Star Wars (Stern, 2017: Ritchie’s)

(…very) UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Ritchie’s Star Wars v2.0 Cards Coming Soon!

Table of Contents

Links
v2 Card Notes
Newbie Strategy
Videos: Tutorial
Videos: Strategy
Pinball Skills
Intermediate Strategy (under construction)
Swipe-A-Ball (to come)
Videos: Gameplay
Advanced Strategy (to come)
Tech Videos
Videos: Extra
…more to come

Links

Rules:
Tiltforums Rulesheet (in-depth, open source guide)

Info:
Pinside: Pro – Prem. – LE – Pro (Comic) – Prem (Comic) – Owners Group
Kineticist: Info
IPDB: Pro – Prem – LE – Pro (Comic) – Prem (Comic)

v2 Cards Page

Special Note on Game Version

This page is dedicated to Stern Star Wars from 2017 Pro, Premium and LE only as well as the re-release with the comic art package. It does not include any info on the Stern Home Version (easily recognizable from the small LCD, different playfield layout and the lack of coin mechs on the front), the Fall of the Empire (from 2026) and any other manufactures Star Wars titles.

Star Wars (2017) v2 RULE cards

v2 Card Notes:
(Info that couldn’t fit and other clarifications.)

The v2 cards on this game are not quite as high as my others. This was due to the right card slot on IC aprons being smaller (for some strange reason). I usually like to maximize the size for the cards, but due to efficiency and adaptability I decided to make all the cards the same, slightly smaller size.

Intro Sides:
Left Card:

–Tie Fighter shots are red shots. Not to be confused with unlocked shot multipliers; Tie Fighter shots will never have an “X” on the insert.
–Hyperspace shots are usually yellow, denoted on the card with the yellow arrow.
-All 3 Skill Shots can be claimed on each ball.

-Escape: “Escape” turns on an out-lane ball save. (Not to be confused with “Escape from Boba Fett”, which is a single-ball mode).

-Video Mode: The video mode is lights at the HOTH shot and is also HOTH mission 1 for Han and Leia. The multiplier applies to the score. Navigate the asteroids with the flippers and the action button increases your speed. Points are decided from how many asteroids you pass.

-Green Arrows: There are 2 different type of green arrows. The ones with an “X” in them are the Multiplier shots. The ones without are usually mode shots related to Endor Missions.

-Red Arrows: Similarly, the red arrows with the “X”‘s are Multiplier shots. The red shots without the X’s are usually related to TIE Fighters & TIE Fighters jackpots.

Right Card:

Advanced Sides:
Left Card:

-The advanced side of the left card has more quick references for advanced players (than I usually do) and is truly for players who are already very comfortable with the SW rules.
-PICT-O-POPS: Pop Bumper Mystery. Match 3 icons (shown on the LCD (not always shown)). There are 22 possible awards. I’ve only selected a few that I thought would be the most useful for quick reference.

All the Pict-o-pop (from Pop Bumpers) Awards

Shot Multipliers: The values under the arrows denote how many arrows are lit and the values denote the range of multipliers values that the denoted # of arrows are lit.

System-J ‘Then Hit’ arrow.

On the System-J cards, this arrow, when between wording is used to denote “then” or “, then hit”.
Eg. Hit lit shot (, then hit) right ramp.

Right Card:
Planet Stages and roman numerals: The I, II, III is direct reference to the mode stages. I used IV for the forth stage (aka, final battle) for space and design reasons only. None of these are meant to directly reference the movie “Episodes”, not intentionally by me anyways.

Newbie Strategy

Under construction … check back soon.

v2 Updated Rule Cards

Star Wars (2017) v2 RULE cards

General Pinball Skills

If you want to reach a new level of pinball play: Watch Abe’s videos on pinball techniques and practice them:
Abe Flips Mastering Pinball Series (YouTube)

Videos: Tutorials

Tutorial from The Canadian Arcade Gameplay @35:10 using R2D2.

Tutorial and gameplay from Gonzo

From Level Up Entertainment. Good tutorial, especially clear with the important Planet Multiball add-a-ball. And some great beginner explanations like where the multipliers start at the beginning of each ball.

Videos: Strategy

Videos: Character Strategies

Luke Strat from The Pinball Company. Starts with basic and general tutorial. Luke Strat starts at 5:30.

R2 Gameplay from Slapsave. Good use of maximizing video mode with the multiplier (although, not the best video mode play). Not the best use of multiplier locations otherwise though, but still a useful video to watch what is happening and when and where you would move the multiplier to on different modes.

Intermediate Strategy

Under construction … check back soon.

v2 Updated Rule Cards