Gameplay 

In Battlefront the battle takes place in 

two time periods; the Clone Wars and the 

Galactic Civil War. In the Clone Wars 

you play events that take place during 

episodes 1 3 Republic vs. the Separatists 

and in the Galactic Civil War, the events 

correspond with episodes 4 6 Rebels vs. 

the Empire. Each team has five different 

soldier classes; a basic soldier with rifle, 

a scout with sniper rifle, a heavy 

weapons soldier, a pilot that distributes 

health/ammo as well as fixes things. 

Even if the pilot is in the vehicle, it is 

automatically repaired. Then there is the 

last class, which is specialized for every team.  A Wookie smuggler for the Rebels, which has a 

bowcaster, mortar launcher and timed bombs. The Republic and Empire both have troopers with 

rocket packs. The last is the Separatists, which have the Droidika which can curl into a ball like a 

Pill bug and can generate a force shield for a limited time, power permitting. What's missing? 

Uh, Jedi of course. Why can't we play a Jedi?? 

Each team has different vehicles and ships available to them. Some of the ships include X Wing 

and A Wing fighters, Jedi Starfighters, Snow Speeders, as well as Tie Fighters, AT AT's, Snow 

Walkers and much, much more from each time period. The extensive collection of vehicles gives 

you a nice variety. Each is easy to control and add to the gameplay nicely. 

There are many worlds and time periods the battles can take place from Hoth, my personal 

favorite, to Tatooine to Cloud City. All ten planet's scenery are nicely done and very distinct. 

Ah, there is nothing like riding a Taun Taun or piloting a Snow Walker on Hoth. Hoth keeps true 

to the Empire Strikes Back with the Millennium Falcon sitting in the launch bay, as well as 

having a shield generator that can be 

destroyed like in the movie. 

In single player mode, you can select the 

Clone Wars Campaign, Galactic Civil War 

Campaign, Galactic Conquest or Instant 

Action. In the Clone Wars Campaign and 

Galactic Civil War Campaign you follow 

the events in the both sets of movies. The 

Galactic Conquest lets you take over 

planets one after the other. In Instant Action 

you can choose any map or maps you want 

and play them in order. All of the single 

player selections will lead you to playing 

with and against bots. As with most games 

the bots are kinda dumb and do dumb things like not running for cover or stand there and be 

shot, typical. The objective is to capture all the spawn points in the game by holding the position 

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