Press ⇩ or to pick up items or weapons. Some items can be picked up simply by touching them.

Plasma Shield	This shield will protect you from enemy hits for a short time.
Grenades (Han only)	Throw these using to engulf enemies in a powerful explosion.
Thermal Detonator	Trigger this by pressing before the name disappears from the screen to vaporise all on-screen enemies!
Health	These come in small and large sizes. Pick them up to restore your health.
Force Orb (Luke only)	Pick up one of these to partially restore your Force meter.
Coin	Collect these for additional points.
Bonus	Pick this up to double the points you collect for a short time.
Health Sword	This will increase the length of your health bar.
Extra Life	Get an extra life.
Blaster Power	Pick this up to upgrade your blaster (see below).

You can power up your blaster by picking up the Blaster item. Your blaster will be upgraded in a certain order, as given below. Once you get a new blaster upgrade, you will lose your previous blaster type. If your hero dies, you will lose your blaster upgrade and continue with their regular blaster.

Laser Blaster	The basic blaster type. This is Luke’s initial weapon.
Flame Blaster	Shoot short bursts of flame to torch your opponents. This is Han and Chewie’s initial weapon.
Proton Seeker	Just as the name says, this weapon will seek and destroy your enemies.
Rapid Ion Gun	Fire a powerful, rapid ion blast that bounces off walls.
Plasma Wave Blaster	The most powerful blaster. This plasma wave annihilates almost anything in its path.
Lightsaber	With this powerful energy sword, you can slice and dice through whatever is unfortunate enough to stand in your way. Note: Only Luke can use this weapon.

Luke can pick up these orbs on Dagobah to permanently gain access to certain Force powers. To select a Force power, press to show a list of the powers you have, then use / to scroll through them. Press to activate or deactivate a Force power.

Heal	Restore some of your health.
Elevation	Luke will float in the air. Note: This Force power is always on. Hold ⇧ to float.
Freeze	Freeze all enemies on screen.
Invisible	Become invisible. Enemy attacks will not harm you while you are in this state.
Mind Control	Confuse enemies to render them harmless.
Saber Deflect	Skilfully wield your Lightsaber to deflect enemy shots.
Saber Control	Throw your Lightsaber and control it as it spins through the air.
Slowdown	Slow down enemy characters and projectiles.