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Hello, we’re back to Super Return of the Jedi and we still haven’t escaped the harshness of Tatooine. Now it’s time to go INSIDE Jabba’s sail barge.
Anyway, if you pick Leia for this level, she’ll be in the bikini (because bikini) and using her chain as a weapon (so did she already strangle Jabba?).
It might not sound too cool, but she ends up being AWESOME with the chain. She can jump super-high while spinning the chain around her, bringing doom to her foes.
It’s like she’s a Sky Dancer (remember those?) but much, much cooler. But of course, that doesn’t make things easy. As is to be expected, there are Gammorrian Guards all over the place, plus Dengar the bounty hunter . . . and a bunch of Dengar clones, since he shows up over and over. There are also trap doors that can open right under you and send you to your doom. Oh, and this is rich – Jabba’s slave dancers are also trying to kill you.
Do they not like Leia taking their jobs? But hey, at least there are some areas where you can collect extra lives and powerups, so that’s something. Of course, you’ll still have to ride moving platforms past electric currents where you basically have no choice but to get electrocuted.
And look, Leia hasn’t strangled Jabba yet after all, because the boss is . . . you guessed it: Jabba himself.
I actually ended up switching to Han after Jabba killed Leia over and over. Since Han has a blaster, he doesn’t have to get close to Jabba and can just shoot him to death.
Well, the game skips Yoda’s death and instead the heroes go straight to Endor.
And then night abruptly falls.
And then it’s on to the speeder bike chase . . . which takes place during the DAY. Yeah . . .
But who cares – speeder bike time! You can only pick Luke or Leia for this scene. Since I didn’t let her kill Jabba, I’ll go with Leia again.
Ah look, more Mode-7 psudo-3D goodness. You can imagine how this level goes – you ride through the trees and you’ve got to take down a certain number of scout troopers before they take you down. Hearts are frequent, so it’s not too hard.
After you take down the troopers, Leia meets Wicket.
And what do you know – now Wicket is playable! In fact, he’s the ONLY character you can play in the next level, so like the Ewoks or hate them, you’re stuck playing one.
It’s pretty funny that he’s the only option here. It’s like the game developers are saying “Here, choose your character – except you can’t REALLY choose cause we’re forcing you to play Wicket!”
But hey, I love Wicket. I even met Warwick Davis once and he was awesome.
The Ewok village is also really nicely rendered.
Wicket’s play style, however, is extremely different from the others. He’s slower than the others and he uses a bow and arrow, which means it takes slightly longer to fire his weapon. However, he can also shoot his arrows into the trees and jump on them for extra height, which is pretty cool, but it takes some practice to land an arrow where you want it. And of course, even in Wicket’s home, all sorts of creatures are out to kill him. Maybe the Empire sent a bunch of wild predators to the Ewok village in hopes of wiping them out before they could organize.
Anyway, since this level is in the trees, it’s a maze. You’ve got to crisscross your way through the trees both horizontally and vertically. Plus, there are these little moving cages that you need to jump on.
Also, sometimes Wicket blows his horn when he stands idle, which is pretty adorable. The game even plays the sound of his horn.
The boss of this short level is the droid overseer from Jabba’s palace. Yes, seriously. How did he get to Endor? Did he come here seeking work after his boss died?
Anyway, this guy is a serious WIMP. Wicket’s arrows take him down like nothing. Yup, as we all know, Ewoks are more badass than they look.
Wicket is the only playable character in the next level too – I guess because Leia’s getting fitted for her forest dress and the others have been captured for dinner – and he starts off riding down the Ewok waterworks for some reason.
I guess he likes waterslides, but of course, the waterworks dispose him in the middle of a SWARM of these weird bug-things.
Also, even though Wicket just took a ride down the waterworks, now landing in the water instantly kills him. I guess flowing water is safe for Ewoks, but standing water is poisonous? There are logs that Wicket can jump on, but they’re far apart and at one point it will seem impossible to jump from a log to the land. You’ll want to rage-quit . . . until you realize that you can use Wicket’s arrows to jump up to the top of the first tree you land at after the waterworks. You’ll reach a convenient bridge that leads to some Ewok dwellings in another tree. Also, these terrifying giant snakes.
Snakes, why did it have to be snakes? They lash out at you and take several hits to kill. Also, remember the giant grasshoppers in the NES ESB game? Probably not, but they’re back – and they’ve turned purple.
Yeah, seriously.
Anyway, after jumping up another tree and fighting off another swarm of enemies and riding down some more waterslides, you reach the boss: this fire-breathing lizard thing.
He looks menacing, but once again, Wicket’s arrows take him down fast. Just stand off to the side where his fire can’t reach you. Funny how the Endor enemies are harder than the bosses.
Welp, why don’t we take another break? We’re almost done with the SNES Star Wars trilogy.
Anyway, if you pick Leia for this level, she’ll be in the bikini (because bikini) and using her chain as a weapon (so did she already strangle Jabba?).
It might not sound too cool, but she ends up being AWESOME with the chain. She can jump super-high while spinning the chain around her, bringing doom to her foes.
It’s like she’s a Sky Dancer (remember those?) but much, much cooler. But of course, that doesn’t make things easy. As is to be expected, there are Gammorrian Guards all over the place, plus Dengar the bounty hunter . . . and a bunch of Dengar clones, since he shows up over and over. There are also trap doors that can open right under you and send you to your doom. Oh, and this is rich – Jabba’s slave dancers are also trying to kill you.
Do they not like Leia taking their jobs? But hey, at least there are some areas where you can collect extra lives and powerups, so that’s something. Of course, you’ll still have to ride moving platforms past electric currents where you basically have no choice but to get electrocuted.
And look, Leia hasn’t strangled Jabba yet after all, because the boss is . . . you guessed it: Jabba himself.
I actually ended up switching to Han after Jabba killed Leia over and over. Since Han has a blaster, he doesn’t have to get close to Jabba and can just shoot him to death.
Well, the game skips Yoda’s death and instead the heroes go straight to Endor.
And then night abruptly falls.
And then it’s on to the speeder bike chase . . . which takes place during the DAY. Yeah . . .
But who cares – speeder bike time! You can only pick Luke or Leia for this scene. Since I didn’t let her kill Jabba, I’ll go with Leia again.
Ah look, more Mode-7 psudo-3D goodness. You can imagine how this level goes – you ride through the trees and you’ve got to take down a certain number of scout troopers before they take you down. Hearts are frequent, so it’s not too hard.
After you take down the troopers, Leia meets Wicket.
And what do you know – now Wicket is playable! In fact, he’s the ONLY character you can play in the next level, so like the Ewoks or hate them, you’re stuck playing one.
It’s pretty funny that he’s the only option here. It’s like the game developers are saying “Here, choose your character – except you can’t REALLY choose cause we’re forcing you to play Wicket!”
But hey, I love Wicket. I even met Warwick Davis once and he was awesome.
The Ewok village is also really nicely rendered.
Wicket’s play style, however, is extremely different from the others. He’s slower than the others and he uses a bow and arrow, which means it takes slightly longer to fire his weapon. However, he can also shoot his arrows into the trees and jump on them for extra height, which is pretty cool, but it takes some practice to land an arrow where you want it. And of course, even in Wicket’s home, all sorts of creatures are out to kill him. Maybe the Empire sent a bunch of wild predators to the Ewok village in hopes of wiping them out before they could organize.
Anyway, since this level is in the trees, it’s a maze. You’ve got to crisscross your way through the trees both horizontally and vertically. Plus, there are these little moving cages that you need to jump on.
Also, sometimes Wicket blows his horn when he stands idle, which is pretty adorable. The game even plays the sound of his horn.
The boss of this short level is the droid overseer from Jabba’s palace. Yes, seriously. How did he get to Endor? Did he come here seeking work after his boss died?
Anyway, this guy is a serious WIMP. Wicket’s arrows take him down like nothing. Yup, as we all know, Ewoks are more badass than they look.
Wicket is the only playable character in the next level too – I guess because Leia’s getting fitted for her forest dress and the others have been captured for dinner – and he starts off riding down the Ewok waterworks for some reason.
I guess he likes waterslides, but of course, the waterworks dispose him in the middle of a SWARM of these weird bug-things.
Also, even though Wicket just took a ride down the waterworks, now landing in the water instantly kills him. I guess flowing water is safe for Ewoks, but standing water is poisonous? There are logs that Wicket can jump on, but they’re far apart and at one point it will seem impossible to jump from a log to the land. You’ll want to rage-quit . . . until you realize that you can use Wicket’s arrows to jump up to the top of the first tree you land at after the waterworks. You’ll reach a convenient bridge that leads to some Ewok dwellings in another tree. Also, these terrifying giant snakes.
Snakes, why did it have to be snakes? They lash out at you and take several hits to kill. Also, remember the giant grasshoppers in the NES ESB game? Probably not, but they’re back – and they’ve turned purple.
Yeah, seriously.
Anyway, after jumping up another tree and fighting off another swarm of enemies and riding down some more waterslides, you reach the boss: this fire-breathing lizard thing.
He looks menacing, but once again, Wicket’s arrows take him down fast. Just stand off to the side where his fire can’t reach you. Funny how the Endor enemies are harder than the bosses.
Welp, why don’t we take another break? We’re almost done with the SNES Star Wars trilogy.
