There was also an idea to put a black outline around the characters, but it was decided that the sprites would look too cartoony, so the idea was scrapped. Interestingly enough there wasn’t a whole lot of concept art created because according to Fong, “…everybody knew what the characters looked like.”
When it came to developing the game, artist Jon Knoles handled the visual designs for the characters, while Harrison Fong took care of the backgrounds. And with a new film finally hitting theatres and breaking all kinds of records, one could say that that type of power has not slowed down in the slightest.Īnd to celebrate this very momentous occasion, let’s take a look at a certain series of video games that came out for the Super Nintendo: Super Star Wars, SSW: Empire Strikes Back, and SSW: Return of the Jedi. With those words etched onto a movie screen in 1977, a saga was born.īut it wasn’t a saga for just one generation to enjoy, it was one that was somehow able to transcend that and span across several generations up to this very day.
