The video game sequel lets players explore the immediate aftermath of «Return of the Jedi. » It also features multiplayer matches from all Star Wars eras.
The makers of Star Wars Battlefront II want you to come to the dark side.
On Saturday at Star Wars Celebration Orlando, game developers DICE, Criterion and Motive Studios revealed the game’s official trailer, which features a new female protagonist who’s fighting on the same side as Darth Vader — and is clearly into it. (The trailer is different than the one that apparently leaked earlier this week .)
Mark Thompson, a game director for Motive, said the studio wanted to flesh out a story that hasn’t received much limelight: what it’s like to be on the losing side of the climactic battle from » Return of the Jedi. »
Star Wars Battlefront II will have battles from all Star Wars eras, and promises to give an intimate look at being a hero for the Empire.
«We settled on the idea of telling the story from the Imperial perspective because it’s a narrative we haven’t explored a lot in Star Wars,» Thompson said at a press briefing held earlier Friday. And this story will be canon, he said at the public reveal panel that afternoon.
