Star Wars: Battlefront

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, 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.

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. The Republic has jet trooper, with a jetpack, which enables long but low jumps, 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.

There are also non-playable characters (NPCs): Tusken Raiders roam the Dune Sea of Tatooine, Jawas patrol the streets of Mos Eisley, Ewoks inhabit the jungle of the forest moon of Endor, Gungans battle on the Naboo Plain, and Geonosians defend their territory on Geonosis. A later Xbox Live patch added the Tatooine: Jabba's Palace level, in which Gamorrean guards are the indigenous species. They attack both factions.

There is a playable demo on the Star Wars Trilogy bonus DVD. If inserted into an Xbox, an early version of the Battle of Endor level is available for play. Notable differences between the demo and the full game include, but aren't limited to the following:


 * A segment from Light of the Force plays as a musical cue when playing as the Rebels
 * The speeder bikes go much slower, and are less deadly
 * The landscape is altered
 * Blasters operate more clunkily than in the final version
 * Temporary sound effects, some lifted from Star Wars: Dark Forces, were used in place of the final ones
 * The health and ammo are in different places on-screen
 * The turrets are built into short bits of wall, and cannot rotate 360 degrees. You can also build walls without turrets in them.
 * The health and ammo droids seen in the full game are replaced with boxes of health and ammo lying around in random areas, not at spawn points.

Playable Vehicles and Ships


(There are no B-wing starfighters, but A-wing interceptors are included in Star Wars Battlefront 2) 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.
 * AT-ST walkers
 * AT-AT walkers
 * TX-130T fighter tank (known in the game as Imperial Combat Speeders)
 * X-wing starfighters
 * Y-wing starfighters
 * 74-Z speeder bikes
 * T-47 Snowspeeders
 * LAAT/i gunships
 * AT-TE walkers
 * TX-130S fighter tank
 * MAF gunships
 * Vulture Droid Starfighters
 * Aethersprite-class light interceptors (known in the game as Jedi starfighters)
 * Nantex-class starfighters (known in the game as Geonosian starfighters)
 * TIE fighters
 * TIE bombers
 * Gian speeder
 * Desert skiffs
 * Rebel combat speeders
 * Kaadus
 * IG-227 Hailfire Droids
 * OG-9 Homing Spider droids
 * AAT tanks
 * STAP platforms
 * Tauntauns
 * LAAT Gunships

Planets and Maps



 * Bespin
 * Cloud City
 * Bespin Platforms
 * Forest moon of Endor
 * Shield Bunker
 * Geonosis
 * Spire
 * Hoth
 * Echo Base
 * Kamino
 * Tipoca City
 * Kashyyyk
 * Islands
 * Docks (Kachirho)
 * Naboo
 * Theed
 * Plains
 * Rhen Var
 * Harbor
 * Citadel
 * Tatooine
 * Dune Sea
 * Mos Eisley
 * Jabba's Palace (Xbox Live patch)
 * Yavin 4
 * Temple
 * Arena

Sequels
The sequel, Star Wars Battlefront II was released on November 1st, 2005 on the PS2, Xbox, PSP, and PC platforms.

Inconsistencies with Star Wars continuity

 * Clone troopers wear an armor colored according with their function. That means no issue with regular troopers, ARC troopers, and clone pilots, but affects the red and green colored armor. It could be assumed that all jet troopers are sergeants and all snipers are captains, but that would imply an overpopulation of captains in the battles and there is also the fact of all NPC troopers obeying orders given by players regardless of their troop type. In the Star Wars movies, their color is by rank, not class.


 * All vehicles are drivable, which means that Hailfire droids, Homing Spider droids and droid starfighters don't move until another droid jumps inside to pilot it. The real versions of the abovementioned vehicles have a mind of their own.
 * Imperial Dark Troopers (phase II appearance) are soldiers with power armor, they give orders and cry when they are hit as stormtroopers do. Also, Dark Troopers are seen in a battle prior to their development, the Battle of Yavin Base. In the real Star Wars Universe, they are only droids and explode when hit.


 * During the Battle of Endor the Shield Bunker is destroyed. Yet, the Shield Bunker building itself is still there. Also if You Look Behind the Shield Bunker (in the distance) the satellite dish is still there. Edit: this battle of endor takes place before the destruction of the death star.


 * Snowspeeder tow cable turrets can fire not only cable but blaster bolts as well. Edit: The T47 airs speeder have a rear blaster cannon. It was very small though and would only be used to supress enemies or for light rear cover.


 * The Sarlacc's tentacles are too long and once one is pulled into the pit, the game says that person has died (in the real Star Wars victims are kept alive for 1,000 years in the Sarlacc's stomach.


 * The Sarlacc is not in the Great Pit of Carkoon. edit: while its not the great pit, the dune sea has at least 5 known sarlacc pits.

Pilots and Vehicles
These are pilots and vehicles who match the movies.
 * AT-TE: Clone Pilot
 * AAT: Demolition Droids
 * AT-AT: Imperial Pilot
 * AT-ST: Imperial Commando
 * Hailfire Droids: Assault Droids
 * Homing Spider Droids: Assault Droids
 * Droid Starfighter: Demolition Droids
 * Republic Gunship: Clone Pilots
 * STAP: Demolition Droids
 * Speeder Bike: Scout Trooper-Empire/Rebel Soldier-Rebels
 * BARC Speeder: Clone Sharpshooter
 * TIE Fighter and Bomber: TIE pilot
 * Imperial Combat Speeder: Imperial Commando
 * Republic Combat Speeders: Clone Pilots
 * Rebel Combat Speeders: Rebel pilots
 * X-wing: Rebel Pilot
 * Y-wing: Rebel Pilot
 * Snowspeeder: Rebel Pilot
 * MAF: Droid Pilot
 * Jedi Starfighter: Clone pilot
 * Desert Skiff: Stormtrooper and Shock trooper
 * Tauntaun: Rebel Soldier

Troops and Planets
These are Troops That Match the Movies\Enviroment\Planet
 * Bespin:Platforms:-All Factions- Pilots
 * Bespin:Cloud City-Blaster Rifle
 * Endor:Bunker-Empire-Scout trooper Stormtrooper Imperail Officer.Rebels-Rebel Soilders Rebel Marksmen
 * Geonosis:Spire-Republic-All Clones.CIS-All Droids
 * Hoth:Echo Base-Rebels-All Rebels But Wookiee.Empire-All Imperails But Dark Trooper
 * Kamino:Tipoca City-Republic All Clones-CIS-All Droids
 * Kashyyyk:Docks-Republic-All Clones-CIS-All Droids
 * Kashyyyk:Islands-Republic-All Clones-CIS-All Droids
 * Naboo:Plains-Republic-All Clones-CIS-All Droids
 * Naboo:Theed-Republic-All Clones-CIS-All Droids
 * Rhen Var:Citdel-Rebels-All Rebels But Wookiee-Empire-All Imperails But Dark Trooper
 * Rhen Var:Harbor-Republic-All Clones-CIS-All Droids
 * Tatooine:Dune Sea-Rebels-Rebel Soilder-Empire-Scout Trooper Storm Trooper Shock Trooper Imperail Commando
 * Tatooine:Mos Eisley-Rebels-Rebel Soilder-Empire- Scout Trooper Stormtrooper Shock Trooper Imperail Commando
 * Yavin IV:Arena-Rebels-Rebel Marksmen-Empire-All Imperails But Shock trooper and Dark Trooper
 * Yavin IV:Temple-Rebels-Rebel Vanguard-Empire-Stormtrooper

Cheat Code

 * When starting a profile enter your name as JUB JUB. This will cause all troops to be much shorter, and unlimited ammo.
 * When in the Select Battle (in Any Planet Selection Screen) press Square Circle Square Circle on the PS2 to unlock all planets.

Mods

 * There are plenty of mods to download for this game from www.swbffiles.com. One of the most notable is Eisenfaust's Realism Mod which greatly improves the game in terms of in-universe-realism.

Hazards
The following is a list of environmental/man-made hazards in the game.
 * Naboo:Theed-Falling in the River.
 * Kashyyyk:Island-Drowning in Water.
 * Kamino-Falling in the Sea.
 * Kashyyk:Docks-Falling off of Towers.
 * Tatooine:Dune Sea-Being eating By the Sarlacc or Crashing into Mountains.
 * Rhen Var-Falling off of Mountains.
 * Yavin IV:Temple-Crashing into Trees.
 * Cloud City-Falling Down the Reactor(The one Luke Jumps Down) or Jumping in the Carbon Frezzing Chamber Hole.
 * Bespin:Platforms-Falling in Space(off the Platforms).
 * Endor-Jumping in the electrical wind tunnel in the Shield Bunker.