I've got a DESW, and have been looking forward to a Stern model. I like the Premium cab/art the least, but if I bought one that would probably be the one. Pro is too basic, but has good looking art. And LE too pricey.

Way to go Jaeg !

Aw man...spoiler alert next time please!

Right on.

On the Dead Flip premium stream Dwight's son (the code guy) was playing and Dwight said that the son was working on the topper. Any ideas what the topper may be?

Expecting my Premium any day now.

Quick question - will SilverJet balls work with the hyper-drive loop magnets? If not, any recommendations for a higher quality ball, other than stock, that will work?

...The Future is here...

Still awaiting my premium

Just got word from my distributor that his shipment is being picked up today. I should have my premium by Tuesday or Wednesday.

Premium is in the house!

Does anybody have any details as to what adjustments the "Extra Easy" and "Easy" presets change?

Two quick questions:

Where in the heck can I find the manufacture date? And, what are the two rubber plugs on the front side of the backbox at the top?

Same manufacture date as mine!

I haven't seen any answers to this - does anybody know what the Home and Director's Cut presets are?

Go to the "Videos" page, and click on the first video "Final Rounds BoP 2017". There are some Star Wars shots around the 5:30 minute mark. at around the 6:50 mark the Light Sabre duel starts. Looks neat. I didn't watch long enough to see the video mode.

I'm torn between staying on .92 (I've had zero issues) or reverting to .89. Have very many reverted?

It's a prem...

I'm going to wait and see what sort of art blades Stern (or others) may produce first. But I agree, they do look nice on a SW machine!

I hit video mode once with multiplier at 40X, made a perfect run (using some boost), and finished the run with about 650,000,000

It did for me. I think if you look in the upper right corner of the video mode screen, it'll tell you what the multiplier there. Can't think why it'd be there if it wouldn't apply.

Have had my premium for about three weeks now - still haven't destroyed the Death Star. Ugh!

Shaker in my SW Prem for a few days now - adds a great new edge to the experience.

Looks good jdpilot. Can you post some pics or video from the player's perspective?

Thanks jdpilot

AUKraut - War Eagle!

We do the same. When I got our first pinball (a Data East Star Wars) back in '96, my kids were very young. Five balls made the fun last longer. It's carried on to all of our machines. I won't ever win any competitions, but we have a blast.

I've had mine over two months, and still have not blown up that puppy...

Loaded 1.0, and on the first game the Death Star blew up for the first time.

I've got the Premium. I could swear that it wasn't on the Death Star Mission though. I haven't read all the threads on the new code, but I suppose there's now an additional opportunity to blow it up. Either way, I take it as a win! Victory Multi-ball followed that!

Ditto - calls, emails - no kit. Chaz said he showed where I was "on the list."

So my youngest son is home from Med school. Last night he was putting time on the SW Premium. I look over there, and he was quasi-kneeling in front of the machine with his chin on the lock-down bar button. He was using his chin to activate the boost in Video mode. He said there was no other logical way to do it. It looked stupid, buy by-golly it worked. Oh - he didn't do it for Tie-Fighters.

Any updates or rumors on SW accessories from Stern? I just remember them saying "after the New Year." Ugh.

Ditto

Are there any links to the blades for sale anywhere?

Clarification - the Stern blade art....

Happens to me occasionally as well. Seems to be better recently for some reason. No clue why.

How does one preserve audits and such whilst updating the code?

Well gosh darn it. That's something up with which I'd rather not put.

Best game to date on my Premium (yeah, it has a Pro translite):

Good grief - any updates on a topper, or plunger rods?

Good advice - first step is admitting you have a problem. Tough habit.

AUKraut did you get your Prem at Bumpernets?

Ditto!

Has anybody seen a picture of the official Stern shooter rod?

Please throw a link up here if you see it.

Gotta have pops - it's pinball.

monte_ My Escape arm was doing something similar a while back, and all I had to do was tighten the hex screw at the pivot point on the playfield. Good luck.

If this lasts for more that four hours be sure to contact your doctor...

Who couldn't forgive that face!

Ditto on my Premium.

Or Jar Jar...

So there!

I have them both as well. Our family are SW nerds more so than pinball folk. So no, it's not too much! My only issue is if somebody comes out with a Beatles machine I'll probably have to give one of my SW machines up. Also have a Funhouse.

Totally agree.

Just had an odd occurrence. My mini screen went white in the middle of the game, and stayed that way for the duration. The game played on without incident, and upon power-cycling the machine it came back up. Any ideas what caused that?

Thanks. I'll give it a whirl!

Owned my premium for a little over a year - and just now defeated the emperor (first attempt as well). Woot!

For those of you that have mirror blades: How have they held up? What brand or dealer do you recommend? Thanks!

That's pretty much it!

I most always play four games in one set. One for each "hero." That way I don't get burned out on the game. I've pretty much started to select "Light Tatooine" for my first ball. Tatooine, is the hardest of the four (for me) to get lit. From there I just shoot the lit shots and have fun. Oh, and I have it set on five balls, mission stacking, and ball save and video mode times turned up. I admit I'll never win a tournament, but we have a blast playing our premium. As of now, the right orbit is the shot that I have the most trouble making.

Yes. But, I have a strike against me in that I'm a SW nerd. I have the DE DW pin as well.

You win...

I've had to replace one plastic (right ramp). That's it.

Took me almost a year on the Prem. The clacking on the halves of the Death Star sort of sound like the coconut horse steps in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

I think they're just referencing the Blood Moon tonight.

Agree. Mine broke after the third week i had it. Stern sent a new one.

Posted something about my mini LCD a few months back (see below). Basically the mini LCD is going all white on boot up. Previously, if I power-cycled the machine it would clear up. Now, I have to remove the glass and fiddle with the cat-5 cables before it works. It's starting to be a pain in the butt. I tried anchoring the cable in the socket with some zip-ties, and that worked for a while, but it continues to pop up occasionally. I have contacted Stern. Was wondering if anybody else is seeing this.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-star-wars-clubmay-the-force-be-with-you/page/120#post-4637515

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I almost always play a set of four games - starting with Han and working my way down the line to Luke.

I'd pee on a spark plug if I thought it would get the topper out sooner.

The goodie bag in my prem had an extra post included. I wonder if it was for the purpose noted above? Anyway, I've never played a Pro, so I can't compare. Nothing beats getting two or more pinballs running around in that hyper loop. My max is four to date.

Looking to purchase a partial set of Star Wars art blades. Prefer Dagobah and Carbonite Scene. PM me if available.

Ditto - and with 5-ball.

Oddity...I was randomly pressing the flipper buttons duting attract mode and all of a sudden the screen said something like "Competition Mode Ready - Press Start" then a countdown from 5 in the corner. C-3PO said something like "You can't go in there, that's forbidden."

I wasn't able to reproduce it. Any idea what I stumbled upon?

The most recent Stern of the Union communication didn't offer up any real "new" topper news. Same ol' same ol' - it's approved...blah blah..

YES!!!!!!

I try to play at least four games per day, one for each "hero." It mixes it up a bit.

My win-loss record is 1-1 on battles with the emperor. The first time I faced him a few months ago I won! This past weekend, he kicked my butt. Still, was glad to get to him again. I've only gotten that far twice in 18 months.

Not finishing Boba Fett is usually what keeps me from the Emperor

The hardest shot for me is the right orbit. I can most often make all the other shots when they are in demand, but that right orbit is a killer for me. It's most often sheer luck that I ever make it.

That's probably the most important thing...

I had an issue with the gate at one time. The top screw on the gate just needed to be tightened. Can't help with the scoop.

Heck yeah!

I've never had that happen on mine. The most I have ever gotten is three or four, and a new ball was always introduced.

The first time I played a Pro on location, when they first came out had a missing wing.

I've had my Prem since they first came out, and I am just now wondering - how the heck is the Hyperspace Multi-ball Champion calculated in terms of parsecs? And, is a lower number better? (It is is as far as the Kessel run is concerned)

I like to play at least four games a day on my machine - one for each character. And since I'm almost the only person that plays our SW Prem any longer, if I get a high score, I use a different distinct version of my initials/name for each character. That allows me to see which character I play better, and which character is better at various goals/achievements. Yeah, it's nerdy.

For me, my lowest scores and fewest "champions" is with Leia. (I know there's a joke in there somewhere).

I was at a location yesterday for the second time in a month's time. They had a good lineup of latter-day Sterns (all pro models). The playfield LCD on the Star Wars pro was still out. I'm curious, is there an adjustment that allows or accounts for a busted LCD screen? If not, how could the game be played with out it? It's a shame it been out of service for a month (yet the game is still plugged in and turned on).

I have color changing lamps in mine, with clear buttons.

Posting again about playfield LCD screen issues. Still having issues with my mini LCD screen booting up all white. I've tried replacing the cat-5 cable with another one. That seems to work for a while, but occasionally (more often than not) I still get the white screen. I've found if I manually hold in the cables on the node board while I boot, it will boot up correctly. But it's a pain to have to lift the PF all the time.

There may be an issue with the cable socket. Not really sure. I've notified Stern about this and I've never received any good response on possible resolution. If the board that the screen plugs into is bad, any ideas on replacement costs? Any other suggestions? Does anybody have any suggestions on a "premium cable" or a cable with some sort of upgraded connectors?

Very frustrated. It makes me want to leave the game turned on all of the time (which can't be great for the game).
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Thanks. I’ll check all your suggestions!

I did. Can't hurt.

Had a personal best today. Managed to complete Light Saber Duel and got 40x on every shot (I believe) - 2.532 billion.

Finally put a real physical knocker in my SW Prem. Had to play a few games before I got a replay. It is much better than the screech!

Sort of reminds me of the DE SW machine art. Nice. Too bad I already have a Prem. Rats!

Ditto. A twist of the screw fixed mine. Best of luck.

My favorite sound is when the Ewok is singing...

Having both the DE SW and a Stern Premium, I appreciate both styles. It would be neat to be able to have a comic version of the translite that I could frame (pro version). I currently have the Pro translite (first version) on my Prem, and the Prem translite framed.

Agree 100%. When we got our first machine about 22 years ago (DE SW), my boys were 3 & 6 years old. I set the game up on 5 ball. When we all played, I let my first two drain to make it more "fair." Now with two more machines in the house, including our SW Prem, I still leave them all on 5 ball. Yeah, I'll never win a tournament, but then again, I would probably never enter one. We just have fun!

Have a fartin' good time with your new machine!

The entire video is an hour, but the link takes you to a point right before Midnight Madness.

I recently watched a video where a person made some homemade playfield lights (LED strips) and plugged them into his service outlet on a new Jurassic Park Pro. I thought that was a neat idea. I pondered doing that, but then I realized that unless I'm totally missing something, my SW Prem doesn't have a service outlet. There seems to be a piece of white plastic covering the place where a service outlet should be. Is there a way to remedy this?

Right. But where mine should be is a white plastic cover over the opening.

All of a sudden my SW Prem won't boot. When I turn on the power, the top four led indicators on the right side and one in the center of the main board come on. One led indicator on the board next to the power supply comes on (I think it's labeled D5). The machine doesn't do anything after that. I checked the fuse, it does not look blown. Any idea what's going on? See pics.

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Boom - you and Wildbill327 got it right off the bat!! Thanks for letting me know. Works like a charm. By the way, whilst looking at the power dist board in the manual, the part is listed as 520-5343-01. Printed on my board is 199-5343-00G - and my board looks different than the one printed in the manual. Go figure!

Thanks again!!

Mine has done that in the past. I found that where the HDMI cable connects to the main board in the back-box (next to the SD card) is the culprit. Sometimes it gets loose.

Step number one - admit you have a problem.

Welcome to the club!!