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Star Wars: Battlefront

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Star Wars: Battlefront
Publication information
Developer(s)

Pandemic Studios

Publisher(s)

LucasArts

Release date

September 20, 2004

Genre

Third/First-person shooter

Modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Rating(s)

ESRB: Teen (T)
OFLC (AU): M15+
USK: 16

Platform(s)

PC, Mac OS X, PlayStation 2, Xbox

Chronology
Timeline

32 BBY-4 ABY

[Source]

Star Wars: Battlefront is a third/first-person shooter (interchangeable) video game based around battles featured in the Star Wars movies. It was developed by Pandemic Studios and Lucas Arts, and released on September 20, 2004 for Xbox (playable on Xbox 360), PlayStation 2, and PC, the same day as the release of the Star Wars Trilogy DVD set. You can either play Battlefront online with up to 16 players, or offline with up to 2 players.

Contents

[edit] Gameplay

The game features four main factions from both the prequel and the classic trilogies. They are: the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems (Separatists) of the prequel era, and the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire of the classic trilogy. However, factions can only play their historical adversary; there can't be any Rebel vs. Separatist fights, for example. Within each unit, five different classes of characters become available. Four of the classes are fairly similar for each faction: a basic infantry soldier (a super battle droid for the Separatists), a heavy weapons trooper with a rocket launcher, a pilot, and a sniper. The fifth class is different for each faction. The Imperials have the dark trooper, with a jetpack which enables short but high jumps, plus a shotgun, a pistol and grenades. The Republic has the jet trooper, with a jetpack, which enables long but low jumps, an enhanced pistol, grenades and an EMP launcher. The Separatists have the droideka, which is very powerful and fast and comes with a personal shield, but can't use vehicles. The Rebels have the Wookiee smuggler, with extra health, time-bombs, a bowcaster, and a grenade launcher.

Jedi heroes are featured in the game: the Rebel Alliance gets Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader wields his lightsaber for the Empire, Mace Windu fights along with the Republic, and Count Dooku is with the Separatists. Jedi characters appear but are not playable; they may only be your allies in battle, under certain circumstances. They are supposedly invincible, but landing ships on them, blasting them off edges, and running them over will kill them, leaving you to stand on their defeated forms.

There are also non-playable characters (NPCs): Tusken Raiders roam the Dune Sea of Tatooine and attack any sides viciously, Jawas patrol the streets of Mos Eisley, Ewoks inhabit the jungle of the forest moon of Endor, Gungans battle on the Naboo Plain, Royal guards patrol Theed, Wookiees defend Kashyyyk and Geonosians aid the Separatists on Geonosis.

There is a playable Xbox demo on the Star Wars Trilogy bonus DVD. The demo gameplay is limited to a Battle of Endor level, and is slightly different to that of the actual game. A PS2 demo was also released with Sony's PlayStation magazine. It also only featured the Battle of Endor. A glitch in this demo was that the Rebel Wookiee Smuggler class commanded orders in Basic, rather than growls.

[edit] Playable vehicles and ships

A clone sharpshooter on Geonosis.

In addition to the above, various blaster turrets and emplaced guns are available on various maps. These vehicles have many capabilities from the movies - a Republic Gunship can carry up to hold five people, and Rebel Snowspeeders are able to launch a tow cable out of the rear of the vehicle to trip up AT-ATs.

[edit] Synopsis

[edit] Clone Wars Campaign

(32 BBY-19 BBY)

The Trade Federation has blockaded the peaceful planet of Naboo. The Trade Federation army of B1 battle droids marched to the Great Grass Plains to destroy the native Gungan Grand Army which opposed them on Naboo. The Trade Federation army arrived in Multi-Troop Transports with Armored Assault Tanks. The Gungan Grand Army was waiting with many Gungan soldiers with some riding kaadu. Their fambaas arrived with giant portable shield generators which were activated to protect the Gungans. The massive Trade Federation army got through the shield and destroyed the portable shield generators and killed all of the Gungans (Except Jar Jar Binks) and kaadu at the Great Grass Plains.

The people and security forces of the capital city of Theed attacked the Trade Federation's army of B1 battle droids and P-series droidekas to allow the Queen to get into the Theed Royal Palace. But the Trade Federation killed all Royal Guards trying to enter The Palace.

The Wookiee Trade Guild taxed the Trade Federation which was now part of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. In retaliation the CIS sent Darth Sidious's new apprentice Count Dooku and an army of B1 battle droids, P-series droideka, and B2 super battle droids to end the conflict. The CIS army destroyed the Wookiee Trade Guild and its private army.

LAATs on Geonosis.

The Republic has just acquired a new clone army in white from the Kaminoans on Kamino. The clone army arrived at the Separatist base on Geonosis with Mace Windu to destroy the Separatist army made up of B1 battle droids, B2 super battle droids, W-series droideka, and Geonosians. The clone army with their AT-TEs destroyed the Techno Union ships which the CIS was using to evacuate and the clone army killed most of the Geonosians there and destroyed the battle droid army.

The CIS has discovered the cloning facilities on Kamino and has sent an army of B1 battle droids, B2 super battle droids, and W-series droideka to destroy them. The Republic clone army left to defend it destroyed all of the attacking droids.

The Republic has discovered a long-range sensor station on Rhen Var created by Count Dooku. They sent an army of clone troopers with some AT-TEs and a few TX-130S Fighter Tanks to Rhen Var to capture the station. The army of clones destroyed all of the W-series droideka, B1 battle droids, B2 super battle droids, and Armored Assault Tanks there.

The CIS has launched a desperate attack on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk. A clone army of the Republic was sent to Kashyyyk to destroy the army of B1 battle droids, B2 super battle droids, Q-series droideka, OG-9 homing spider droids, and Armored Assault Tanks. They destroyed the entire Separatist army there and saved the Wookiees.

[edit] Galactic Civil War Campaign

(0 BBY-4 ABY)

The Galactic Empire sent down a legion of stormtroopers with some vehicles to the Dune Sea on Tatooine to eliminate enemy natives. The Stormtrooper legion slaughtered all Rebels and Tusken Raiders they found in the Dune Sea.

The stormtroopers of the Empire and Darth Vader have began searching the town of Mos Eisley for the droids which carried the plans to the Death Star. The droids escaped. So the stormtroopers and Darth Vader eliminated all locals that were suspected of helping the droids escape.

The Rebellion has discovered an Imperial outpost on the planet Rhen Var so sends a legion of Rebels to capture the station. The stormtroopers left to defend the station killed all of the attacking Rebels.

The Empire sent down a legion of stormtroopers to secure a Rebel arena on Yavin 4 to establish a foothold there for the Battle Of Yavin 4. They killed all of the Rebels in the arena and took over.

The Death Star has been destroyed and the escape pods crashed down on Yavin 4. The surviving stormtroopers attacked the Rebel base but were all killed by the Rebels defending the base. After the attack, the Rebels feared that the Imperials would attack again, so they hired the Bothan High Command to protect it.

The Rebel base on Hoth has been discovered by the Empire, and stormtroopers and All Terrain Armored Transports were sent down to destroy the Rebel base and the Rebel shield generator. The Rebels with the help of Luke Skywalker destroyed the AT-ATs and killed all of the stormtroopers.

The Rebellion sent a legion of Rebels to liberate Cloud City on Bespin. The Rebels killed all of the stormtroopers and captured the city.

The Rebellion captured/killed all of the stormtroopers on the main mining platform on Bespin to get the Tibanna gas.

The second Death Star was being constructed above the forest moon of Endor. The Rebellion sent a legion of Rebels which allied with the native Ewoks to destroy the shield bunker which made a shield protecting the Death Star II.

[edit] Galactic Conquest

Galactic Conquest allows the player to choose a faction and use it to conquer the galaxy. As a result, it is considered to be non-canon.

1. Rebels - Birth Of The Rebellion
2. Empire - Dark Side Rising
3. Republic - Attack Of The Clones
4. CIS - Revenge Of The Sith
5. Rebels/Empire - The Galactic Civil War
6. Rebels/Empire - A Galaxy Divided
7. Republic/CIS - The Clone Wars
8. Republic/CIS - Balance Of The Force

[edit] Instant Action / Multiplayer Maps

Players may play battles by themselves in Instant Action or play with up to 16 players in multiplayer maps via Xbox Live, PC servers, or on the same Xbox/PS2.

[edit] Mod Tools

See also: BFBuilder

In late 2004, LucasArts released the Star Wars: Battlefront BFBuilder, an unsupported modding tool that allows players to create new battlefields for Star Wars: Battlefront. The mod tools have contributed greatly to the current cult-like following the game still has.

[edit] Sequels

Star Wars: Battlefront II was released on November 1st, 2005 on the PS2, Xbox, PSP, and PC platforms. On the 10th of May 2007, LucasArts announced a PSP exclusive addition to the Star Wars Battlefront series, Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron, which was released October 9, 2007.

[edit] Inconsistencies with Star Wars continuity

There are many major canonical inconsistencies in the Star Wars: Battlefront series. However, many of the errors are simply game mechanics.

  • In the Galactic Civil War campaign, Darth Vader is present during the siege of Mos Eisley, but in the movie he was on the Death Star while that was happening. And also, as stated in Star Wars novels, Vader would never return to Tatooine for (obvious) emotional reasons.
  • In the Clone Wars campaign ARC troopers are playable on Geonosis, and Jet Troopers are the new units (instead of ARC troopers) in The Battle of Kamino. Also, in the Battlefront II version of Geonosis, Jet Troopers are playable along with ARC Troopers.
  • The Trade Federation wins the Battle of Naboo, whereas in The Phantom Menace they lost (although the Trade Federation had the upper hand, until the Droid Control Ship was destroyed).
  • For an odd reason the sky on Tatooine:Dune Sea is Yellow on the console version of the game but corrected blue on the PC version.
  • Luke Skywalker flies in a Rebel Snowspeeder in the movie but battles on the ground at the Battle of Hoth in the game.

Leeland Chee has stated that though technology, characters and locations in the game are C-canon, the story itself is S-canon, which means that only parts of it that appeared in other C-canon sources are canon. The story of the sequel however is C-canon.

[edit] Unit types

  • Basic Infantryman: Automatic Blaster- Clone Trooper, Super Battle Droid, Rebel Soldier, Stormtrooper
  • Sniper: Sniper Rifle- Clone Sharpshooter, Assassin Droid, Rebel Marksman, Scout Trooper
  • Pilot: Differ-Clone Pilot(DL Bolt Caster),Droid Pilot(Mortar Launcher),Rebel Pilot(Blaster Cannon),Imperial Pilot(Grenade Launcher)
  • Heavy: Rocket Launcher- ARC Trooper, Demolitions Droid, Rebel Vanguard, Shock Trooper
  • Special: Differ- Jet Trooper(EMP Launcher), Droideka(Rapid Blaster Cannon), Wookiee(Bowcaster), Dark Trooper(Arc Caster)

[edit] Units

Republic Units (All wear Phase I clone trooper armor):

Left to right: A clone trooper, an ARC heavy weapon trooper, a clone pilot, clone sharpshooter, and a jet trooper.

CIS Units:

Left to right: A B1 Battle Droid, a Demolition Droid, a Pilot Droid, an Assassin Droid, a B2 Super Battle Droid, and a P-series droideka.

Rebellion Units:

Imperial Units:

Left to right: A Stormtrooper, a Shocktrooper, a Dark Trooper (Phase Zero), a Scouttrooper, a Snowtrooper, an AT-AT pilot, a TIE pilot, and an AT-ST pilot.

[edit] Cut content

There is cut vehicle content that has been left in the game. This includes:

Some reasons behind this may be issues of balance. Most likely, LucasArts did not want Episode III content revealed so early (one example is the Kashyyyk: Docks map (Kachirho) which, at the time, could not be identified).

In the Trailer for Star Wars Battlefront it was shown that players could fly Droid Starfighters and Jedi Starfighters on Kamino. This was most likely cut because gameplay was too similar to Bespin: Platforms.

[edit] Trooper variations

The following are troops that change skin on certain maps:

Galactic Empire:

  • Scout trooper-Hoth, Rhen Var - Snowtrooper
  • Stormtrooper-Hoth, Rhen Var - Snowtrooper
  • Shock trooper-Hoth, Rhen Var - Snowtrooper
  • Imperial Pilot-Hoth, Rhen Var - AT-AT Pilot
  • Imperial Pilot-Naboo, Endor, Tatooine - AT-ST Pilot
  • Imperial Pilot-Tatooine, Bespin, Kashyyyk -Tie Fighter Pilot


Rebel Alliance:

  • Rebel Soldier - Hoth, Rhen Var - Hoth uniform - Endor, Yavin IV,Naboo - Forest Uniform - Bespin - Gray Uniform
  • Rebel Vanguard - Hoth, Rhen Var - Hoth uniform
  • Rebel Marksmen - Hoth, Rhen Var - Hoth uniform
  • Rebel Pilot - Hoth, Rhen Var - Hoth uniform
  • Wookiee - Hoth, Rhen Var - Snow covered fur

Galactic Republic:

  • All Troops on Random Maps

CIS:

  • All Droids on Random Maps

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Characters

See also: List of computer-controlled character names in Battlefront games

[edit] Droid models

[edit] Locations

[edit] Species

[edit] Sentient

[edit] Non-sentient

[edit] Vehicles

[edit] Weapons

Models are listed in this manner:(Rebels,Empire,Republic,CIS)

[edit] Behind the scenes

In the game, Imperial dark troopers are not droids, but soldiers with power armor, they give orders and cry out when they are hit as stormtroopers do. Also, dark troopers are seen in a battle prior to their development, the Battle of Yavin Base. These inconsistencies were retconned by The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide which retconned them to be the Phase Zero dark troopers, part human, part cyborg.

[edit] External links


The Battlefront series
Main series
Star Wars: Battlefront · Star Wars: Battlefront II
Spin-off games
Renegade Squadron · Mobile Squadrons · Elite Squadron
Game Guides
Battlefront: Prima Official Game Guide · Battlefront II: Prima Official Game Guide
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