Also included are battles from the original trilogy, such as fights aboard the Tantive IV, Princess Leia's blockade runner, shown immediately at the beginning of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Many maps that came from the original Battlefront were edited and improved, like the Naboo battlefield. The storyline spans more than 16 new locations, many from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, including volcanic Mustafar and the space battle above Coruscant. It is a story-based campaign which revolves around the 501st Legion as the unit evolves from the Old Republic Clone Troopers to Imperial stormtroopers. The release date coincided with the release of Revenge of the Sith on DVD.īattlefront II expands upon the original game's single-player experience with mission-based objectives drawn from Star Wars Episodes I through VI. There are several differences between Battlefront II and the original Star Wars: Battlefront, such as playable Jedi characters, new unit classes, space battles, and story campaigns, as well as Episode III content. It is the second game of the highly successful Star Wars: Battlefront Series. Star Wars: Battlefront II is a first-person shooter/third-person shooter (interchangeable) video game developed by Pandemic Studios and LucasArts, and released, in North America, on November 1, 2005, for Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation 2.

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