Nintendo today announced plans for releasing some classic Super Nintendo Entertainment System Star Wars games from LucasArts. Beginning with today's release of Super Star Wars on the Virtual Console, Nintendo says "in the coming weeks, both Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi will be added to the Virtual Console lineup." Each game will be available for 800 Wii Points ($8). These were some memorable and well received games back in the SNES era, so fans who may have missed it back then, or fans who want to rekindle some fun gaming moments, can do finally do that.

Nintendo also said they will be hosting events on their Check Mii Out Channel, where you can submit and vote on your favorite Star Wars themed Mii designs. There will also be Star Wars themed voting going on in the Everybody Votes Channel. Both of those channels are available as a free download from the Wii Shop, so make sure you download them!

Here's more from Nintendo:

"The arrival of the first three games will be accompanied by additional Star Wars-themed content on other Wii channels throughout the week. The Check Mii Out Channel will invite people to submit their best Mii™ character renditions of classic Star Wars characters. On the Everybody Votes Channel, users can cast their votes to help settle old debates, such as the proper order to watch the six Star Wars films, and who fired first – Han Solo or Greedo?

“Our expanded partnership with LucasArts brings the Star Wars and Nintendo universes together,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “These three Super Star Wars games represent fantastic additions to the growing Virtual Console library, and the exclusive Star Wars content on the other Wii Menu channels is sure to have people from different generations having fun and interacting with one another.”

“Virtual Console on Wii is a great way to make these games available to our fans again, and it’s an awesome opportunity to expose our classic console titles to an entirely new audience,” said Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts."

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