The board looks like a glorified game of snakes and ladders with the objective being to move from corner of the board to the opposite corner to reach the rebel base. There are 4 coloured pieces that can be moved from the coloured start positions meaning that up to 4 players can play. The colours are red, blue green and yellow pictures of either Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia or Han Solo and Chewbacca, so 8 coloured pieces in total are included. These pictures are printed on small pieces of card that are attached to a small plastic stand. Instead of a dice, there is a numbered 1-6 spinner with a picture of R2-D2 underneath. There is a stack of cards that can be picked up during game play that help or penalise the player, along with 4 special Death Star blue print cards and 4 Tractor Beam cards with Ben Kenobi on the back, so he did get a mention after all! Instructions for playing the game are included on a separate instruction sheet.

Adventures of R2-D2 is much less common than Escape from Death Star and has a box and board of the same size. The front lid of the box features a drawing of R2-D2 on the left of the lid with images from the board to the right of this. The Palitoy logo is in the bottom right hand corner of the front of the lid. The back of the box has a picture of the board and other contents and describes the object of the game.

The board looks like another snakes and ladders clone with a brightly coloured path that is followed from the start circle on the left of the board to the finish circle on the right of the board. There are various 'ADVENTURE' circles on the way that can move you forwards or back on the path. There is also a Death Star circle which makes you lose a turn and then move forwards or back. There are 4 coloured pieces of cardboard with a picture of  R2-D2 on them that slot into the same plastic bases from Escape from Death Star, so up to 4 people can play. There is no counting needed in this game, so there is a spinner that features different colours that indicate what coloured circle on the path you move to next. The instructions for playing the game are printed directly on the cardboard insert that supports the board inside the game's box.

Destroy Death Star is the most rare of the three board games Palitoy produced and is completely different from the Kenner board game of the same name. The Kenner game features a square lid and box that contains a folded board that is square and looks like yet another snakes and ladders type game. The Palitoy board game is completely different from this. The front lid of the box features an image of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader with an X-Wing Fighter shooting at Darth Vader's Tie Fighter. Underneath this are 3 small insert pictures show a child playing the game and a closeup of the board. The Palitoy logo is in the bottom right hand corner on the front of the lid. The back of the box is plain cardboard and once the front lid is removed, this reveals a cardboard insert that sits on top of the board. This insert is often missing. The insert has 5 holes cut in revealing 2 plastic knobs and 2 holes in the board itself.

Once the insert is removed, the board can be removed. The board is a plastic tray with a hollow underneath. There are 2 star like plastic pieces included that fit onto the holes in the board. The plastic playing pieces are 6 green Tie Fighters, 1 of which is Darth Vader's Tie Fighter, and 6 red X-Wing fighters. There is also a separate Palitoy instruction booklet included that details how to play the game.

The 2 star like playing pieces can be seen below placed on the holes in the board. The board is a series of connected hexagons on which the playing pieces are moved. There are 2 knobs that control a movable light that moves underneath the board, 1 for horizontal movement, 1 for vertical movement, like an Etch-a-Sketch. The light and electronic sound effects are controlled by a on/off switch next to a detachable Star Wars logo that reveals the battery compartment underneath.

The underneath of the board reveals a thin white piece of cardboard held in place by screws which can be removed to reveal the mysterious inner workings underneath. This piece of cardboard is often missing. Once removed the light and wires can be seen on the underside of the board.

The Palitoy instruction booklet details how to play the game and features the iconic shot of a Tie fighter firing on an X-Wing fighter on the front cover with the Palitoy logo in the bottom right hand corner. There are 3 pages of instructions with the Palitoy logo featuring again in the bottom right hand corner on the back of the instruction booklet.