Honestly, when you rush a game (and accessories for that matter) you get something like guardians. When you take you’re time, you get a game like Steve Ritchie and Dwight intended. I’m sure there’s a good reason for the delay.

I really like the progress Dwight has done with the code rules and LCD. Looking forward to seeing what comes with the next update. This game is definitely on my radar, but probably the pro because of the awful experiences I’ve had with an LE on location.

Yeah I’m annoyed. It’s the only thing holding me back from buying the premium.

Would be nice to know what the whole package is intended to look like before i spend over 7k

Funny you mention the code but I was going to bring that up also. The code is now in a REALLY good state; I am happy with it. I know Stern said they are working on the next update: do you guys think it will add anything? I am thinking polish and more callouts.

Any Star Wars hype is free advertising hype. I suspect once the new movie gets closer, and all the hype surrounding it, Stern will release the SW add-ons and topper. I suspect they are hoping for increased sales during this time. It's only a few weeks away.

I had a Pro for a few months and now have a Premium. The Pro shoots awesome and is a great game. I would totally recommend it. The Premium / LE is MUCH harder. Not a little, a LOT. That being said, I LOVE the hyper loop. It is a great shot and really cool when you get 2 or more balls in that thing. So I guess my point its that you will be happy with either, but I find the Premium / LE harder, but worth it for the hyper loop. The Death Star shot is sooo important in many modes.

Also, if the LE you play on location is at Coin Op in the Gaslamp, that thing is a broken POS. The operator needs to fix it. I have played it a few times and it is the worst example of Star Wars I have seen.

Waiting to see if anyone without a SW avatar is annoyed

I asked about the topper on their facebook page on the last state of the union post. They replied saying they were hoping to have the star wars stuff at the beginning of Dec.

I started wondering if they intentionally were holding accessories off until more LEs sold. Sounds crazy, but you never know. Seems like if a guy can buy a premium and then they offer the custom armor, and it still saves you $1000 from an Le, who would buy an Le? I started thinking this way after the gotg accessories were announced. Probably not what's going on, but I can honestly say I'm holding off on buying an le until the accessories are shown, as I prefer the LE looks best, but if I can get a premium with a topper, custom armor, and side blades and still pay less than the LE, it seems like the smartest way to go. Just my thoughts.

From what ive heard guardins LE sales are not great so far, so wouldnt you think if that was the case they would do the same thing with guardians?

Like I said, it sounds crazy, but would you really put it past them? Also, if you can buy a gotg premium with all accessories for Less than just an LE, wouldn't you? Math adds up better on a fully pumped out premium.

Yes but it always has. LE gave some advantages like Shaker/glass but LE buying is aboot having an LE. I mean we all know Limited is hardly even limited so be it's very nature it's almost meaningless.

I love SRLE as is, but consider TRON. The TRON arcade that Stern shipped with TRON looked like it came from a Cracker Jack box. That created a market for the a more realistic TRON arcade that many folks purchased. The more realistic TRON arcade doesn't improve gameplay, but it's so important to the theme/look, that many folks spent $300-$400 to upgrade a toy!

I feel like the Tie Fighter is so important to the theme, that it would have been nice to spend a few more bucks and add some detail, LED's, whatever (even if it doesn't effect gameplay in a big way). Maybe an opportunity for mod folks out there...

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Totally agreed - or even something to nicely the chintzy looking spring under it! As you say, maybe an opportunity for modders there, will be interesting to see if anyone comes up with anything cool.

I think Mezel has a cover for the spring but I don’t think it looks great.

The code is a blast, and in on a topper IF it's on a spring too.

I always moved posts down too soon in my past experience , so holding them up for now. Its such a rush to play that I feel like getting an empire whipping is all part of it

Tattooine scoop is low powered now, but maybe someone can advise if the game should have balls hit the top of the slings out of the obits? Coming out of the pops, this ends in the side to side, and often a drain.
Game is level, both orbit returns do it at medium speed

I have one new in the box Star Wars LE left. Could deliver before Thanksgiving or Black Friday. 8200 picked up or 8500 delivered. PM me please

Thanks for all the tips guys. These are very helpful, and will give me something to zero in on and get wired. Then I can concentrate on something new next time.

Will also be trying out a few other games, and I’m eager to see which I prefer.

The old man stopped by today to play. He’s been wanting to come by for a while and he promptly crushed it...

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Has anyone installed a flipper fidelity kit into their star wars pro model? I have a FF STN 8 SPIKE 2 kit that is not working correctly. It’s muffled and I’m certain I know what I’m doing. I’ve tested vs stock numerous times back and forth and the FF kit is clearly muffled and not working correctly. Any help is appreciated. Happy Thanksgiving.

I was there a few days ago and it was working fine for me.

The hyperloop worked? Glad they finally fixed it.

What you are forgetting is Stern has sold out of all of their LE's to distributors. Only a handful of distributors still have them. Stern wants to have accessories available as soon as possible to capitalize on potential added sales while Star Wars is in production.

The rumors for delay are licensing issues and Stern's limited staff and support-Intern is doing it.

Anyone else make custom cards for Star Wars. I printed the R2-D2 one and it is good, just wondering if there are others people have done?

Also I would like to try and light up the side rails on my LE with El-paper, does anyone work with El-paper vendor that can do sheets large enough to cover rails? Would be stellar to have them light up like ST LE.

I must have missed this. Care to share? Would love to update my cards.

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I did some as well:

These are great! Thanks y'all!!

Ball 3. Multiplier at 20x. One more shot to finally destroy the Death Star for the very first time...

Drain.

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.

One of the modders has already developed a custom solution. Was in one of the SW threads.

Edit: found it - https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-star-wars-clubmay-the-force-be-with-you/page/31#post-4001068

2,093,959,370. My high score! Escaped Bobofet and hit every shot with my multiplier on that shot. I got over 500,000,000 just for that. Has been a good Thanksgiving. . My wife isn’t too happy. Now I have the high scores on both Metallica (over 179,000,00) and Star Wars for our tournament.

Nice score. I had a 40X multiplier going into the video mode recently:

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I saw Hooked talked about doing a run but I have not seen anyone with it installed yet? Can someone post a pic if they received Hooked mod. He said he would do them in white, I was actually thinking of doing mine in blue. Any help appreciated

The video mode is not really fun (at least for me)... except you drop in with 40x!

My Lightsaber Duell highscore... 887 mio. I like those different highscores, adds a lot of "one more game".

my take on instruction cards. they look better printed than on screen.

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Thanks for the cards guys!

Look great!

I actually enjoy the video mode quite a bit now. It’s a good break from the crazy fast gameplay and the Falcon is much more nimble than you think. You can take the ship way up the sides (think 9 and 3 o’clock)

Great cards, silly question perhaps but what is the prefered quality paper stock to print?

I use HP ultra gloss photo paper from Best Buy or Walmart

I had a great morning with my son waking up at 6:30 in the morning filled with excitement running straight to the game room to play Star Wars. I am so proud, and this is what pinball is all about (;

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I just played a SW Premium today. I had previously played the Pro. Although I only played a few games, I really loved it. It is a fun fast action packed game. The ramp (when it was up) blocked a few of my horseshoe shots but I was surprised how fast it dropped and it didn't really feel like it interrupted the flow. In my opinion, the hyper loop is a fun worthwhile addition that feels central to the game -- I hit it a few times and really enjoyed it as part of the experience. The video mode dodging asteroids was just so-so to me. I'd prefer the action to remain with the ball on the playfield, but its not terrible. I am absolutely considering buying one.

Are these the official stern SW siderails ?

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If it is they are pretty uninspiring

No, they are from pinballcenter.eu

bought the darth vader version. they look good. will install this weekend, maybe with EL paper. also they are about 140 Euro cheaper that stern will charge.

Curious to see what Stern cooks up for all the accessories. I will likely be in for a topper. Not sure on the other stuff.

When I bought my SW Premium a couple of weeks ago I set it up between my LOTR and MMR. A couple of days later my wife walks in, looks closely at the 3 pins and says: "When I look at the Lord of the Rings I see all this great stuff all over the playfield, and then I look at the Medieval Madness and I see the Castle, the Dragon, the Damsel tower, and other stuff, but when I look at the Star Wars it looks so bare..." I then assured her that I had plans in place and they will be implemented soon......

This morning I took some steps to alleviate some of that bareness on the playfield. I've already done some functional mods (Pinbit protectors, Titan Rings, plunger lane protection) however these are purely aesthetic. I know that some will not like these and doing this may land me in the Mod Removers club thread, but doing it in moderation....I like the way it looks and it adds that missing something to the playfield without getting in the way.

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Mirror blades and Pinstadium lighting are next........

Not a fan of any toy that blocks the inlanes...particularly the two ships closest to the flippers. Less is more.

Thanks for the comments....the lower ones are a concern for me as well when I placed them, thought I would try them first, if they don't work there and are getting in the way they can easily be moved. There are some spots between the plunger lane and right outlane that would be out of the line of sight I might try instead.

OK, removed the Y-Wing, moved the Red 5 X-Wing to the far right......much better!!!

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