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The Mandalorian Pinball Vault Celebration Stream

Stern Pinball·video·24m 12s·analyzed·May 4, 2025
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TL;DR

Stern designers celebrate Mandalorian Premium vaulting with gameplay and development insights.

Summary

Stern Pinball held a vault celebration stream for Star Wars The Mandalorian (Premium) with designers Brian Eddy and Dwight Sullivan, accompanied by Stern staff Rebecca and Madeline. The team played the game while discussing its development, design features, and gameplay mechanics, emphasizing that the Premium edition is being vaulted for two years and players should purchase now if interested.

Key Claims

  • Star Wars The Mandalorian (Premium) is going into the vault for two years with no production during that period.

    high confidence · Brian Eddy opening statement: 'Star Wars The Mandalorian (Premium) is going into the vault. Oh, no. Which means that for two years, Stern is not going to produce it.'

  • The game was developed approximately two and a half years prior to the stream, about three months before production began.

    high confidence · Brian Eddy: 'Yeah, this was the game we were developing, like, two and a half years ago. The second season hadn't even come out yet. Three months away from the point of production.'

  • Kyle Weathers, the music composer, has passed away (rest in peace referenced).

    high confidence · Brian Eddy: 'And unfortunately, rest in peace Kyle Weathers, he's no longer with us. But he did a great job.'

  • Timothy Oliphant and Amy Sedaris are featured as art on the pinball machine.

    medium confidence · Madeline: 'I'm also very excited to see Timothy Oliphant made the art on it as well. And my, what's her name? Amy Sedaris.'

  • Insider Connected feature tracks player turn order to prevent arguments during league or multi-round play.

    high confidence · Brian Eddy: 'And that's the cool thing about Insider Connected, it tells you who's next... You always know.'

  • The upper playfield increases the value of shots on the lower playfield in Mandalorian.

    high confidence · Dwight Sullivan explaining mechanics: 'the upper playfield makes the lower playfield value higher.'

  • Grogu is approximately 50 years old in the show despite appearing as a baby.

    high confidence · Discussion about Grogu's age: 'See? 50. 50 year old baby.'

  • Brian Eddy and Dwight Sullivan work in different areas at Stern, with Eddy upstairs in brightness and Sullivan downstairs in darkness.

    high confidence · Brian Eddy: 'I'm like upstairs in the brightness and every time I go downstairs I'm like, ah yes, it's nice and dark.'

Notable Quotes

  • “Star Wars The Mandalorian (Premium) is going into the vault. Which means that for two years, Stern is not going to produce it. If you want to get a Star Wars The Mandalorian (Premium), get out there and get one now.”

    Brian Eddy@ 1:32 — Opening statement establishing the vault timeline and urgency for collectors.

  • “And unfortunately, rest in peace Kyle Weathers, he's no longer with us. But he did a great job.”

    Brian Eddy@ 3:40 — Tribute to the music composer who passed away.

  • “That's the cool thing about Insider Connected, it tells you who's next. Especially when you're playing in a league or if you're playing in multiple rounds. There's no arguing over who's up.”

    Brian Eddy@ 7:45 — Highlighting a useful feature of the Insider Connected system.

  • “There is a big part of pinball that is chance and not skill.”

    Brian Eddy@ 14:14 — Philosophical observation about pinball game design balance.

  • “And we, that gameplay that we just had, it was just barely scratched the surface of what you can do in this game. There's not so much going on.”

    Dwight Sullivan@ 23:28 — Emphasizing the game's depth and complexity before vaulting.

  • “Two words. Pedro Pascal.”

    Brian Eddy@ 23:49 — Playful endorsement of the license using the actor's name.

Entities

Brian EddypersonDwight SullivanpersonKyle WeatherspersonRebeccapersonMadelinepersonPedro PascalpersonTimothy OliphantpersonAmy SedarispersonStar Wars The Mandalorian (Premium)game

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Stern is implementing vault celebration streams as community engagement strategy, bringing designers and staff into gameplay content to celebrate games entering production hiatus.

    high · Stream format with designers playing game and discussing development, emphasizing game depth and encouraging purchases before vaulting.

  • ?

    event_signal: Vault celebration stream format bringing together designers, staff, and developers for gameplay, rules discussion, and community engagement focused on a game entering production hiatus.

    high · Stream title 'The Mandalorian Pinball Vault Celebration Stream' with Brian Eddy and Dwight Sullivan playing and discussing the game with Stern staff.

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Designers emphasize balance between skill and chance in pinball, noting that significant gameplay outcomes depend on both player skill and random elements.

    medium · Brian Eddy: 'There is a big part of pinball that is chance and not skill.'

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Kyle Weathers confirmed as music composer for Star Wars The Mandalorian; mentioned as deceased at time of stream recording.

    high · Brian Eddy tribute: 'And unfortunately, rest in peace Kyle Weathers, he's no longer with us. But he did a great job.'

  • ?

    product_strategy: Star Wars The Mandalorian exists in multiple tiers (Premium and other variants); Premium edition is being vaulted while presumably other versions may remain available.

    medium · Specific emphasis on 'Star Wars The Mandalorian (Premium)' going to vault; implies other versions may have different availability status.

Transcript

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0:00
Thank you very much. We'll be right back. Here we go. Are we ready? Yep. Hey, everybody. I'm Brian Eddy, and I'm here at Stern Pinball with a few friends. We've got Dwight. We've got Rebecca and Madeline. Hi. Hello. We're here because Mandalorian is going in the vault. Oh, no. Which means that for two years, Stern is not going to produce it. If you want to get a Mandalorian, get out there and get one now. And we thought we'd do one more game to send it off, talk a little bit about the history, how we did it when we developed it. I think Dwight and I had a great time making this game. We did. It was a really exciting theme at the time. So I think we should just jump in and play. Yeah, let's do it. Sounds good. I'm going to actually log in. That's a good idea. Let's see. I'm feeling pretty good. I think I'm going to win.
2:09
Wait, wait. Why are you laughing, Dwight? Oh, you were telling a joke. Don't I normally win? No. I know my strategy. My strategy is going to be multi-ball. I think if we played teams, me and you versus either of the ladies, we would lose.
2:25
Maybe next time. We're not being very good. You're confident about your gameplay there, Dwight. Well, we'll see. You've got it!
2:37
Remember when you guys were developing this game, and the fun fact for those watching, there was a little contest. See how many center ramp shots in a row you could get. And how many did you do? I think I did like eight or nine, but then Mike Vinicorn... Yeah, mine's pretty hard to beat sometimes. Sounds about right.
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    product_strategy: Stern Pinball's vaulting strategy for Star Wars The Mandalorian Premium indicates two-year production hiatus, suggesting rotation management of game availability in their product lineup.

    high · Brian Eddy: 'for two years, Stern is not going to produce it. If you want to get a Star Wars The Mandalorian (Premium), get out there and get one now.'

    • 3:02
    Alright, I'm set up for multiple. Okay. It's all about the team, it's all about the setup. Is that your strategy? It's all I got. Alright, I'm making Madeline go next because I'm afraid of her. Okay. I agree. Watch out. I'm very intimidating.
    3:21
    I don't have pockets today. Alright. I really like the show and I really like the music. The music's a good vibe. The music... it's iconic.
    3:40
    Right! And unfortunately, rest in peace Carl Weathers, he's no longer with us. But he did a great job. He did an amazing job. If you were Rebecca, you would have made that rap shot. What? It's so early to be smack talking. I've paid you back for the other day. He's certainly talking the smack. I'm gonna... It'll be well deserved. Honest.
    4:07
    Oh, she's going for the multiball. Alright. We got pirates. Pirate multiball. Yep. Right off the bat, she's stealing my friend.
    4:16
    Learn from the best. Holy did it better. That's true. Right, but that's not your strategy. Your strategy is just multi-ball. Because I'm lucky, I'm not going to be bouncing, okay? Right, right. Well, no, I always press my luck and then fail. Right. All right, those red shots are jackpots. No, no, no, not the center one, the red one. There you go. White. Oh my god, look at you dead. It's my fault. It's Dwight's fault. You got two more. No. That's a good one. You got two more.
    4:49
    No. Is that Bill Burr? That's Bill Burr. Yeah, that's awesome Bill Burr speech. I never thought I would have seen Bill Burr on the side of a Pumal. There we are. Screens do come true.
    5:02
    Really? Yeah, that's a fun fact. I'm also very excited to see Timothy Oliphant made the art on it as well. And my, what's her name? Amy Sedaris.
    5:17
    who is one of my favorite actors Star studded Right here All right here we go why did I not start Like I know what I'm gonna do my strategy and I was like
    5:47
    There we go. No! Wrong way. So close Have you guys gotten to this Oh no no I haven I would love to you know like I've gotten relatively close to, like, gotten through most of the missions, but... This game's very deep. You have to really... I got 200,000 points. What was that you were saying about... I said it all off. Ball 3 is the one that counts. Right. So you can, you know, do whatever you want. I made the super skill shot. I think you got less than me. Is the super skill shot 250,000 points? Well, I got half the super skill shot. Okay. So normal skill shot? Super doesn't need to be in there if you're not getting the whole thing. The game said super skill shot. Okay? That's because you're super duper. Yeah, that was not the good... That was not what I wanted. wanted you if Dwight beats us we're never going to hear the end of it protect the child Rebecca don't let anything happen to that child you know Grogu there are some people that I know that are not fans of Grogu and I think he is so adorable how could you not enjoy him he's a baby but he's like I don't know 100 years old or something how old is he when he's on the show See? 50. 50 years old and he's a baby? Yeah. 50 year old baby. It's like a turtle. That was terrible. If we all do this great on our games... Oh, I'm not next. ...then we have to lay off. And that's the cool thing about Insider Connected, it tells you who's next. I'm doing fine. That's actually... Wow. ...that's one of my most favorite features of Insider Connected. It is. Mine too. That you should not forget what... Especially when you're playing in a league or if you're playing in multiple rounds. There's no arguing over who's up. You always know.
    7:56
    There we go. Thanks Dwight. Yeah, there we go. Thanks Dwight. For not venting that. Oh, so he's being, okay, I see what you're saying. He's trying to snack. I'm not going to take that multiple. I thought you said snack. Well, he wasn't hungry. Maybe I did say snack. I think you did say snack. I love snack. I also love dinner, breakfast, and lunch.
    8:20
    Right. There's breakfast and then snack. That upper playfield is very hard. Second breakfast. Is that the hobbits? The hobbits? Yeah. Marion Pittman likes second breakfast. Lately I've been to... So you have mode lit and multi ball. Which one does he go for, people? Is he going to post pass and do a backhand or is he going to try and go across the playfield? Nice.
    8:45
    It's level one. There we go. Level one complete. Nice. Now he's on level two. Ooh, but he started level 2.
    8:53
    That was a good episode. With Boba Fett? Oh, yeah. Oh, back flipping into the hole he felt. Flops it up.
    9:04
    Dan Farrick, that's it. Dan. Thank Farrick, that's it. Thank you. Oh my goodness. The pressure is on.
    9:17
    Oh, yeah. I'm gonna use Dwight's strategy here. Getting lucky that that isn't starting that long. Setting it up for third ball? For ball three? No! Ball three is all set up. It is, that is true. Ball's lit. You gotta think about the future, you know? Think about the future. All it takes is one ball. If you did really well, then we would all have to do that well. We probably would have passed you off.
    9:42
    Well I'm saying it right now, if I don't beat you guys because I did it on purpose, because you made the game and I want to make you lose it. no you can say that that's fine
    10:06
    but she played i did make one of those i will say okay here we go Alright, just left the door open for me. Why is it in last place? I'm in last place? I don't even have multiball lit. Play a little louder for me. I don't have anything lit. Or I have an encounters lit. Oh, that helps. I'll pretend that was on purpose.
    10:33
    Yeah, this was the game we were developing, like, two and a half years ago. The second season hadn't even come out yet. Three months away from the point of production.
    10:45
    Sorry. I owe you a better game. We can have a rematch after this. All right. Let me try and do something other than the terribleness that I just did.
    11:00
    He offers a rematch. Oh, I'm still going to beat you. Well, I'm not seeing any evidence of that. Well, you'll see it. It's not going to be. You've got one more ball to do your best.
    11:13
    It'd be funny if he doesn't even start a multiple ball. And then I don't either. The method is to start multiple balls. This is another great episode. I'm a multiple ball.
    11:28
    Yep. Maybe that's what I had in mind. I'm like, I'm... You only have to beat us, right? You didn't need this. Stack points. Oh, spider multiball! Oh, Spider Multi-Ball can be lucrative. That's another thing I do. A big part of the magic of Spider Multi-Ball is getting it up on the upper flame field. Oh! And increasing those values of the shot. It's hard to do when you've got all these other things going on! There you go. I forgot to do the flamethrower while I was playing. Why didn't anybody tell me? Oh, you're right. I didn forget Well thanks for reminding me It was orange it was ready I didn I didn impress it Draw that fire I take it out Go I just really want Rebecca to win Okay. Sure. Oh my god, 40 million points? Oh my god, she has 161 million points! Yeah. How do you control what the multiple is going to do? So the, it's the target, you hit the target and it changes the green light. And then it changes what one goal you're going to start. Oh, okay.
    12:31
    Which target? I'm not telling you. I was going to say, there are so many targets on a pinball game, right? That's not very specific. Oh.
    12:42
    Well, I got that. Extra ball bit. Extra ball. Well done. That's ball two. Oh, darn. Nice. That would have been nice.
    12:59
    That's very satisfying though. Don't take it away. Oh! So close. It's really hard to backhand that. Nice, nice, nice. Gotta have enough momentum. Yeah, it's gotta be clean. Nope. Ooh, ooh. Oh, oh. Nope. Come on Rebecca. I'm trying. Don't let us down.
    13:35
    This is the way. This is the way! There you go. Come on, I gotta- Oh no! I dropped my flipper! That's okay. You have another ball. I know, and I- Sometimes I- like if I'm in a really high stakes tournament, I sometimes just Take a breath, like, do I go for ambush?
    14:00
    No, that's the thing about pinball that I love is chance. Always play the way that you want to play.
    14:09
    Or sometimes you play the way you don't want to play, which is really bad. Right. There is a big part of pinball that is chance and not skill. The main way to make ambush even more lucrative is to get the 2x around the ramp. Oh, yeah, okay. And then you'll have 4x on the last shot. I can see that coming from a mile away. Congratulations. That was wonderful. You're only 200 million above everyone. Hey, but look at how quickly that happened. All right, Brian. It didn't happen to anybody. Yeah. The moment you've been waiting for. Start that multivolve. You have three things lit. How did you do that?
    14:41
    Yeah, okay. Which target are you talking about, please? Can you tell me? White? Um. All right. Let's look. You said... No, that's the thing I'm not sure of. Wait, so how do you... Which one did she get? She got spider. Oh, no. One, two, or three, though. I think it's three. I think it's three. I think it's the 2x target right there. I'm not positive, that's why I didn't want to say it. I'm not lying to you. It's been a few years and what, two games since this? You said you have to hit the targets. I don't know, I don't remember which target it is. I can ask Rebecca, I bet she'd tell me. I think, look, I think whichever multiple I can hit. It might be the low event targets, it might be the 2x. It might be. We'll hit one of the two, and then if it doesn't move, it's the other one. The multi-ball is always a good thing. I think it's three. But yes, the jetpack tends to not be worth it. My mind is full of D&D. You can use your flamethrower. Brian, flamethrower. Oh, we can't do it now. We just did it. I have to hit something. But she was wanting you to do it when the super was lit. Oh.
    15:54
    I panicked. I didn't notice you did. But you got your multi ball, you're still destroying me. Yeah! Okay, Rebecca. Oh, come on now! Oh! Wow, that was a fast shoot. That was fast! That was a jetpack total of five million.
    16:10
    I think that's the points I give you for starting it. Okay. I think you are. So if you were in the jetpack, you would be kind of like, sputtering. Like this. Player two is up. That was James Bond's jetpack.
    16:26
    That was a good one. I think the key is spider multi-ball. Yeah. Well, spider multi-ball, using your flame, and also I think I had a... Well, you're still beating me, so you still... I think I might have hit the... I might have gotten... Oh, come back, come back, come back. That's right. Oh, you were up on the upper playfield at least a little bit. Yeah. I got a couple of those. Because... And I didn't know that. That's the increase... Yeah, the upper playfield makes the lower playfield... value higher. Because it's so hard to do anything up there when you've got all the balls. But if you just flail up there you'll score something. Are you able to stage the flippers up there
    17:06
    or no? You... yes. Like you hold the flipper and it starts to part way? I think so. Yeah, I think so.
    17:15
    It's something I always want to do and then never actually do. But you're going to want to trap up up there and then just let that one go. So you're trapped up down below and then you're trapped up there and then let the up one go a little bit and then flip it without letting go of the bottom one.
    17:34
    Extra ball was lit. Time to go, kid! Get it? Well, sure. It was lit. But it didn't... What didn't happen? I swear I was lit, I hit the scoop, then I was in the scoop, and then it was showing that it was lit. It doesn't matter. Alright, I need 30,000. Well, we have it on video. Oh, but I have spider multiple all lit. I'm going to right straddle. Right, right. You're trying to jump.
    17:59
    We're here. Let me tell you about my drain. Oh wait he got spider Do or do not there is no try No We think give me a Spider Oh no don let him get that
    18:15
    No! Uh oh. Doing the dream dance! Oh right there, right there! No! Oh, there's a load. And the extra ball is lit.
    18:33
    I got, I got, I have at least two shots for multiple. They're taking the shutdown! Let's move! One. Hahaha. You need that one? Oh see it's not! It's not spider though! It must be one. Pirate!
    18:57
    Flamethrower or something. There it is! The whole time he's playing I'm just watching the topper. You guys can't see the topper, but the topper's up there. My favorite topper. He's doing all the things. He looks so cool. A little show for the people that are waiting to play. What a really super neat look of, like, you can have holograms. It really is my favorite show. I heard a replay sound. It must be him.
    19:40
    Oh, no! Come here, come here. No! I should have been. Yeah. Probably wouldn't have done well. Damn it. Alright, how am I doing? You've still got like a hundred something million to beat Rebecca.
    20:10
    As long as I beat Brian, that's all that matters. You already did. All this matters. Is this what it's like when you guys are working on a game together? You just sit in the office together? Like the Leafs-Deathriders? I think I got them both at least. I can't imagine. Hey. It really is nice to go visit everyone. Yeah. It's nice to be dark over there. Yeah. I'm like upstairs in the brightness and every time I go downstairs I'm like, ah yes, it's nice and dark. We obviously don't work in the same area as those watching the film know we are. We're close to Beskar Bonanza.
    21:11
    Get the Beskar meter to the top. Oh, we're close! I did, yeah. Congratulations, White. Thanks. What if he gets all the Beskar and he gets the extra most?
    21:26
    Uh, tell us how to earn some Beskar. How do you earn it? Mostly from... Oh, nice! I was walking away. Because you're talking to me! It was all part of my plan! So the left rebate gives you Beskar, but the best way to do it is bounty hunting. Well, because also when you do the bounty hunt, you start, like, a fire triangle. Yeah, you're right. So bounty hunting will give you one of the 3 plus 1 nexus, and give you Beskar. best card. This is like your victory lap. This is my victory lap. You already won, go ahead and play your last call, I'll allow it. I'll allow it. These outlays are wide open. I think they're factory. Is the factory on the last No? Who would have moved him? Nobody would have moved him. I know. I'm sorry, I was- I'm sorry. Well, I was yelling at Carl for telling me that I missed. Rubber on the outlane is all... Yeah. That'll be good. Player four, enter your initials. Aha. Grand champion. Grand Champion. That's great. Maybe Dwight? Yeah, I like Barf. Perhaps Dwight? We asked him what his initials were. Hey! All right! There we go.
    22:53
    I scored two! Perhaps me and Brian? Nope. I'll give you $5. It's okay. No, no, no. We shook on it. All right. You've got $5. Let's do a rematch. Rematch? Come on. Yeah.
    23:16
    Well hey, happy, uh, May the 4th be with you. Go out there and buy a Mando before you can't anymore. Vaulting up, it's vaulting up, guys.
    23:26
    Yeah, yeah. And we, that gameplay that we just had, it was just barely scratched the surface of what you can do in this game. There's not so much going on. You've got your encounters, missions, multi-balls, you buy a copper, you get extra, extra stuff with the copper. All the more reason to buy one. Plus Pedro Pascal. What more do you need?
    23:49
    Two words. Pedro Pascal. Who's he again? I'm not sure. He plays Go-Go? How does he fit in that costume?
    24:03
    Alright, bye guys. Thank you for hanging out with us. Go play some pinball.