Super Star Wars follows Luke Skywalker as he fights through a Jawa sandcrawler to rescue C-3PO and R2-D2. The game allows players to control Han Solo or Chewbacca in later stages before concluding with a Death Star trench run against Darth Vader.
Artist Jon Knoles created the character designs for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System version. Harrison Fong drew the backgrounds using computer rendering techniques instead of traditional concept art.
Paul Webb from Sculptured Software arranged the movie scores originally written by John Williams for the 1977 film. He converted these handwritten scores onto the Super NES 8-channel sound chip using Ensoniq EPS keyboard samples.
A PC port developed by Brain Bug halted development in 1995 after LucasArts stopped production. A Mega Drive version planned by Sega Interactive ran from late 1992 until some point in 1993 before cancellation.
Electronic Gaming Monthly awarded Super Star Wars Best Action/Adventure Game of 1992 and Best Movie-to-Game. The game also appeared on multiple Top 100 lists including rankings from Total! and IGN in later years.