▁escaped ▁slave ▁on ▁his ▁sail ▁bar ge , ▁and ▁w ield s ▁a ▁bl aster ▁when ▁fighting ▁on ▁End or ▁as ▁a ▁Reb el ▁leader . ▁ ▁Release ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁TH Q ▁announced ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁re - release ▁Super ▁Star ▁Wars : ▁The ▁Empire ▁St rik es ▁Back ▁and ▁Super ▁Star ▁Wars : ▁Return ▁of ▁the ▁J edi ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁co inci de ▁with ▁the ▁" Special ▁Edition " ▁of ▁those ▁films ▁appearing ▁in ▁the aters . ▁The ▁re - release ▁is ▁identical ▁to ▁the ▁original ▁version . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁On ▁release , ▁Sc ary ▁Larry ▁of ▁Game Pro ▁gave ▁the ▁Super ▁N ES ▁version ▁a ▁mostly ▁negative ▁review . ▁Though ▁he ▁pra ised ▁the ▁musical ▁score , ▁he ▁critic ized ▁the ▁game ▁for ▁fr ustr ating ▁controls , ▁over ly ▁easy ▁b oss es , ▁and ▁particularly ▁the ▁level ▁designs , ▁which ▁he ▁said ▁are ▁repet it ious ▁and ▁mostly ▁feel ▁like ▁ret read s ▁of ▁level ▁designs ▁from ▁the ▁two ▁previous ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁series . ▁In ▁contrast , ▁Electron ic ▁G aming ▁Month ly ▁gave ▁it ▁an ▁ 8 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 , ▁pra ising ▁it ▁for ▁the ▁" ex cell ent " ▁graphics ▁and ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁move ▁carefully ▁through ▁the ▁levels . ▁Fam ic om ▁Ts ū sh in ▁scored ▁it ▁a ▁ 2 3 ▁out ▁of ▁ 4 0 . ▁ ▁Game Pro s ▁Co ach ▁K yle ▁found ▁some ▁fla