One of the goals of the game is to complete the three missions for each of the four planets (I know the Death Star isn't a planet): Tatooine, Hoth, Endor, and the Death Star. The missions are the boxes on the lower playfield marked "I, II, III." When you complete a mission, it will be lit solid on the playfield. Some missions are "spotted" or lit solid from the start for that character. The objective of the missions change depending on which mission you are on. When you hit the action button and start a mission, the display will tell you a little bit about what you need to do (complete orange shots, hit FORCE targets, etc.). It is hard to look at the display while you are playing, so an easy tip is to try to look at the arrows toward the top of the playfield in front of each of the different lanes. Are they blinking the same color as your current mission? Then shoot it for points! After you complete three missions in any planetary group, that group's final mode will be lit and blinking in the insert shaped like a hot dog. When you start this final mission in that group, you will play a multi-ball mini-wizard mode. For example, completing Death Star Missions I, II, and III will light "Destroy the Death Star" - which recreates the trench run from A New Hope. Shoot the dark purple arrows on the playfield to advance the scene until you ultimately blow up the Death Star!

Hyperspace is different than missions. It is a hurry-up that will be started if you hit a shot lit up in a certain color (I believe it is yellow but can't remember off hand?) or it can sometimes be selected as a reward off of the plunge. When you first hit the shot, it will count-down points, and the display will tell you to "Shoot the Death Star". If you shoot the Death Star shot, you will collect the current amount of hyperspace points. If Death Star missions were lit as well, you will also go into the mission selection screen to start your next Death Star mission. Collecting multiple hyperspace hurry-ups will start hyperspace multi-ball mode!

Hope that helps. It is a blast trying to complete all of the missions and get to the final mission in each of the four groups. Now you will have something else to shoot for in addition to TIE fighter multiball!