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
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
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
-
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
-
Multiballs 2
- Star Wars Multiball
- Falcon Multiball
-
Goals 4
- FALCON
- Thaw Han Solo
- Light Saber Saver
- Falcon Jackpot
-
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.
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
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
| 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 |
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.
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
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
| 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 |
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.