{"id":138593,"date":"2019-05-15T17:37:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=138593"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:57:32","slug":"16-bit-rise-of-skywalker-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/16-bit-rise-of-skywalker-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch a 16-bit version of the Rise of Skywalker trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-138785\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/starwars8bit.jpg\" alt=\"The Rise of Skywalker 16-bit\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock since early April, you&#8217;ve seen <a href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/star-wars-episode-ix-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;The Rise of Skywalker&#8221; trailer<\/a> that created a great disturbance on the internet &#8211; as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in nerdy jubilation. While most the 28 million viewers on YouTube took to it with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/rise-of-skywalker-trailer-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a dissection knife and an FBI-caliber analysis committee<\/a>, <strong>one fan had a very different reaction<\/strong>. Animator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stratmasterj?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Stratman<\/a> decided he wanted to see it in a new light.<\/p>\n<p><em>So he remade it in 16-bit.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New video! Remade the Episode 9 trailer in 16-bit Super Star Wars Style! Happy May the 4th!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rianjohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rianjohnson<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jjabrams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jjabrams<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K6odNInjid\">https:\/\/t.co\/K6odNInjid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uesadvKzR1\">pic.twitter.com\/uesadvKzR1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Stratman (@stratmasterj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stratmasterj\/status\/1124666293762895873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wanted to see what a 2019 blockbuster movie trailer would look like as a Super Nintendo game &#8230; well, then you&#8217;re in the same minority as Stratman. Whether you asked for it or not, here it is in all its retro glory:<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got to admit, though; if someone turned this into a playable side-scroller, we&#8217;d buy it in a heartbeat. Let us know in the comments below if you feel the same way, and we&#8217;ll see you in theaters for the real deal this December!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/rey-star-wars-192.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">Frame-by-frame breakdown of the Star Wars Episode IX trailer<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/rise-of-skywalker-trailer-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Discover the secrets \u25ba<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/rise-of-skywalker-trailer-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if &#8220;The Rise of Skywalker&#8221; was a Super Nintendo game?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9155,"featured_media":138784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1455],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-138593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-star-wars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326051,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138593\/revisions\/326051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138593"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=138593"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=138593"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=138593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}