Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Ewok Adventure

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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Ewok Adventure is a video game that was made, but never released, for the Atari 2600 by Parker Brothers. It was intended to be one of two games based on Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi released in 1983, with Death Star Battle being the only released title.^[1]

Publisher's summary

You take the role of an EWOK in this thrilling game based on scenes from RETURN OF THE JEDI. Now a member of the Rebel cause, you must hang glide over dangerous territory in order to reach the Imperial shield generator. Your mission: to blow it apart!^[2]

Gameplay

You use the analog stick to control a hang glider flown by an Ewok. You use the button to drop rocks on the various enemies to destroy them. These include Imperial stormtroopers, speeder bikes, and AT-STs. If you hit them with a rock, they die in a fiery explosion. The objective of the game is to blow up the Imperial Base.

On the easier levels you can do this by flying your glider into the middle of the base, but on the more advanced levels, you have to hijack either an Imperial Speeder or AT-ST to destroy the base. In Ewok Adventure, the Atari joystick is used similar to that of flight stick, allowing you to change the altitude and pitch of the glider. You have 360 degree control and can even fly side to side and backwards.

Development

Early materials from Parker Brothers list the game, referred to as Star Wars: Revenge of the Jedi: Game I or Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Game I, among the company's June 1983 releases, with a version for Intellivision slated for that October. Death Star Battle was Game II.^[2] Later press showed the Ewok Adventure game's Atari 2600 version scheduled for November 1983.^[4]

Though prototype boxes were initially created with placeholder artwork for catalogs and advertisements, Tim Hildebrandt was commissioned to create the final cover art.^[3]^[5]

A prototype of the finished game was found in 1997 and eventually released online.^[6]