I Barely Survived The Super Star Wars Trilogy | Review / Retrospective

[@Jinx_Skeel]

I was completely obssessed with these games when I was a kid. Beat them all in the Jedi difficulty. All three of them rewarded me with the same message: "You're a true Jedi Knight". Yeah, that showed them who's boss lmao.

[@WesDoesGames]

Yeah these old games rarely rewarded the player with anything other than bragging rights. Still, I felt pretty accomplished beating RotJ (even if it was the easiest one lol)

[@selfan2005]

Not the final level in ROTJ. That one gave me several headaches.

[@WesDoesGames]

@@Jinx_Skeel lol! I was the prime age and target audience for Kotor when it came out, but I wasn't into rpgs back then. I was hoping for more of an action game like Jedi Outcast. Then when I did eventually like rpgs it was too hard to go back to Kotor because it seemed so dated by that point

[@WesDoesGames]

@@Jinx_Skeel but I'm fully aware I missed out on a classic. Or so I've heard

[@RockmanMegaX]

“You’re a true Jedi Knight but we still do not grant you the rank of Master”

[@Concreteowl]

The insect person is Zuckuss and he is one of the bounty hunters in the actual movie.

[@WesDoesGames]

ZUCKUSS

[@slimsuits3231]

Or 4-LOM....depending on how old you are

[@CT-ho6si]

And the "little wizard" is Bib Fortuna

[@publichearing8536]

He is a anthropomorphically challenged individual and I won't stand for the bullying! 🙅‍♂️

[@joelkurowski7129]

​@@slimsuits3231Zuckuss and 4-Lom are two separate characters. Edit: I'm stupid, carry on

[@zooropa04]

Leia literally taps her foot impatiently while she's waiting for you to rescue her, haha.

[@WesDoesGames]

Little nod to Sonic's idle animation maybe

[@Elyseon]

Leia was always pure sass and fire, just like her father.

[@OtterloopB]

On the PS4/PS5, the version of Super Star Wars on there has a gold trophy called "Master Jedi." You're required to beat the game, which is already difficult by default, on Jedi difficulty without losing any lives. ... Even with quick saves and such, it was maddening - especially inside the Sand Crawler. I managed to eventually snag that ultra rare trophy... but don't be me, kids. Save your sanity.

[@WesDoesGames]

Impressive!

[@dragondude9637]

​@@WesDoesGames.....Most Impressive!

[@publichearing8536]

now we do it blindfolded with crossed hands and crossed fingers on a Guitar Hero controller

[@WesDoesGames]

@publichearing8536 or on a DDR pad

[@nowonmetube]

Those games are on Playstation? Neat!

[@vec4277]

Awesome video! Vader's delicate lightsaber swing is taken directly from the Empire Strikes Back film (the first wide shot after Luke gets up from being knocked down early in the fight) - it was such a distinct movement in the game, and then while watching the film and noticing it I couldn't believe the developers actually referenced the film choreography in the game sprites - gotta give them props for that!

[@WesDoesGames]

Honestly the level of detail the developers put into the game is really striking

[@destroythetrigger]

Those are games not to be ashamed to play on easy.

[@TightPantsJack]

14:03 Vader's sprite being unchanged from Super Empire Strikes Back, still reflecting the orange glow from the carbonite chamber, has bothered me for DECADES. YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!

[@WesDoesGames]

❤️🙏❤️

[@dudujencarelli]

The second episode of The Mandalorian where Mando tries to fight the Jawas while hanging from their sandcrawler was clearly inspired by the 3rd level from Super Star Wars.

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

For what it's worth, all those seemingly random monsters and robots that serve as enemies and bosses in these games were apparently actually pulled from Lucasfilm concepts. I remember reading a multi-page feature in Nintendo Power that showed off a lot of the work that went into the making of these games back in the day that showed that off. Pretty much anything that was in the movie in the background, and whatever ILM and Henson Creature Shop didn't feel like making into actual puppets or animatronics for the production, were considered and often made into enemies. I have no idea if they mentioned why they often just made them GIGANTIC or whatever, but that was pretty cool to see. Particularly a lot of the monsters in Dagobah, like the boss of that area? Very cool design, and I'm glad it got used in the games even if it was never made into the movies as a background monster puppet or whatever.

[@WesDoesGames]

I'd love to know which issue that is so I can read about it!

[@MidniteTease]

"Somehow Palpatine Returns" is the greatest Star Wars meme ever.

[@Joe-Exit]

I bought these games when they were brand new, and I still have them in my collection.

[@danweber7124]

These need to be remastered and rereleased. With all of the retro arcade style games that have been coming out based on both licensed and older properties, this trilogy is would perfect.

[@dragondude9637]

Super Star Wars was re-released in HD on the PS4 in 2015 to go with "The Force Awakens" ....and they never bothered with the other two games.....😡😠😤🤬

[@WesDoesGames]

I almost forgot about that! ​@@dragondude9637

[@WesDoesGames]

A trilogy port would be great (with a rewind feature)

[@seanmalloy0528]

@@WesDoesGames what do you mean by rewind feature?

[@WesDoesGames]

@seanmalloy0528 alot of modern ports of older games have a feature that progressively auto saves every second, so you can "rewind" the game if you die, rather than getting a game over

[@AlmostCoolGuys]

Super Return of the Jedi was NO JOKE! Climbing the mountain to Jabbas fortress was BRUTAL. First level is tough!

[@xziggy114]

I loved these games back in the day. Still play em occasionally cause I like the pain and suffering that comes with them .

[@ShinGoji1987Official]

Great reviews! I remember renting and liking these as a kid but never had the patience to beat them. All the crazy random kaiju bosses were cool but a head stretcher to me as a kid too

[@moshawnla]

Great video! So unfortunate these games were so hard because they are some of the best looking SNES games out there. The only way I play now is with cheats, lots of cheats.

[@WesDoesGames]

Lol nothing wrong with that

[@costby1105]

The reason why they didn't reuse the regular storm trooper sprites from Super Star Wars in Super Empire Strikes Back was becaues Cartridge Space was at a premium and Lucasarts didn't go with a publisher that would have given them a cartridge with more space. They had to fit everything within 1megabyte for Super Star Wars, 1.5 Megabytes for Super Empire Strikes Back and 2 Megabytes for Super Return of the Jedi. Also the Games were developed by Scuptured Software not JVC, Lucasarts didn't have much in the way of publishing or development ability to make console games. It looks like JVC wasn't that giving with Cart Size especially with non Star wars games. There were games that had 4 Megabytes in 1994 and 6 Megabytes by 1995, They Released a game that was 1 Megabyte in 1995 albiet with battery Backup.

[@WesDoesGames]

Wow, I'm shocked there's an actual reason for this lol. Thanks for the info

[@costby1105]

@WesDoesGames For Cartridge games especially it was more space efficient to swap a set of sprites to a separate palette, preferably one already being used, than make have a separate set of sprites. Dagobah has pallette swaps of enemies from Hoth as well. Many old games used a lot of tricks to conserve space.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@costby1105 I think the red ones are meant to resemble the Emperor's Royal Guards from ROTJ.

[@costby1105]

@@KasumiKenshirou That's likely why they were recolored red. Super Return of the Jedi has the Royal Guard and a Purple Pallete as a miniboss.

[@royreyes1493]

Awesome video man! I loved these as a kid! Made me a nervous wreck every time.

[@WesDoesGames]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed!

[@yodathehutt1557]

First video ive seen of yours and you're great bro. Totally my kind of comedy. And you played pour out a lil liquor!

[@WesDoesGames]

Thanks, glad to have you aboard!

[@jumpcutreviews1545]

My older brother and I played these when they came out. We had a blast! Yes, super difficult but man, we had fun. Just like the movies, Empire is the best. Followed by Jedi, and finally the first one. My bro had to beat the snow speeder level, I could never do it. I was the one to beat Vader at the end. Good times, back then this was the only way to enjoy Star Wars along with the comics.

[@WesDoesGames]

Those sound like great memories, right on ❤️

[@adinocc2042]

It was more fun back then, too!

[@ManuelRodriguez-we9rq]

I still have all 3 of them for the super Nintendo, yeah, they're hard, but it's fun to play, I just get the cheat codes for it a lot funner

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

I still own them also. I agree with you, they're hard but still very fun to play.

[@nymalous3428]

That last flight while trying to escape the exploding Death Star was incredibly difficult. My brothers and I must have tried and failed hundreds of times before we finally made it. (Also, nice use of Mandy.)

[@WesDoesGames]

I'm glad someone appreciates it lol

[@hunteremison524]

I guess the stormtrooper issue had something to do limited space because Luke also wears his flight suit all the way through empire instead of changing

[@WesDoesGames]

That makes sense

[@fredjones2170]

Kind of wild how they just used IG-88, 4-LOM and the other bounty hunters as basic enemies. Also you’re right about that alien robot on the Death Star not looking like a Star Wars droid: I think that robot literally appeared in a Doctor Who episode. Anyway, great video! These games have a special place in my heart… even if they give me war flashbacks lol

[@WesDoesGames]

Lol yes, definitely feels like those robots came from a different franchise

[@fredjones2170]

@ No no, I mean a robot EXACTLY like it has appeared in a Doctor Who episode; I think the only differences were that it was slightly less spindly and had blue eyes.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@fredjones2170 Where were actually some costumes shared between Who and Star Wars. The lizard bounty hunter Bossk wears a flight suit that was recycled from Doctor Who.

[@NinjaRunningWild]

0:16 To be fair that was added later. If you have the 2004/2006 Limited Edition releases they contain the original cut on the 2nd disc.

[@dontbother8373]

Mode 7 isn't a software feature, it's a hardware feature.

[@WesDoesGames]

Thanks for the correction

[@ACARDtvMusic]

The Wizard you’re fighting or whatever in Jabba’s Palace is Bob Fortuna. Funny how he took over the palace in Book of Fett but then got killed by the titular character 😂

[@erikwebber6038]

Theres a stage in the first game where Luke navigates what seems to be the inside of a volcano, and ends with having to fight some kind of lava beast, and I still remember thinking as a kid "I don't remember this part in the movie" lol.

[@Andres33AU]

These games were really good, but yes, the difficulty was so damn unforgiving at times, it made me wonder if the developers hated kids/gamers or something, haha. I don't know how I beat Super Return of the Jedi back in the day, especially as the final flying segment made it hard to determine what was a wall, and what was an opening, lol. I tried replaying Super RotJ again a few years ago, and couldn't even get past level 2, haha, nicely done on the video and beating the games!

[@Mezzo-k1y]

I've heard that games were made hard back then to get people to buy the games instead of renting them

[@WesDoesGames]

Thanks friend. Yeah, I'm pretty sure the difficulty was to keep you renting the game over and over at video stores

[@BUPMY1]

​@@Mezzo-k1yThat definitely was the case for arcade cabinets.

[@Adarkane325xi]

There’s an off-hand remark in the beginning of The Fall of Skywalker that Poe says about Chewie being 200 or so years old. I found Super Star Wars to be particularly ball-breaking. That jump before you meet Ben Kenobi? Let’s just say, that jump determined how my day was going to go. As for Empire and Jedi, they were visually beautiful games.

[@WesDoesGames]

So what you're saying is someone at Disney played Super Star Wars lol

[@hunteremison524]

Lando is there to greet you at the end of that level lol

[@nbproductions194]

God blowing up on that land speeder level is so nostalgic for me

[@otaking3582]

Prior to my birth, my dad got my mom an SNES so that she could play these games after work. So if nothing else, I have this trilogy to thank for having an SNES in our household.

[@FionanUaMurchadha]

If you can beat all of them without cheats, you are a god, I and I assume most people are not that dedicated so I use the one cheat code I use on all retro games: Infinite Continues.

[@Rattlor]

Luke drinking that green milk 🥛 was the best part for all episodes 7, 8, and 9!

[@WesDoesGames]

Get out 👉

[@codoloco5514]

Banger of a trio. Reminds me of the Desert Strike series.

[@RugbyLeagueHistory]

I remember growing up playing these games. I never found them that difficult but the last level in Return of the Jedi is one of the hardest levels ever in a game.

[@00ABBITT00]

I loved these games as a kid. I need them CiB for my collection.

[@Zeithri]

I love Jar Jar.... _sees your views, looks at my views on my Super Star Wars longplay videos... sulks.._ " _Somehow Palpatine has returned, and he learned how to dab!_ "

[@WesDoesGames]

😂

[@silentxero5955]

The little Xizors as you refer to are Weequay,Niktos and Klatoonians. Bib Fortuna was the boss that you referred to as wizard dude. Tessk is also a mini boss battle (the Quarren aka Squidhead).

[@Tifa_Batcheller]

I defeated the Super Star Wars Trilogy on ALL difficulties back in the day. Fun times. 🥰

[@WesDoesGames]

You're more hard-core than I could ever hope to be. I had such a difficult time without chest codes, lol

[@Tifa_Batcheller]

@ just keep playing the game and you’ll get better. Be patient. I got killed so many times. Luke Skywalker is the best choice character, especially after he gets his Force powers. The double jump is also a life saver (literally). The easiest game is this trilogy is the the first, while the hardest is the second, by far. 😉

[@Cyborg1101]

Cool video, bro. Good times 😎 🎮

[@WesDoesGames]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stevenkampf4067]

the amount of times me and my mate hired these from the local vid-biz,we could of bought them outright

[@petehughes3111]

Another great video dude 👏

[@WesDoesGames]

Thank you!

[@robertmcginty4146]

First one i ever played was when i rented RoJ. Could not pass the first level with the sand speeder! I tried again in a couple weeks and ended up buying it. I was able to beat it but it took a couple weeks. I ended up buying New Hope and Empire used and worked my way through those as well. Really fun games once you get the hang of them. Gotta keep up with the fast pace.

[@Hum0ng0us]

9:00 That's the Bounty Hunter Zukus. He was with his Droid 4-Lom in the Bounty Hunter scene with Boba Fett, Dengar, Bosk, and IG-88 when Vader put the bounty on the Falcon.

[@brenthaskins1712]

The boss at 12:01 looks like what I remember seeing as the original concept art for the Rancor.

[@mikekennedy257]

Hes a real sick son of a bitch... Vader: "thats ma boy!"

[@HappyBeardGames]

The first one is the hardest to me, if I remember you have less continues. Empire and Jedi are pretty easy with practice. I use Luke's force heal a lot to help out.

[@sheridan140]

Good vid man, thanks! Took me back, i'd played the hell out of these. The Bespin "bug people" i thought was one of the bounty hunters Vader hired (yeah, somehow that small group of individuals got cloned like a MF and were running all over that stage... 😂 Took me FOREVER to beat Jedi, a pox upon the house of who designed that damned escape the Death star stage!!

[@WesDoesGames]

Yes it's a bounty hunter. The commenter's on here have made it clear I've made a terrible mistake lol

[@sheridan140]

​@@WesDoesGames No shortage of that! 😂

[@thomasalvis2282]

My most potent memories of each game……… Super Star Wars - Lava Beast Jawenko: the floor is lava, one touch instant death Super Empire - clingy wampas that push you into spikes & instant death (but space bacon!!) Super RotJ - never could beat the exploding Death Star even with Invincibility

[@DAngelProductions]

My uncle had bought me super TESB and I could never get passed cloud city. Game was insanely difficult. Thankfully I was able to beat the trilogy in my adult years. Still hard as balls

[@WesDoesGames]

I'm impressed you made it that far. I could barely make it off Hoth

[@jameswarner5878]

I beat Super Empire Strikes Back so many times. I loved that game. SWPMSS is the code to get to the last level, I still remember it. First time I played Super RotJ was well after N64 was out. It seemed so easy and primitive. Got to nearly the end with no deaths then had to leave my girlfriends house where I was playing.

[@rebelrouzer5318]

Super stat wars was the first video game i ever played in my life. That was about 27ish year ago. I finally beat it last year.

[@Zerofightervi]

Awww, Super Return of The Jedi. I went to visit family in Belfast for a week, The first day there we went to the Virgin Megastore & they had a copy of SROTJ for £20. I then had the excruciating wait to go home to play on it, my god that week dragged.

[@Major73Problem]

$70 at Babbages when Jedi was released. Beat all three. Good frustrating times.

[@Chrono86]

“Let’s not pretend the originals are perfect” while showing a dumb scene Lucas added to the special edition of return. Obviously I don’t think the originals are perfect but come on😂

[@WesDoesGames]

Fair enough. I should have clarified "original trilogy" as opposed to the prequels/sequels etc

[@theSHELFables]

thank you

[@NeilPundick]

​@@WesDoesGamesthe shown clip would've still been a clip that was added to one of the og trilogy re-releases, and not the original release. I'm not personally bothered, just pointing that out

[@publichearing8536]

​@@NeilPundick KZbin comments are like poetry; they rhyme.

[@joelkurowski7129]

Nothing shown was part of the original trilogy.

[@prizzl0]

Insect guy is 4-LOM (or Zuckuss, hard to tell), wizard is Bib Fortuna, and cmon, the Weequay don’t even look like Prince Xizor

[@WesDoesGames]

Weequay's aren't green, I'm pretty sure

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

Zuckuss is pretty easy to spot. Dude goes crazy and spin attacks you when you're platforming.

[@DougUnfunny]

no combat experience?? umm hello bullseye womp rats not good enough? lol.

[@mrnobody4125]

I loved these games. The original Nintendo Star Wars games were awful, and so hard. These games were achievable if you were dedicated. And they rocked! I have such fond memories. Lots of flipping. What people have to understand is that there were so few good Star Wars games. These were the games that made you feel like you were playing with the toys we grew up with, but they had come to life in epic fashion. These days that's an easy experience to get. At this time, it was a dream come true.

[@WesDoesGames]

For me, the n64 games, particularly rogue squadron really drew me into the star wars world. The Super Star Wars games were probably more true to the films but I couldn't appreciate them till later in life because they were so difficult 😅

[@Fiazco]

The Super Star Wars Games are still on Top of my list of favorite Star Wars Games of all time cause I played the hell out of it as a kid and I still do whenever I put hands on my old snes

[@WesDoesGames]

Peak nostalgia! 👍

[@otakubullfrog1665]

I remember renting the first one as a kid and all it really took for me to love a Super Nintendo game back then was for it to have much better visuals, bigger sprites and smoother controls then its NES counterpart and it delivered in spades.

[@WesDoesGames]

The jump between nes and snes was remarkable

[@Joe-Exit]

To this day I have not beat the ending Death Star level of Super Return of the Jedi. I beat the the other two within a week of buying them. I really enjoy these games.

[@frankbizzoco1954]

Comeon man, the bug guy on Bespin is 4-Lom! I also never knew that so many Jawas needed to be murdered before I played these games lol. I absolutley loved the SSW Trilogy when it came out, and still play it to this day. I just wished the Prequel trilogy got the same treatment on the GBA because those games weren't that good. If you really want to become a Jedi, try playing Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back on NES. Throw Star Wars on Famicom in there for good measure. This was an entertaining video.

[@WesDoesGames]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, this style of gameplay would have been sick for the prequels. I think that New Droid Army game was probably the closest

[@MrAngryTroll]

These games were amazing but yes they threw everything at you in the game. Like unlimited ENEMIES!!

[@Thunderflare99]

I played all these games, but really put a lot of time in Super Empire Strikes Back. They put some cool things into that one, and some not so much. So since you wear Luke's X-wing outfit the entire time, even with Star Wars Battlefront II, I have never seen Luke wearing his "Bespin fatigues" in a game. BTW, the "bug creatures" are 4-Lom the bounty hunter.

[@WesDoesGames]

Thanks for the correction!

[@Thunderflare99]

@@WesDoesGames No problem. So for it's time fighting Vader like that was pretty awesome including having the force powers. I didn't play the ROTJ a lot, not sure why now, but I barely remember it. I do remember that tunnel escape from the Death Star II now which was ridiculous. Makes me laugh, because as a typical person that grew up with the PT, the shots keep coming on the ST in the video. We that grew up with the OT never felt the hate (well don't get me started on RoS) and were more critical of the PT, although we were happy to have Star Wars again, albeit if following some of the same goofy stuff from the end of the last trilogy. But with ROTS pretty much all was forgiven. If you are doing walkthroughs of old games I'd be curious of your comedic take on the Episode I awful game. And also "Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight" which was huge at the time, and for some reason they skipped releasing on current gen.

[@dannygloversshotgun211]

I feel like these games are the equivalent of Hollywood retellings of historical events with many creative liberties, but within the SW universe. Kinda like a tall tale for the kids

[@WesDoesGames]

That's an interesting theory!

[@Jebbreh]

These are some of the best Star Wars games out there. Just because they are difficult doesn't make them bad.

[@john-evanbear8783]

But there is a difference between a good challenge and being unfairly difficult though and the Super Star Wars games fall into the latter category. You have no choice but to get hit by the enemies and that is a reason why everything gives you hearts. There is no pattern to the enemy movements and it just seems the enemies are just placed randomly without any thought put into the level design.

[@nemesisprime7518]

I had an NES back in the day, and Atari 2600, 5800. I later rented a Sega Saturn, then bought PlayStation in the late nineties with an import modchip. When the PS2 was released, had to get it and so I did. I installed an import modchip in it. Then came a Sega Dreamcast. Owning both at the same time along with the OG PS. I skipped getting an Xbox because I bought a PS2, and not until some years of owning four PS2's and a second Sega Dreamcast, I picked up another PlayStation at a local thrift store with another modchip, and after already owning an Xbox 360, and also having an Xbox One a few years later, but didn't buy any PS3, PS4, nor PS5. Maybe I will someday. Although I like Nintendo, I never stuck with Nintendo. Dunno why really... No Switch. No N64, no Cube. No Wii. No DS. Only one original black and white Game Boy after my original Nintendo Entertainment System with Light Zapper. Yet, I had friends who owned, N64, Nintendo Cube, Sega Master System, Genesis, Atari Jaguar, Atari 5600, Turbo Grafix 16, and 3DO. At one point I borrowed a friend's Super Nintendo. He did not have Super Star Wars trilogy so i never got to play it. I now want to play it. 😅

[@sethdownn575]

I remember I was 10 and my brother was 17 about the time these games came out. Bro would smoke bud with his homies and play these games but would get stuck on certain parts. That’s when I came in hand. Made me feel like million bucks when my older brother yelled at me to come to his room and help him beat a level on Star Wars.

[@WesDoesGames]

It's nice to feel superior to a sibling, haha

[@troywalkertheprogressivean8433]

It's weird i don't ever remember seeing commercials for super Nintendo games. 🤔

[@matthewpollock9685]

0:16 You are correct, the originals aren't perfect, but let's not pretend those 1997 cartoons were original.

[@garretthberne3035]

Boomer-ass opinion.

[@WesDoesGames]

Woof, cartoons is harsh, but I get it. Those changes were mostly bad (especially the three hour shot of the giant lizard covering the screen)

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@WesDoesGames You wouldn't call the replacement musical number in Jabba's palace a cartoon? With that that little brown furry guy that looks like the one from the Honeycomb cereal commercials?

[@WesDoesGames]

@KasumiKenshirou 😂☠️

[@NinjaRunningWild]

@@garretthberne3035 "Everyone over 30 is a BoOmERrrR!"

[@KamenRiderGumo]

You got it wrong; Boba Fett didn't spend 30 years in the Sarlacc. He was in there a relatively sort time. Dengar found him not long after the battle having blasted his way out of the beast, killing it in the process. It's all right there in the 1998 novel "The Mandalorian Armor". You should check your sources.

[@WesDoesGames]

I'm referring to the time between RotJ and Book of Boba Fett. It's a joke 😅

[@henrikpihl8042]

Not canon. Never was. 🤷

[@CosmicFantasiesStudios]

There was also no Super Phantom Menace either. The Last Jedi is still my favorite Star Wars movie.

[@jamesscheurich6006]

I admit I did use the Unlimited Thermal Detanater codes in all 3 games.

[@WesDoesGames]

No judgment here

[@Dens_VR]

The hardest for me is the first one cause you get the light saber after a long time. Or it felt like a long time cause I keep dying when I was a kid. Never finished the game. Even with emulators I think I will use save states. These games were really made so hard just so that you can't be them in a week end if you rented them

[@publichearing8536]

These games are really cool but, as pointed out, quite challenging. For those who want to lessen the challenge: The very similar Star Wars Trilogy - Apprentice of the Force for GBA is also a great 2d game about Ep. 4-6

[@WesDoesGames]

I was always curious about that game but was put off by the art style. It looks like a flash game

[@villesanti1]

Super Empire Strikes Back was amazing.

[@brettlueckfeld6248]

For me the Super Star Wars trilogy were my favorite Star Wars games ever made!

[@rogeliolarronda]

That thumbnail is great

[@JuanRodriguez-ce8vs]

I last played these on an emulator with retro achievements on. It was a blast.

[@bifftannen1598]

This was a prime candidate to be released as Super Star Wars Trilogy on 1 cartridge on N64 with some enhancements, but I guess Nintendo/LucasArts didn't like more money. it would still be cool to get a modern HD remake

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Nintendo wanted to show off the 3D capabilities of the N64 rather than rerelease SNES games that weren't that old at the time.

[@bifftannen1598]

@@KasumiKenshirou - they probably could've put it on another game as a bonus toward the end of the N64's life cycle being they were using way more memory at the end. They could've completely redone the 3-D Mode 7 stages using the N64 hardware. Would've been a nice treat

[@rogercoad1088]

What and make them a blurry load of puke like all the other N64 games, no thanks.

[@bifftannen1598]

@@rogercoad1088 - if it was Factor 5 doing it, it would've been done really well. They used the N64 even better than a bunch of intenal Nintendo teams. Just look at Rogue Squadron

[@ricky865]

You forgot the worst Star Wars offense of all the power of many

[@lonreed9743]

I used my game genie on these games. I still love them!

[@sasamichan]

the new trilogy needs a side scrolling platforming game

[@MosoKaiser]

8:59 The "insect people"? That's one of the bounty hunters hired by Vader. (and respawned in the game ad nauseam, of course :DD) Couldn't remember the name, so googled: 4-LOM. And a droid, not an insectoid.

[@marcomarterer7232]

"No other game hated their players like this" I don´t think it was as hard as contra or mega-man, but souls like creators probably developed their fetish with these games.

[@WesDoesGames]

I can definitely see the connection, especially with the creative but horrifying monsters

[@malant2719]

Super empire strikes back is the best in this trilogy, especially the audio, that yoda jungle stage music is sublime

[@patrickwilson1459]

These are like the most challenging Star Wars video games I have ever played. It’s a good thing I still beat them though.

[@Zontar82]

at the time they were the best sw games for me

[@WesDoesGames]

That was probably pretty easy considering the games that came out before it, lol

[@Elyseon]

They should remake this trilogy... and add Scorpion Vader as a secret boss.

[@nbproductions194]

Also your use of musical jokes is masterful

[@WesDoesGames]

Thank you friend

[@ValensBellator]

I will *never* be okay with Chewbacca not getting a medal with Han and Luke. Definitely a fair time to pull the race card imo

[@WesDoesGames]

He eventually got one in the sequels if that makes a difference lol

[@sheridan140]

Good to hear "yub nub" at the end of Jedi and not the discount Enya thing...

[@WesDoesGames]

I prefer the newer song 😅

[@sheridan140]

​@@WesDoesGames To each their own 🤷 I saw it when it first came out, so partial to the old. Not that it's *bad*, actually like Enya, but can't forgive the whole empire falling everywhere at once (even if it's what I imagined as a kid). Expanded universe made sense with there always being some degree of imperial remnant, it being too big to just collapse at once. Still, great vid!

[@brantisonfire]

I remember playing Super Empire back in 1995 at a friend's house. I hate it cause I sucked so bad. I thought I was just terrible at games in general, but it's good to know it wasn't just me and the game was actually difficult for most people.

[@WesDoesGames]

Empire was definitely the hardest, then a new hope, then return of the Jedi. I beat return of the Jedi as a kid but could barely get passed the first stages on the other two

[@loslobos786]

All three of these games were criminally hard, I love challenging games but these games made me want to break the controller in half, they really weren't that much fun because of it

[@WhitePointerGaming]

Fun fact: The speeder bike level in SROTJ is not mode 7, just an animated background. I know you didn't refer to it as mode 7 specifically, you kinda just implied it by saying it was "pseudo 3D" (having referred to mode 7 as "pseudo 3D" a few other times in the video).

[@AWriterWandering]

4:02 Sigourney Weaver’s character asked the same question in Galaxy Quest

[@LastJedi81]

I had Super Star Wars as a kid. It was brutally difficult. I never beat it.

[@garethjones2746]

Christmas 1992 I worked over the holidays and earned £100, knowing super Star Wars had just came in to the console shop on import I bought it the first day back at school (it was £70 but I felt like a millionaire with my earnings) on lunch break. Wow, all the kids from school knocked on my front door that night to see it.

[@ryanpiscitelli]

I loved these games so much. Peak SNES!