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. It is the best-selling Star Wars game of all time.

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 walkers
 * AT-AT walkers
 * TX-130T fighter tank
 * 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

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.

Synopsis


Clone Wars Campaign

The Battle of the Grassy Plains The Trade Federation has blockaded the peaceful planet of Naboo but the native Gungan Grand Army opposes them. The Gungans made use of Fambaas with Shield Generators to protect their troops and Kaadus to carry their Gungans while The Trade Federation made use of AATs and STAPs. The Trade Federation killed the Fambaas and destroyed the shield. All Gungans were wiped out (all of the Battle Droids actually get deactivated in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace).

Rebellion in Theed The citizens of Theed had gotten tired of the Federation's occupation and tryed to retake the city. They sent city guards to deal with the Battle droids. The Trade Federation's Droidekas and B1 Battle Droids crushed all resistance and kept the city in line.

Aggressive Negotiations Because of Darth Maul's death during the blockade of Naboo Darth Sidious found a new apprentice. Count Dooku is his name. Count Dooku formed the Confederacy Of Independent Systems (CIS). They made use of Trade Federation B1 Battle Droids and Droidekas and Techno Union B2 Super Battle Droids. The Wookiees on Kashyyyk were disturbing their trade routes so Count Dooku sent a legion of battle droids to Kashyyyk. They eliminated all of the Wookiees in a small village.

The Battle of Geonosis The Republic had obtained a new clone army to challenge the Separatists. Their first mission to Geonosis to save Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Padmé Amidala. Instead they had gotten into a war called the clone wars. Mace Windu and the clone army blew up all of the Techno Union ships on Geonosis and killed many Geonosians. They also destroyed many battle droids. Because of this Count Dooku and the Separatist leaders fled Geonosis and the clone wars had begun.

Assault on Kamino The Confederacy found out that the clone army was being cloned on Kamino so they sent a legion of Battle Droids to Tipoca City to the cloning center to destroy the cloning machines. The Republic clone troopers destroyed all of the battle droids and defended the cloning facility.

Mountaintop Defenses Count Dooku had set up a long range sensor station on Rhen Var so a legion of clone troopers and a few AT-TEs were sent to Rhen Var to capture the station. They destroyed all of the droids there and took over the long range sensor station.

The Battle of Kashyyyk The Confederacy launched a desperate attack on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk so a legion of clone troopers went to Kashyyyk and with the help of the Wookiees destroyed the droid army there.

Galactic Civil War Campaign

Desert Extermination The Empire now rules the galaxy but the plans to the Death Star had been stolen and there is legion of Rebels on Tatooine so the Empire have sent a legion of Stormtroopers to Tatooine in the Dune Sea to kill the legion of Rebels there. When they landed they slaughtered all Rebels and Tusken Raiders in the Dune Sea.

Siege of Mos Eisley The droids with the stolen plans to the death star escaped with the help of locals so Darth Vader went with a legion of Stormtroopers to kill all locals. Darth Vader with the help of his Stormtroopers killed all of the traitorous Mos Eisley citizens.

Sabotage at Rhen Var An imperial long range sensor station on Rhen Var has been discovered by the Rebellion. They don't like there fleet of ships being watched so they sent a legion of Rebel Soldiers to take over the station. The Stormtroopers at the long range sensor station killed all of the Rebel Soldiers attacking the station.

Assault on Yavin 4 The Empire had discovered a rebel base on the moon of Yavin 4 so they sent a legion of Stormtroopers to and arena filled with Rebel Soldiers. The Stormtroopers killed all of the Rebel Soldiers in the arena.

The Fall of Yavin 4 The Death Star had been blown up and all of the escape pods landed on Yavin 4 near a rebel base. They have joined together and one legion has survived. The Rebellion had to hold off Stormtroopers until the evacuation of the base was complete. The Rebel Soldiers killed all of the Stormtroopers near the base and blew up all of there AT-STs.

The Battle of Hoth The Empire found the Rebellion's new base on Hoth and it had a shield generator. The Empire sent down some AT-ATs and many Stormtroopers to blow up the shield generator and kill all of the Rebels. The Empire blew up the shield generator but Luke Skywalker and all of the rebel soldiers at the base blew up the AT-ATs and killed all of the Stormtroopers.

The Liberation of Cloud City A legion of Rebel Soldiers has been sent to Cloud City on Bespin to retake the city. The Rebel Soldiers kill all of the Stormtroopers and retook the city.

Battle in the Clouds A mining platform on Bespin was owned by the Empire and the Rebels needed the recourses so they sent a legion of Rebel Soldiers to the platform. The Rebel Soldiers killed all of the Stormtroopers on the platform and took over the mining platform. The Battle of Endor A second Death Star had been built and if the Rebellion didn't destroy it, it would be the end for them. The Death Star had a shield around it coming form the forest moon of Endor at a shield bunker. So the rebellion sent a legion of Rebel Soldiers to Endor and they made an alliance with the native Ewoks. The Ewoks and the Rebel Soldiers kill all of the Stormtroopers and blew up the shield bunker. The second Death Star had been destroyed.

Galactic Conquest

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


 * 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

Sequels
Star Wars: Battlefront II was released on November 1st, 2005 on the PS2, Xbox, PSP, and PC platforms. Lucasarts recently announced a PSP exclusive addition to the Star Wars Battlefront series, Renegade Squadron.

Inconsistencies with Star Wars continuity
There are many major canonical inconsistencies in the Star Wars: Battlefront series.

A trained eye can easily spot many errors and inconsistencies. 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 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 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.

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:
 * Super Battle Droid
 * Assassin Droid (Standard Battle Droid)
 * Pilot Droid(Blue Shoulder Battle Droid)
 * Assault Droid (Security Red Shoulder Battle Droid)
 * Droideka

Rebellion Units:
 * Rebel Soldier
 * Rebel marksmen
 * 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
 * Imperial AAT
 * Imperial LAAT/i
 * Along with more models from ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars

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

Appearances
Characters Count Dooku Mace Windu Anakin Skywalker Luke Skywalker 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) Moff Tarkin (movie clip only) Chewbacca (movie clip only) Han Solo (movie clip only) Lando Calrissian (movie clip only) Boba Fett (movie clip only)

Droid Models B1 Battle Droid B2 Super Battle Droid Droideka Astromech Droid (movie clip) Protocol Droid (movie clip)

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 STAP Rebel Combat Landspeeder TX-130S Fighter Tank AAT Hailfire Droid Spider Droid AT-ST AT-TE AT-AT Jedi Starfighter Droid Starfighter X-Wing Tie Fighter Y-Wing Tie Bomber Geonosian Starfighter Republic Gunship MAF

Weapons Blaster Rifle Blaster Pistol Thermal Detonator Concussion Grenade Wrist Blaster Tri Shot Wrist Rocket Missile Launcher Mine Dispenser Radiation Launcher Sniper Rifle Repeating Blaster DN Bolt Caster EMP Launcher Mortar Launcher Blast Cannon Bowcaster Grenade Launcher Time Bomb Lightsaber