Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) (VG)

Director:

Eric 'Giz' Gewirtz

Writer:

Matthew Keast (manual)

Release Date:

1 November 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

The sequel to Star Wars Battlefront, the best selling Star Wars game of all time.

Plot Keywords:

Jedi | Lightsaber | Rocket Launcher | Grenade | Space War

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Bob Bergen	...	Luke Skywalker (voice)
Christina Rumbley	...	Female Alliance Infantry (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Count Dooku / Imperial Officer 2 / Ki Adi Mundi (voice)
David Boat	...	Republic Infantry (voice) (as Dave Boat)
David W. Collins	...	Confederate Infantry - Battledroid / Confederate Officer - Battledroid) / Droid Alarm (voice)
Denny Delk	...	Training Officer (voice)
James Arnold Taylor	...	Obi Wan (voice)
Jamie Glover	...	General Veers / Imperial Officer 1 / Sadistic Moff (voice)
Jonathan David Cook	...	Republic Officer 2 / Royal Guard (voice) (as Jonathan Cook)
Joyce Kurtz	...	Princess Leia (voice)
Lex Lang	...	Han Solo / Imperial Infantry (voice)
Mat Lucas	...	Anakin Skywalker (voice)
Matthew Wood	...	General Grievous (voice)
Nick Jameson	...	Alliance Officer 2 / Emperor Palpatine / Smarmy British Palpatine (voice)
Rachel Reenstra	...	Aayla Secura (voice) (as Ally Rachel Reenstra)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG | USA:T

Company:

LucasArts Entertainment Company

Trivia:

While playing in Conquest Mode as Han Solo, you can occasionally hear one of the Imperial Troopers say, "Hey! Solo shot first! That's not fair!" while Han is killing other troopers. This is a reference to a difference between the Special Edition version of Star Wars (1977) and the original version. Specifically, the scene where Greedo confronts Han in the Mos Eisley cantina was edited, featuring a laser bolt from Greedo's weapon that barely misses Han's head just before Han kills Greedo. In the original version, Han did indeed shoot first, killing Greedo before Greedo had a chance to shoot (the in-game remark about unfairness presumably referring to the fact that, in the Special Edition movie version, Han clearly killed in self-defense, while the killing of Greedo in the original version was a more questionable use of pre-emptive self-defense).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the cut scene before the Felucia: Heart of Darkness level, Aayla Secura has a blue and a purple lightsaber, but during gameplay, she has a blue and green lightsaber.

Quotes:

General Grievous: [after slicing up many troopers during the battle] I could do this with two... no, THREE hands behind my back!

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Played it over the weekend

Well Star Wars Battlefront II is far superior to the original which I loved (still some slowdown in the game at times). Like the original there is "Instant Action" and "Galactic Conquest" modes. I have been mostly playing "Fall of the Old Republic and Rise of the Empire" as the 501st Legion (Vader's Fist). Unlike the original were you had to either capture/destroy all the spawn points or kill all the enemy, you now have mission objectives. You may be ordered to take a bridge or hold a position for 2 minutes until reinforcements arrive, then you will be ordered to capture a "flag" which involves retrieving files or items and taking them back to base. Missions often end with you either assassinating or capturing an enemy leader. You get bonuses such as additional playable characters such as Ki-Adi-Mundi, Boba Fett and Lord Vader (for short times). There are also crossovers were the Stormtroopers fight reactivated CIS Droids on Mustafar and Rebel activated Clone Troopers on Kamino.