With the internet rumour mill running amok regarding Stern’s next pinball machine, we wonder if they will announce a new Star Wars themed pinball machine on ‘May The 4th Be With You‘ Star Wars day? We can only hope!
If you weren’t aware, there have been quite a number of Star Wars themed pinball machines over the years, from Hankin’s wide body The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Sonic’s Star Wars (1987), Data East’s Star Wars (1992) to Sega’s awesome Star Wars Trilogy (1997) and Williams’ Star Wars Episode I (1999) built on the ill-fated Pinball2000 platform.
If Stern does announce a new Star Wars pinball machine, then we cross our fingers that it will be a mix of the Data East and Sega Star Wars machines. Oh yeah, we would love some Dark Side and Light Side LE machines too – hope you are listening Stern!
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May the force be with you!
One of our favourite Star Wars themed pinball machine, Sega’s Star Wars Trilogy
A close second, Data East’s Star Wars
You either loved it or hated Williams’ Star Wars Episode I
The first Star Wars themed pinball machine, Hankin’s The Empire Strikes Back
Straight out of Spain, Sonic’s Star Wars
source: Internet Pinball Database