Premium represents the bad guys, that's the one for me. I've always liked the bad guys in Star Wars I'll leave the playfield to judement after I've seen more.

I agree the playfield looks void, but the same thing was said of Star Trek when it was released and later it was a non issue. We need to see what it offers before a rush to judge.

No worries on toys, I'm sure we will be adding plenty. There are tons of possibilities for star wars out there.

Its certainly my favorite of the bunch. I wonder how it would look with white armor, storm trooper addition? Looks like it already has white trim around the head.

Hey maybe there's a mist multiball style magnet that carries balls across the playfield that represents AT-ATs that need to be taken down before they reach the other side. Can't tell from these pics.

Personally I would have been 100% out then. Rogue one would have caught my interest though.

I think several of us including Rarehero missed your sarcasm. It is a terrible backglass (assumedly) image. I can't believe that's for the LE. The other two versions are vastly better.

Take out the ewok and I like that one better.

PiperPinball - That is cool.

Someone who's skilled with Photoshop, please doctor up that premium with white armor and lollipop rails. I really want to see what the storm trooper edition would look like.

Pro side art looks awesome. They all three look great.

I don't see much benefit to the LE unless you're really in love with those side rails.

This is where I'm at, but I do like the head art on the premium better. Just give me a pro cabinet with premium head art and features. Perfect.

You miss read my post then. I like the premium, just prefer the lower cab art on the pro. A few posts up I stated the art looked good on all.

I think its going to be similar to Tron in that its going to be a little underwhelming (for many) bone stock, but once the right mods are added it will shine up nicely. Add some ships, replace the cheap looking pop caps, some other items yet to be thought of and it will look good. The real down side is that its starting out with a much higher price.

Yes, that would have been really cool. It's difficult to stomach a 6-8k game with a bobble tie fighter. But that's what it is. There seems like there could be a way to improve this.

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.

Perspective

ST features -
third flipper
interactive vengeance ship
asteroids - does nothing
enterprise toy - lights up
star field projector

SW -
Hyperloop
interactive death star
bobble tie fighter - bobbles
millennium falcon - lights up?
2nd LCD screen

5 features each. Really not much of a difference there. Code will be key.

I was just comparing premiums, since there is really no LE here IMO. So yes missed the kickback. As for the magnet in the vengeance, well, the death star has a ramp and explodes. LOL I was equating the two as one feature.

True. I'm trying to maintain some sort of positivity here, but it's a struggle for sure. It's very difficult to argue that its not stripped down. I was hoping to find some hope with other successful games that were also stripped down. IM TRON and ST come to mind for me right away.

Now that I think about it, AFMR LE is really looking packed with features now. Considering its a game traditionally thought of as sparse.
Powder coated rails and legs
Interactive topper
5 color changing LED mini saucers
interactive mother ship with RGB LEDs
shaker
3 bank drop target assembly
mirrored blades
4 jumping martians
extra large color display

I will be playing as R2D2 every time.

How come no Chewbacca? Huge miss right there.

It looks best with the pro translite IMO.

I'm not sure if its answered, but I'm reasonably confident that there isn't any or I would have thought that would have been noted in the features. Doesn't matter too much since we will be adding them anyway.

That would be nice to have some custom callouts from the real actors. Anthony Daniels would be the logical pic if there could be just one. Maybe Admiral Ackbar (whoever did his voice) would be a good choice?

Can you speak for the light show? Did it set the mood during the different modes well?

You guys are lucky that have sons that are into pinball. I could take and axe to my games and my 14 year old would barely take his eyes off his Xbox game to notice.

It would be a backdoor markup of 1k on an already marked up game.

Anyone see what Gary is driving these days?

I thought the pro had a two post style physical ball lock?

Anyway, I agree there are some significant price jumps between models and the value is highly suspect to say the least. Its what 2k from pro to premium? You get a cracked egg, hyperloop (the best part of the prem\le), and a lit falcon toy. The LE is the biggest money grab though. You get laser cut side rails and extra translite art....for 1200-1500++ depending on who you're buying from. Plus IMO has the weakest art package (subjective obviously).

I'll still likely go Premium since I like to have all the features, but I'll have to admit, this is the first time I've been on the fence between the two.

I think all the bread went to the mini LCD. Hopefully they utilize it well, since it would have otherwise been a major interactive toy, which would have possibly subjugated the masses.

True, however, how much is a plastic toy with LEDs and flashers tied to a small coil? Probably equal or less maybe? Plus very little coding to add to the toy compared to the LCD.

There's something about the idea of kicking everyone's ass with R2D2 that just seems very satisfying.

Alien would be champ on shots then with 11. 10 If you don't count the Xeno shot. Lets hope they can gets those out the door someday!

That's the point. Stern knows full well you're going to buy one for SW if its not included, so why include it? They get a little double dip that way, assuming you buy theirs.

I think that would be an acceptable move. Neither your mouth or hands have touched that end, as long as you don't dip too deep.

I was thinking the other day that it would have been really cool if one of the charters could that we had the option to play would be a bad guy like Darth Vader or Boba Fett. I get it though that would have meant a ton of extra coding for empires perspective. I always enjoyed playing the empire in the Battlefront games and even going back to the old PC Tie Fighter games.