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.

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.

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, Wookiees defend Kashyyyk and Geonosians aid the Separatists 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 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 Warrior class commanded orders in Basic, rather than growls.

Playable vehicles and ships

 * AT-ST
 * AT-AT
 * IFT-T
 * X-Wing
 * Y-Wing
 * Speeder Bike
 * Snowspeeder
 * LAAT/i Gunship
 * AT-TE
 * IFT-X
 * MAF Gunship
 * Droid Starfighter
 * Jedi Starfighter
 * Geonosian Fighter
 * TIE Fighter
 * TIE Bomber
 * Desert Skiff
 * Combat Speeder
 * Kaadu
 * Hailfire Tank
 * Spider Walker
 * AAT
 * STAP
 * Tauntaun

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.

Clone Wars Campaign
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. There 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 and kaadu at the Great Grass Plains.
 * The Battle of Naboo

The people and security forces of the capital city of Theed rebelled and attacked the Trade Federation's army of B1 battle droids and P-series droideka which had just recently captured the city. The rebellious people were all killed in the end though.
 * Rebellion in Theed

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.
 * Aggressive Negotiations

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 there 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 Battle of Geonosis

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.
 * Assault on Kamino

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.
 * Mountaintop Defenses

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.
 * The Battle of Kashyyyk

Galactic Civil War Campaign
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.
 * Desert Extermination

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.
 * Siege of Mos Eisley

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.
 * Sabotage at Rhen Var

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.
 * Assault on Yavin 4

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 evacuated there base on Yavin 4.
 * Fall of Yavin 4

The Rebel base on Hoth has been discovered by the Empire and All Terrain Armored Transports, and stormtroopers 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 Battle of Hoth

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

The Rebellion captured killed all of the stormtroopers on the main mining platform on Bespin to get the Tibanna gas.
 * Battle in the Clouds

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. The destroyed the bunker and killed all of the stormtroopers there.
 * The Battle of Endor

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

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.

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

Inconsistencies with Star Wars continuity
There are many major canonical inconsistencies in the Star Wars: Battlefront series. Most of the errors are simply game mechanics though.


 * 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. 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 and similar items are drivable, which means that Hailfire droids, Homing Spider droids and droid starfighters don't move on their own until another droid jumps inside to pilot it. The canon versions of the above mentioned vehicles have a droid brain and behave like normal droids.
 * Imperial dark troopers (phase II appearance) are 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. In the real Star Wars Universe, they are only droids and explode when hit.
 * Vehicles like AT-ATs can be boarded instantly from ground level. As shown in Episode VI, they need special loading platforms to be boarded, and even then it is not a matter of moments from boarding to driving.
 * Some ships and guns have the wrong sound and laser color.
 * The heroes (Count Dooku, Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and Mace Windu) have the wrong lightsaber hilts.
 * The Cloud City Reactor core is Incomplete.
 * Battle Droids and Droidekas use Bacta tanks and medical droids to heal, wheras these wouldn't normally have any effect on them.
 * In the Galactic Civil War campaign, Darth Vader is in Mos Eisley, but in the film he was on the Death Star while that was happening.
 * Darth Vader was also supposed to be unable to return to the planet due to emotional problems, as stated in the end of Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader. However, Battlefront was released before this was established.
 * The Raid in Theed takes place after the Great Grass Plains Battle even though in truth it occured a few days before.
 * At the beginning of the Battle of Hoth, Luke Skywalker starts at Echo Base hangar bay and does not enter a snowspeeder. Thus, the hero can help ground forces.

Unit types

 * Trooper: Basic Soldier
 * Sniper: Long-Range, Anti-Infantry
 * Pilot: Pilot Unit, Vehicle Commander
 * Heavy: Anti-Vehicle, Poor Accuracy
 * Special: Commander/Leader Unit

Units
Republic Units:
 * Clone Trooper
 * Clone Sharpshooter
 * Clone Pilot
 * ARC Trooper
 * Jet Trooper

CIS Units:
 * B1 Battle Droid
 * Super Battle Droid (Replaces the B1 Battle Droid)
 * Assassin Droid
 * Pilot Droid
 * Demolition droid
 * Droideka

Rebellion Units:
 * Rebel Soldier
 * Rebel Marksman
 * Rebel Pilot
 * Rebel Vanguard
 * Wookiee Smuggler

Imperial Units:
 * Stormtrooper
 * Scout Trooper
 * Imperial Pilot
 * Shock Trooper
 * Dark Trooper

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


 * AT-PT
 * AT-XT
 * Sentinel-class landing craft
 * Multi-Troop Transport
 * ARC-170
 * AT-RT
 * N-1 Starfighter
 * K-wing


 * Along with more models from ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars (video game)

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).

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

Rebel Alliance:
 * Rebel Soldier - Hoth, Rhen Var - Hoth 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

Characters

 * Count Dooku
 * Mace Windu
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Darth Vader
 * Yoda (movie clip only)
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi (movie clip only)
 * Darth Sidious (movie clip only)
 * Nute Gunray (movie clip only)
 * Rune Haako (movie clip only)
 * Padmé Amidala (movie clip only)
 * Captain Panaka (movie clip only)
 * Qui-Gon Jinn (movie clip only)
 * Ki-Adi-Mundi (movie clip only)
 * R2-D2 (movie clip only)
 * C-3PO (movie clip only)
 * Wilhuff Tarkin (movie clip only)
 * Chewbacca (movie clip only)
 * Han Solo (movie clip only)
 * Lando Calrissian (movie clip only)
 * Boba Fett (movie clip only)

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

Droid models

 * B1 Battle Droid
 * B2 super battle droid
 * Droideka
 * OOM-series battle droid
 * Astromech Droid (movie clip)-(Repair Droid)
 * Protocol droid (movie clip)
 * Gonk Droid

Locations

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

Species

 * Human
 * Gungan
 * Kaadu
 * Fambaa
 * Wookiee
 * Geonosian
 * Tusken Raider
 * Sarlacc
 * Jawa
 * Tauntaun
 * Ewok
 * Gamorrean (patch)
 * Neimoidian (movie clip only)
 * Cerean (movie clip only)

Vehicles

 * 74-Z Speeder Bike
 * Single Trooper Aerial Platform
 * Rebel combat speeder
 * TX-130S Fighter Tank
 * Armored Assault Tank
 * IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tank
 * OG-9 Homing Spider droid
 * All Terrain-Scout Transport
 * All Terrain-Tactical Enforcer
 * All Terrain-Armored Transport
 * Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor
 * Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid, Mark I
 * T-65 X-wing starfighter
 * TIE/ln starfighter
 * BTL Y-wing starfighter
 * TIE/sa Bomber
 * Nantex-class territorial defense starfighter
 * Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry
 * Mechanized Assault Flyer
 * cloud car

Weapons

 * Blaster rifle
 * Blaster pistol
 * Thermal detonator
 * Concussion grenade
 * Wrist blaster
 * Tri-shot
 * Wrist rocket
 * Missile launcher
 * Mine dispenser
 * RD-1 Radiation Launcher
 * Sniper rifle
 * Repeating blaster
 * DN bolt caster
 * EMP launcher
 * Mortar launcher
 * Blast cannon
 * Bowcaster
 * Grenade launcher
 * Time bomb
 * Lightsaber
 * EMP grenade