Takes Pawn - The Stormtrooper blasts Chewbacca in the shoulder, making him drop his bowcaster.Palpatine chokes on the gas, coughing furiously, keels over, and then vanishes. After the shock, R2 fires back at Palpatine with a cloud of gas. Takes King (Checkmate) - Palpatine blasts R2 with Force lightning.R2 strikes Vader down, who disappears in a flash leaving his cloak behind. R2 dodges the slash and, with a claw, takes the lightsaber from Vader. Takes Queen - Darth Vader slashes at R2 with his lightsaber.Boba Fett produces a thermal detonator, but before he can use it R2 extends a claw and grabs him, thrashing him about before throwing him to the ground just as the detonator explodes, leaving a pile of ash behind. Takes Bishop - Boba Fett shoots at R2-D2, but the blasts are ineffective.

R2 makes his way behind the AT-ST, and extends a claw to place a small bomb on the back of its 'head.' The AT-ST explodes, leaving a pair of still-standing legs behind. Takes Rook - The AT-ST takes a few shots at R2-D2, but they bounce off.(note you can see the Tusken Raider's bones) R2 extends a claw from his body and grabs the stick, and sends a jolt of electricity through it to zap the Raider into a pile of ash. Takes Knight - The Tusken Raider strikes R2-D2 with his Gaderffii stick.The blaster beam reflects off the mirror and hits the stormtrooper, killing him. R2 extends a small mirror from his body, which the Stormtrooper shoots. Takes Pawn - The Stormtrooper takes several shots at R2-D2 and misses.

The characters portray their chessmen as follows:Ī scripted battle is shown when one piece takes another. The game can also be played in standard computer-chess mode, with normal chessmen icons on a 2D board, without the battle animations. When one piece captures another in a chess move, the screen fades to a brief animated battle in which the capturing piece vanquishes the captured one, in an over-the-top cartoonishly-animated style.

The characters appear in the places of normal chessmen on an isometric view of a Star-Wars-themed chessboard, with the black pieces portrayed by 'The Dark Side' ( Empire-affiliated and antagonistic characters) and the white pieces portrayed by 'The Rebel Force' ( Rebellion-affiliated characters.) The rules of normal chess apply. The game is heavily inspired by Battle Chess, a popular PC chess game of the era. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Animated battle chess