so no kickback, no magnets, no 3rd flipper, no secondary playfield, no lowering bank of targets, no bash toy
and on the pro no warp ramp and no exploding death star

but hey they left the spinner in the pro!

looking forward to playing but not on the buy list

How would Stern let this pass for press photos?
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Yep - Although they are more than "lolipop" rails. other armor is powder coated black too. and there is 800, which is barley limited, but limited none-the-less.

I saw it too but thought it was a millenium faulken rubbing the side of the cab feature.

Looks like no LE Backglass again??
Translite only???

That's just a reflection, no?

Star wars premium/le will be Richies the getaway on Stern Crack! it....is...going...to.... beeeeeeeeee insane.

Oh I see it now. Looks like cabinet scratches at first. I'm not normally one to hate on Stern, but this release just has me so disappointed even with the hi-res pics.

I did. Sealed as in, no visible gaps like the premium and LE. From the look of the gate directly in from of the Death Star, I'm still going to say it won't open up to spit out the ball.

Not sure what your looking at pictures on but i see visible cracks and a visible door on Pro. Im in on a premium so doesnt matter to me but i hope it does.

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Does Stern have a marketing department???

LE will have the pro and prem translite also included

Hey did you guys notice....
there is now a Sinbad Club?
WOOOO!

Yes... and they suck.

I've got these coming!

Will see if I can mod these with little LEDs and get them on the playfield

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Shame the pro doesn't have wireform ramps - just don't like the plastic ones on it at all.

I have a feeling the game is going to be an awesome player though.

Whoever put that canned rock track on a Star Wars video should be fired. That was just awful. Maybe the sound package is still too raw to show? I really wanted to hear the sounds.

Definitely nice to see in action, and it looks better in high rez, no question. The Pro translite looked like a mess in low rez, in high rez it was a lot better for instance. I want to play one. I just don't have that "wow I want that" feeling still. Maybe hands on time would change my mind, I really want it to be good. I seriously don't care that it's competing with Alien, the Star Wars fan in me hopes it's great.

If I may though, that video mode looks really dumb. Why does Dwight insist on putting video modes in his games? I'm not a fan. I want to play pinball, not bang a button, or pick bacon or star, or do bad pixel fights. Just leave the video modes out!

The force is strong with this one.
Looks b'dass.

Alternate Aurich translite incoming?

Maybe it will be like STTNG where you can just opt for a fixed sum of points if you don't want to play it.

If the SW Pro did anything extra Stern would certainly not forget to document it on the feature matrix. They include every little item on the thing, even mentioning it comes with a "modular power cord", lol.

I was assuming that was like stormtrooper shootout and many other awesome (?) DE hurry up video modes.

I was hoping the video mode would be a Death Star Trench Run re-skin of the HS2 video mode simple yet effective and would match the fast looks of the game.

The Ghostbusters video modes are pretty cool, especially they actually tie into items from the movie. The bashing on a button video mode in SW just seems like a waste, with no skill or even luck involved.

Goldeneye has a similar mode where you have to pull the trigger on the ball launcher while balls are in play it's pretty cool actually - but it fits the theme having to draw your weapon and shoot henchmen before they shoot you.

For SW I was hoping for more than just bashing the lockdown bar button, like I posted about a trench run re skin of the video mode from HS2 would have been the most iconic/fitting.

Also be nice if they dress it up with a plate like their previous releases that have lockbar buttons, looks a little unfinished without it.

No C-3PO either?

Yup I just cancelled my LE spot and asked for a premium instead. $1500 more for baked on powder coated armor with some cut outs that don't match the Falcon....thats it. I don't see the signatures or LE plaque (that is barely visible) as extra features.

It looks better than the 1st reveal. Still has some issues, but gotta say, its trending in the right direction. But can't for the life of me understand why anyone would spend $1000+ more for the LE vs Premium.

Can't video modes be disabled? I think they do that for tournament play? I'd rather have it in and turn it off then never get them.

Has anyone found out the street pricing and timing from their distributor yet? Specifically I'm looking for information on a Pro. Thanks!

Yup. The last LE Stern made that actually justified the extra cost over a premium in my opinion is Star Trek LE. Since then all LE's seem like a money grab.

DWIGHT=

Mystery reel award in pops
Crazy multipliers
Video mode
Super Jackpot that slams the letter across the screen.
No colour changing GI
When you get the Super Jackpot the inserts will give you an epileptic fit.
You cannot skip the the Extra ball annimation and the light show for this will take over whatever mode/multiball you are in

Assuming a little, but thats 3 games in a row.

Hi Dwight!

Looks like C-3PO and Yoda are on the pro translite (and 3PO is on the right sling plastic), but nothing on the others. Odd choice. The lack of Yoda really makes me wonder if we'll see a second premium or LE with him featured more. Or a droid version.

"TIE Fighter LCD video assault mode engages players to rapidly pound the action button"

Surely there is more to that mode than just button mashing?

I would love if they could get Anthony Daniels to do custom speech, but they would have mentioned that by now. Imagine how cool it would be for C-3PO to narrate and comment as you play. Lots of potential with something like that.

If i remember correctly the GB feature matrix mentioned Ernie was doing voices. No mention here?
So I am guessing the call outs are from Redneck Jedi (Cousin of Hillbilly walking dead guy)

I hope so, if not I'll just deactivate the video mode and if it's the only thing the button is used for just remove the button and put a standard lock bar on without a button, it will also save me designing and making a plate for the button that's missing

I think casual players like them ... I'm hoping there is a way to disable them .

If the ball is still in play during the mode, it can be fun. Trying to bash the button while flipping when needed can be challenging.

Nope, that's it, just a button masher based off the video Mindless.

while unlikely isn't out of the question, didn't Karl Urban speech for star trek come out of no where? I don't remember if it was on the feature matrix at launch or not.

They couldn't possibly do that for Star Wars!? Could they!?

Surely they wouldn't dream of doing that!? Would they!?

Thats like the Diffuse the Bomb mode in Rocky and Bullwinkle... hit the fire button a bunch of times while the ball is still in play, but you only have a couple seconds to do it. Gets your hands off the flipper and becomes risky

If Stern had one of the actors do custom callouts they would put it on the feature matrix, they don't forget to mention anything on those from what it seems.

It's possible that Steve Ritchie himself may do the callouts but I don't see how those would fit with the theme.

Oh I got it, Stern must be doing custom R2D2 callouts for this one, now it all makes sense!

just let him a chance to do better than the GOT video mode!

I love the gun in Jurassic Park when you need to shoot during play. Fun little thing there.

Video mode could be like this and be great, much less from different scenes (ship and saber battles)

Is Stern trying their hardest to get us to not buy the game?

This should be the easiest sell of all time. Opening crawl describing the game with the theme playing. Pan down to the playfield, hit a shot, hear Han saying "great shot". See the ball in the pops, and hear R2D2 beeping away.

I really wish I knew what Stern was thinking on the release.

That would be great. You steer with the flippers and then have to have an appropriately timed press of the fire button to launch the torpedo to destroy the death star.