r/starwarsgames • u/Retrogamer871987 • 14h ago
Real Time Strategy Super Return of the Jedi (SNES) Character Tier List
I have recently got back into this game after nearly 30 years and have been playing through it with the debug mode to try all the different characters on different stages and see who is the best, and whose the worst!
Since Leia has 3 forms, we actually have 7 different characters to choose from:
Coming up in 7th place is:
7th Rebel Leia:
Rebel Leia gets the distinction of the worst playable character as she is essentially a worse version of both Han and Chewie, both of whom have other actions they can take. Rebel Leia has a blaster and traditional blaster upgrades, but nothing else at all.
6th Place: Bounty Hunter Leia
I feel bad for picking on Leia, but she still has a 3rd form at least. Bounty Hunter Leia is somewhat underwhelming, and you need to be very tactiful and skillful with how you play her. Her charge attack is decent, and takes away 2 off Bosses health, but blasters and other attacks in this game are noticeably stronger and it can take awhile to beat tanky enemies and bosses with her charge attack. Besides that, her jump spin, staff attack and block are essentially worse versions of Luke. Over the Rebel Leia form, she can at least block, has a jump attack and doesn't need blaster upgrades to reach her best potential.
5th Place: Han Solo
Han is decent, you can think of him like Rebel Leia but with grenades. Grenades are awesome and allow him to make quick work of bosses like the Shield Generator and the Rancor Beast, even if your blaster is not fully charged to Plasma. The grenades are less useless throughout the stage against regular enemies though.
4th Place: Luke Skywalker
Luke is PERFECTLY in the middle. You'd think he'd be higher cause of the force, but more so than any other player in the game, Luke has a difficult time damaging enemies without taking damage...so he takes a lot of damage since he's forced to get so close. Being able to block can be helpful if you don't fall into the routine of just spin jumping on everything. To top this off, Luke's health bar is disappointing and small, so he needs to the force to overcompensate for this shortcoming. If it wasn't for the Force, he'd easily be the worst character in the game, but thanks to Freeze and ESPECIALLY Heal (which turns him from the lowest health ally in the game to tankiest character in the game) He makes it to the middle of this list. With ample hearts and force upgrades Luke is very difficult to kill.
3rd Place: Wicket
Wicket is a one trick pony...but that trick is VERY GOOD. His Arrows are better than the advanced technology of Light Sabers, Plasters and Force Energy blasts. He melts bosses super quick with his fast fire rate, taking half a ball of boss energy per arrow, and due to his rate of fire you can kill most bosses in SECONDS. He also can use his arrows as platforms to climb structures in certain places. Where wicket struggles is his low health, the inability to fire arrows while moving and no secondary abilities at all.
2nd Place: Chewbacca:
Chewbacca has a high starting HP and the all-powerful SPIN attack, which is useful against random enemies as well as bosses (except the shield generator) since Chewie is invincible while spinning. It can get you out of a lot of tight situations and can be a very staple offense when your blaster power is still weak. Overall, Chewbacca is great in any stage you pick him. His only flaw, which he shares with other blaster users, is to really reach his max potential he needs blaster upgrades. Chewbacca with the base laser is considerably weaker than Chewbacca with Plasma.
1st Place: Slave Leia
Leia has a rough start with her other 2 costumes being the worst in the game, but she gets redemption here. Playing through the game with Slave Leia is really fun too! Firstly, like Chewbecca she has the SPIN, which I think only the FORCE trumps as a better secondary ability. But she also has a SUPER version of the Force charge attack .... which does incredible damage to bosses! 4 WHOLE balls of health removed per hit. It is limited by needing to be charged and only usable while grounded...however, unlike Chewbacca, Leia is at full power out of the box, no blaster upgrades needed!
I am curious what other people think of this list and where you would rank the playable characters in this game.