst behind the figures
  • Grey mechanical ramp structure across the upper playfield
  • Dark blue-grey lower apron

Symbols

  • Playing-card-suit styling absent
  • Star field dots
  • Circular star insert in the starfield
  • Trapezoid and wedge spaceship silhouettes
  • Chevron arrow markings on playfield inserts
  • Red ball search window

Notable shapes

  • A large triangular white-outlined field in the apron centre behind the flippers, wedge/saucer cutouts at the mid-right, an enclosed habitrail tunnel at the upper left, and a trapezoidal ramp mouth at the lower right

Art motifs

  • Painted character montage
  • Explosion burst backdrop
  • Trident/three-pronged fork motif behind the central helmet
  • Chrome and wireform plastics
  • Illuminated arrow inserts

Themes

  • Space battle
  • Science-fiction film adaptation
  • Armoured soldiers
  • Spaceships
  • Multicoloured alien characters
  • Pinball-and-video-game anniversary badge

Title on it

  • Star wars the empire strikes back

Text on it

  • Hold down
  • FLIPPER for
  • INSTANT INFO
  • DESTROY ALL
  • THE FIGHTERS
  • for MULTIBALL!
  • SEGA
  • 10th
  • ANNIVERSARY
  • PINBALL-INC.
  • FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • 1 PLAY
  • 50¢
  • 4 PLAYS
  • $1.50
  • 6 PLAYS
  • $2.00
  • 3 Balls Per Player
  • SEE BACKGLASS DISPLAY FOR REPLAY SCORE
  • BALL ENDS WHEN
  • FLIPPERS
  • STAR WARS
  • THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
  • Copyright 1980 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved
  • BALL SEARCH
Pop bumpers
Four pop bumpers across the upper-middle: two with blue caps, one red, one green, plus an orange star insert at the left
Drop targets
A rectangular five-window drop-target bank on the right side framed by bright pink/magenta lamps, plus a lit arrow ramp entry
Ramps
A grey plastic ramp structure spans the upper left with a habitrail; two blue wireform ramps curve down the right side into the lower right lane; a central return lane runs between the flippers
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots with cream rubber and chrome posts flanking the lower flippers
Upper playfield
Crowded upper third with a grey plastic ramp and habitrail at the left, a wire gate, a flipper bat and slingshot area, a rectangular target frame, an orange star insert, and a translucent red-lettered banner strip across the very top
Apron and lower playfield
Dark blue-grey apron carrying a large outlined sega logo, a 10th anniversary panel, a cream instruction card on the left with dense small print, a cream for amusement only pricing card on the right, and a small red ball search window at the centre; two yellow all-caps instruction captions above the apron on the left and right
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Young clean-shaven man with dark bowl-cut hair, painted head-and-shoulders portrait, upper left of the central helmet, staring forward
Man Bearded man in a tan shirt, painted bust, upper right of the helmet, one arm raised gripping a control lever
Creature Enormous glossy black helmeted head and shoulders at playfield centre, triangular silver-edged mouth grille, black chest plate, no visible eyes
Monster Grey four-legged alien head with open mouth, painted, right of centre above the flippers
Man Smaller bearded man in a blue tunic with arm outstretched, painted on the right side below the grey alien head
Robot Ranks of small cream-and-yellow armoured trooper figures, at least eight heads visible, marching in rows across the orange background
Vehicle Silver wedge-shaped triangular fighter craft, painted nose-down just above the black helmet
Vehicle Grey armoured troop transport and other blocky sci-fi craft painted across the upper playfield
Creature Pale skeletal and skull-like figures in dark robes on the upper right playfield near the ramp
Full description

A photographed electro-mechanical-style playfield under glass, dominated by a huge glossy black helmeted figure head and shoulders dead centre, with a triangular black mask grille and a black chest plate. Around it is a painted montage: to the upper left a young clean-shaven man with dark bowl-cut hair, to the upper right a bearded man in a tan shirt gripping a control, and ranks of small cream-and-yellow trooper figures marching across an orange and yellow burst background. A wedge-shaped silver spaceship sits just above the helmet, tilted, and blue wireform ramps curl along the right. The lower apron is dark blue-grey plastic with a large SEGA logo badge and a 10th anniversary panel, flanked by two yellow instruction captions in bold black-outlined capitals. The upper third is crowded with a grey plastic ramp structure, four pop bumpers in blue, red and green, an orange star insert, a wire gate, a rectangular drop-target frame at the right, and a translucent red-lettered banner across the very top. Metal ball guides, chrome rails and lit inserts frame everything.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Star Wars Trilogy backglass

Backglass

  • orange
  • blue
  • black
  • white

Fingerprint: STAR WARS in yellow-white block letters, young man in white tunic wielding glowing blue light sword held diagonally, white-red four-winged X-wing starfighter beneath arm, collage of alien faces crowding edges including pale helmeted ghost, tall dark-robed figure, large wrinkled frog-like creature, white-armoured trooper silhouettes marching bottom, split orange-black background

Distinctive

A young man in a white tunic thrusting a glowing blue light sword diagonally across the whole glass, with a white-and-red four-winged X-wing fighter flying beneath his arm. A huge collage of faces crowds every edge, including a pale ghostly helmeted head, a shaggy-haired bearded man and a large wrinkled frog-like alien face. The title STAR WARS in yellow-to-white block letters with blue outline sits top right over a black starfield, while the left half glows orange like an explosion. A bare-shouldered woman with gold jewellery leans in at bottom right, and four white troopers march in silhouette along the bottom edge.

Setting

  • Starfield
  • Orange explosion nebula
  • Tropical jungle battlefield
  • Space

Symbols

  • Glowing blue light sword
  • Four-winged starfighter
  • Wedge-shaped capital ship
  • White starfield dots
  • Orange explosion burst
  • Hilltop silhouette with twin suns

Lettering

  • Large stacked title in heavy sans-serif block capitals, yellow-to-white vertical gradient fill with dark blue outline and drop shadow, slightly arched; sega in small solid blue capitals with white outline, bottom left

Themes

  • Space opera
  • Stars
  • Laser sword
  • Spaceships
  • Starfighter
  • Alien faces
  • Collage

Title on it

  • Star wars

Text on it

  • STAR
  • WARS
  • SEGA
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Young brown-haired man in loose white tunic, centre, gripping a glowing blue light sword held diagonally, determined expression
Man Grey-white bearded man in green hooded robe, upper left, holding a dark object aloft
Man Brown/orange-bearded man in tan tunic, left edge, arm raised in a fist
Man Shaggy dark-haired man with heavy brow and moustache, left centre
Creature Pale ghostly white helmeted head with dark eye slits, top left corner
Creature Bird-like alien head with long beak and raised brow, upper left
Alien Large wrinkled olive-green frog-like face with big bulbous eyes and wide mouth, right side
Alien Tall head in a black hood with long ear-like points and green skin, right of centre
Alien Squat dark-furred/grey-brown alien head with a pointed helmet, right edge
Alien Pink-brown fleshy wrinkled face, bottom left centre
Creature Large ridged bat-like wing and green-brown leathery hide, lower left centre
Robot White armoured helmeted trooper figures: one upper left, one lower right, plus four in silhouette marching along the bottom
Man Elderly bald man with long white beard and white robe, bottom centre-left, facing forward
Man Dark-robed figure in black helmet, lower left, in a crowd of small figures
Man Small dark-haired figure in cream tunic holding a dark object near bottom centre
Woman Bare-shouldered woman with dark swept-back hair and gold jewellery, bottom right, leaning forward, warmly lit
Vehicle White and red four-winged x-wing starfighter with twin blue engine domes, centre, nose pointing left
Vehicle Grey wedge-shaped star destroyer shape above the title, top centre-right
Full description

A painted, airbrushed space-opera collage on a backglass, split diagonally: warm orange and yellow explosion glow on the left, deep black starfield on the right. Dominating the centre is a young brown-haired man in a loose white tunic, gripping a long blue-white glowing light sword held diagonally across the frame; a white and red X-wing starfighter with four splayed wings and twin blue engine domes flies nose-left beneath his arm. The title STAR WARS sits top right in large yellow-to-white block letters with a blue outline and a drop shadow. Around the edges, left to right: a pale ghostly helmeted head, a bearded man in green hooded robes, a bearded man in orange, a bird-like alien head, a stormtrooper, two dark-robed figures, a shaggy-haired bearded man, a large wrinkled frog-like alien face, a blue helmeted figure, a white-armoured helmeted soldier, and a dark-hooded bearded head. At bottom centre-left an elderly bald white-bearded man; at bottom right a bare-shouldered woman with dark hair and gold jewellery leaning forward. Four white-armoured troopers march in silhouette along the bottom. SEGA appears bottom left in blue block capitals.