Pinball FX3 - Star Wars Pinball: The Last Jedi (Xbox One) Review

The first table, named after the film The Last Jedi, is an amalgamation of different environments from the eighth film, specifically Ahch-To and Supreme Chancellor Snoke's flagship, the Supremacy. Following closely with the events of the film, this table features six different scenes that bridge together the story very loosely. Of course, playing this table won't fully delve into the story, but it does feature fun sequences, such as Finn and Rose's chase through Canto Bite casino. Designed like a traditional pinball table, it has the usual setup of side ramps, as well as an extra couple of flippers for the upper portion of the table. Due to how tight-knight everything is laid out, gaining a run of high scores is easy and it does not take much effort to activate multi-balls.

In the middle of the table sits a blast door, which is the key to activating the movie scenes, and, thankfully, two of the six scenes on offer contain multi-ball sections with massive score rewards if used correctly in conjunction with the Double XP ability. The bumpers are easy to hit the ball into, as they sit behind the blast doors, with two ramps on either side of dead centre to allow for consistent ball hits to make the most of them. Unlike some of Zen Studios' past tables, the first table does not contain many "dead" spots; previous tables had these awkward spots that would render the ball "dead," as it would then drop straight through the flippers into the gutter. However, The Last Jedi does not contain any of these frustrating spots, which is a massive plus.

The second table, Ahch-To Island, takes place at Luke Skywalker's hideout on Ahch-To and is a much harder table to rack up high scores on. This is due to how wide the centre of the table is, with overlapping ramps featured in the corners of the table. These ramps are pivotal to racking up the high scores, but they are quite difficult to get continuous ball hits up the ramps because of their awkward entry points. Luke Skywalker, Rey, and Chewbacca are the centre of this table, as the story follows Rey's training under the tutelage of Luke. In the meantime, Chewbacca has his own mission of trying to find and cook food for himself to occupy himself during the training.

R2-D2 has his moments on the second table, where he appears after hitting the right triggers. Then once he is on the table, he will temporarily charge up any ball that goes near him. Plus, he is the key to triggering the fun multi-ball portion that makes getting a high score on this table that much easier. Just keep the balls afloat and constantly charged by R2, and watch that score metre tick overtime. The cute little Porgs make their videogame debut in a minor cameo, mainly being Chewbacca's potential food.

Both tables look great, and they still contain that essence and magic of the Star Wars franchise, although its musical score hardly holds a candle to some of the previous tables that Zen Studios has adapted. However, the tables are packed with little goodies from the film, such as when the balls take the form of the rocks that Rey is trying to lift instead, or that multi-ball mission where the balls leave the dust trails from Crait. It is the little touches like this that truly showcase the care and detail put into every single table released, and this latest pack is no different.