Last week, Inferno Squad, the prequel novel to the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront II video game, was released. The idea that there is a book explaining the backstories of characters in a video game is crazy, innovative, and interesting to say the least. Literature intermingled with video games? Crazy. The story of Imperials after the second Death Star is attacked in literature and video game form? Innovative. The book and game following the Empire and humanizing them? Interesting. Supposedly the game will feature some long-needed tweaks and changes, and, if everything is as well-done as EA has let on, Battlefront could go down as the greatest game ever. That being said, I'm not going to talk about the book version, Inferno Squad, until later. Reading the book; however, has got me interested in what we will see in Star Wars Battlefront. Here are some facts and rumors... The characters will span all three eras (Clone Wars, Empire/Rebellion, First Order/Resistance). Check out some of the possible characters from the Clone Wars era: Can you imagine if we had Obi-Wan, Anakin, Yoda, Ahsoka, and Padme just in the Clone Wars era? This game would go down as one of my favorite games ever and, having seen the limitations of Star Wars Battlefront 1, it would be a welcome change. Rumor has it there will be 28+ Heroes in Battlefront. If that's true, I can see the characters above being joined by Han, Luke, Chewie, Lando, Leia, Nien, Rey, Jyn, and Finn, which is 16 characters. Darkhorse hopes: Qui-Gon and Mace Windu. The villains are rumored to be the characters from Battlefront 1 (Vader, Palpatine, Greedo, Boba, Bossk, Krennic, and Dengar). They will be joined by Darth Maul and Kylo Ren (who we've already seen in the trailer), as well as General Grievous, Count Dooku, Iden (the special forces Tie pilot from Inferno Squad), and Jar Jar. Just kidding. Darkhorse hopes: Asajj Ventress and Supreme Leader Snoke. You can see a lot of the new characters in the Star Wars Battlefront 2 trailer. In addition, the game will have a story mode where you can go through the entire game with one character, which was missing in Battlefront I. The story mode will focus on the era right after the second Death Star is destroyed, which we haven't seen much of except for what we learned in The Force Awakens. The little details matter, too. Battlefront II will tell R2D2's story after Luke Skywalker disappears, which many have been wondering about. There will be more vehicles offered to each player, including a super star destroyer. Starkiller Base, amongst other planets, will be one of the settings offered in Battlefront. New planets never before seen will be available as well. Characters will be able to shoot doors to seal them from being followed. The stormtroopers and clonetroopers will also offer different kinds of classes, like in the original Battlefront. There will also be droids that can hack doors and help defeat foes connected to the special forces unit. Finally, there will be tie-ins to Star Wars: The Last Jedi to give us more information about the movie before it comes out in December. Suffice it to say, I'm very excited. So...I'm going to get back to reading Inferno Squad. Enjoy some more concept screen captures and ideas below. Can't wait until November 17 when Star Wars Battlefront II comes out. May the Force be with you.
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