The game uses characters from the films in lieu of normal chess pieces, and a short animated battle takes place when a piece is taken, much like in the similar game 'Battle Chess' (which itself was inspired by the Star Wars game Dejarik).
A 3DO Interactive Multiplayer version was planned but never released. Star Wars Chess is a 1993 chess-playing video game developed by The Software Toolworks, based on the Star Wars film franchise and published by Mindscape for DOS, Sega CD and Windows 3.x.
