# I Got Star Wars Pinball on STAR WARS DAY!

**Source:** Cary Hardy  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2023-05-05  
**Duration:** 5m 15s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJSAUtNrUQ

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## Analysis

Cary Hardy acquired a Data East Star Wars pinball machine from Glitches Arcade on May 4th (Star Wars Day) and transported it to his house despite severe thunderstorms. He plans a multi-episode restoration series involving full LED conversion, thorough cleaning, rubber replacement, and various mechanical upgrades including a replacement Death Star toy.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Glitches Arcade has been open for only a few months — _Direct statement about the arcade's timeline_
- [HIGH] Playfield jacks work on this version of Data East Star Wars — _Direct confirmation statement by speaker after machine inspection_
- [HIGH] The machine will require full LED conversion, new rubbers, and replacement Death Star toy — _Detailed restoration plan outlined by speaker_
- [HIGH] Severe thunderstorms occurred during transport from arcade to house — _Direct account of weather event during machine transport_

### Notable Quotes

> "Today is May the 4th, and everyone knows that day to be Star Wars Day. And it just so happens I'm headed to my local arcade, Glitches Arcade, to pick up their Star Wars, their Data East Star Wars."
> — **Cary Hardy**, 0:00-0:30
> _Establishes the hook of the video and timing coincidence_

> "I want this thing to be working 100% and also look sexy at the same time."
> — **Cary Hardy**, 0:30-1:00
> _Summarizes the restoration philosophy and goals_

> "I'm looking at replacing a good amount of the hardware. we're going to be doing all new titan pinball rubbers of course the comet pinball leds throughout and maybe even light up the scoops"
> — **Cary Hardy**, 5:30-6:00
> _Details specific restoration components and vendors_

> "So I've got the game set up here at the house now and I'm going to show you what the game looks like in its current state."
> — **Cary Hardy**, 3:30-4:00
> _Transitions to demonstrating the machine's condition pre-restoration_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Cary Hardy | person | Content creator documenting Data East Star Wars restoration project |
| Glitches Arcade | organization | Local arcade venue in Cary Hardy's area that recently opened, features retro consoles, bar, and pinball machines; source of the Data East Star Wars machine |
| Data East Star Wars | game | Classic pinball machine from 1992 being acquired and restored by Cary Hardy; features Death Star toy and playfield jacks |
| Titan Pinball | company | Rubber kit manufacturer being used for restoration project |
| Comet Pinball | company | LED manufacturer/supplier being used for full LED conversion in restoration |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Data East Star Wars restoration, Pinball machine LED conversion, Vintage pinball playfield maintenance
- **Secondary:** Content creation and documentation, Arcade venue ecosystem

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.85) — Enthusiastic tone about the acquisition and project; minor frustration about weather complications but resolved positively

### Signals

- **[announcement]** Foo Fighters Pro mentioned as recently available at Glitches Arcade (confidence: high) — Direct reference: 'They are working on getting their pinball machines up to more modern games, but they do have the new Foo Fighters Pro ready to go.'

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## Transcript

 What's up guys, we are on a little bit of a road trip, and I say a little bit of a road trip meaning like 5 minutes from my house. Today is May the 4th, and everyone knows that day to be Star Wars Day. And it just so happens I'm headed to my local arcade, Glitches Arcade, to pick up their Star Wars, their Data East Star Wars. And we're going to be doing a makeover on this, an overhaul if you will. So, full LED conversions, everything stripped down, top side, cleaned up to make this thing look a lot better than it does. I've already done a little bit of work on this on location to keep it going, but I don't want to just kind of like keep it going. I want this thing to be working 100% and also look sexy at the same time. and we're only about a mile or two away so let's get there and take a look at it the the the Glitches has only been open for a few months now. They have a variety of arcades, retro consoles, a full bar, and of course, pinball. They are working on getting their pinball machines up to more modern games, but they do have the new Foo Fighters Pro ready to go. As much as I would love to stick around and play some games, I need to get this thing loaded and back to the house ASAP. now i definitely wanted to do what i did with Foo Fighters set up multiple cameras film the breakdown film the loading and all that but i got a notification on my phone letting me know that severe thunderstorms were coming to the area very soon so i had no time to spare And I not lying when I say that on my drive from the arcade to my house it started to rain I actually had to unload this machine while it was raining Luckily it wasn too bad It was more of like a little more than a heavy sprinkle But I was able to get it in the house and get it all wiped down Everything good to go But it just stopped thunderstorming and severe Carl Weathers All that kind of stuff It just stopped So that gives me the ability to record without having all of that extra white noise going on So I've got the game set up here at the house now and I'm going to show you what the game looks like in its current state. So it's definitely going to need a thorough cleaning and we're going to be tearing this thing all the way down top side to get a lot of this stuff looking a lot better. I'm looking at replacing a good amount of the hardware. we're going to be doing all new titan pinball rubbers of course the comet pinball leds throughout and maybe even light up the scoops i don't know we might do a couple of led mods through here make it look a little bit better he has a replacement uh death star so we're gonna put in the replacement for that and all kinds of extra work on replacing anything that's broken really here the underside just going to go over this right here nothing obvious that wrong at this point in time i believe the game fully plays but I will be playing it in the first episode of the series to make sure that everything does work 100% before I go tearing it all apart for those of you that would like to know yes the play field Jack's do work on this version of Data East. So I got the video out barely on May the 4th. Star Wars is here. I'm going to be making it look sexy over a series of maybe two or three videos depending on how big of a project it really is going to be. If behind the scenes and extra footage and stuff like that interest you, then by all means feel free to subscribe to my Patreon. Link is in the description down below. They all knew I was getting this game and what it looks like before you did take it sleazy and until next time guys peace out

_(Acquisition: youtube_groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_

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