Star Wars: Battlefront

2 Hours till the panel is on air. :-D

 

Viral thanks! I was just going to start looking around for this on my lunch break.

 

Contacted EA support - According to them Xbox pre-orders will open up tomorrow. Kind of silly that only there are only PC & PS4 pre-orders for what's supposed to be a multiplatform title.

 

Can't wait for this game, trailer looks crazy intense. Is it considered Battlefront 3 or kind of a reboot of the title Battlefront?

 

I think it's just Star Wars: Battlefront. I hope we have an assault mode like in Battlefront 2 where you can only play as heroes or villain (the characters). That would look great on the Xbox One and PS4

 

I remember that game mode being a lot of fun. Boba Fett looks like a blast to play in the trailer.

 

Yeah this game is going to be a total game changer.

 

When are we going to get a stand alone Star Wars animated movie like this? You know, like DC animated universe (DCAU) kind of stuff? Like something epic with characters we can no longer have in live action movies because of their age or because they have passed away?

I'd love to see a young Han and Lando (in their 20s) adventure rendered like this that starts with them earning their Corellian Bloodstripes.
(As just one example)

 

It's not Battlefront 3. It's a reboot and will be set in the canon universe. The original Battlefront games are set in the legends universe.

 

While there are similarities, "The Battle of Jakku", based on statements given by DICE over Twitter and Reddit, is apparently nowhere near a finished state, let alone a presentable one (the game itself is apparently still in an alpha stage, with a good 7 months to go before release...). Additionally, the only planets that were confirmed to be shown in the trailer were Endor, Hoth, Tatooine, and Sullust.

That part of the trailer is on Tatooine, which Jawas are native to. The crashed star destroyer, amongst other things, are there for cinematic effect and should not be considered canon.

 

Again I reiterate, "The Battle of Jakku" is a DLC map that is not going to be ready at launch - statements from DICE very much indicate the map, or maps seeing as how 1 planet can make anywhere between 2 to possibly 4 maps, is far from finished, and so is the game itself (which still has 7 months to go). And yes, it's there for cinematic effect, and little else. It is a cinematic trailer, after all, and to be quite frank - which would look more appealing? A semi-empty battlefield, or a shot loaded with multiple events happening in the middle of a battle? It's not there to mislead or misdirect anyone, it's there to impress visually.

Lastly, I think you're reading too much into this. It was plainly stated in the opening panel with J.J. and Kennedy at Celebration VII that the planet from the teaser was not Tatooine, but an entirely separate planet. But setting that aside, it makes absolutely no sense for it to even be Tatooine if it's being promised as DLC featuring "an entirely new planet", nor does showing it in what it is essentially the game's reveal trailer seeing as how that would indicate the map is already finished and is part of a pre-existing environment that's shipping with the game.

This being an attempt to "mislead" the general public would spark more bad press than anything else, something this game does not need anymore of, as the lack of an actual gameplay reveal has sparked enough of a backlash already.


Lastly, I feel the need to point this out - the second picture - what you highlighted are sand dunes, not mountains. The heights, even taking into account the different angles, don't even begin to match up, nor does the coloring of the environments.

 

For this reason I can understand why there's a sense of misdirection and disbelief, and while I do believe Jakku is a different planet, this could very well happen with other aspects of the movie.

You never know with Mr. Abrams these days.

 

I'm already seeing the new Battlefront trailer pop up before YouTube videos!

 

Looks like Gamestop is getting exclusive Developer Diaries from DICE. There's a couple of new images and a little bit of new WIP footage.

 

I noticed after re-watching it last night, my fault for not editing the post. Regardless, yes you are correct - my mistake.