Star Wars Pinball Announcement Trailer, My Thoughts

Star Wars is undoubtedly one of the most popular franchises in history. Besides the movies, the franchise has touched toys, comics, television, and yes, video games. Star Wars and video games have had a long history, dating back to 1979 with the Kenner table-top Star Wars Electronic Battle Command. Over the years, Star Wars games have been released on practically every computer, handheld, and console in existence, from the Apple II to the Atari 2600.

There's another form of gaming that the franchise has touched: pinball. In 1980, a pinball table was released by Hankin based on The Empire Strikes Back. It would be the last pinball table released by said company. In 1992, a pinball table based on the original trilogy was released by Data East. Sega Pinball released Star Wars Trilogy in 1997. Like the 1992 Data East table, it was based on the original trilogy. And in 1999, Williams released a table based on The Phantom Menace.

The game I'm going to talk about here is virtual pinball. Basically, pinball in video game form. I am a bit of a fan of pinball, so I have played my fair share of pinball video games. And it turns out that Zen Studios is going to take us to the galaxy far, far away with Star Wars Pinball for the Nintendo Switch! Let's take a look!

Wheeeeeee! We're gonna blow up a Star Destroyer!

R2-D2! Don't just stand there beeping! Go get the spare Oscillation Overthruster! We're gonna need it out here!

This is the thing I love about virtual pinball. The tables can do things that the real-life tables never can. Having people jump around on the table, little spaceships flying around, it's awesome.

19 tables. That's a lot of tables.

I liked Rogue One. The novelization is pretty good, too.

Oh man, that Return of the Jedi-based table is so cool!

Again, you'll never see stuff like this on real physical tables.

Stormtrooper with a flamethrower? It's got to be a Force Awakens-themed table.

Fly, Rey! Fly for your life!

Well, this seems fun! I would love to get this game! Tables based on the Original and Sequel Trilogy films as well as Rogue One and Solo? That is awesome! According to the video description on YouTube, the reason for the whole Light vs. Dark Side thing is part of some online thing. Maybe the next trailer will reveal more. All I know is right now, I am hyped. I want this game.

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