Star Wars : Battlefront Star Wars : Battlefront is the first in the " Star Wars : Battlefront " series and is a third / first - person shooter video game based around battles featured in the " Star Wars " movies . It was developed by Pandemic Studios and LucasArts , and released on September 20 , 2004 for Xbox ( playable on Xbox 360 ) , PlayStation 2 , and PC , the same day as the release of the " Star Wars " Trilogy DVD set . Players can play " Star Wars : Battlefront " either online , or offline with up to four players ( on consoles ) . Synopsis . The Historical Campaign in " Star Wars : Battlefront " is divided into two parts , the Clone Wars and Galactic Civil War , following the timeline of the " Star Wars " films . The Trade Federation has blockaded the peaceful planet of Naboo . The Trade Federation army of B1 battle droids marches to the Great Grass Plains to destroy the native Gungan Grand Army , which opposes them on Naboo . The Trade Federation army arrives in Multi - Troop Transports with Armored Assault Tanks . The Gungan Grand Army was waiting with many Gungan soldiers with some riding kaadu . Their fambaas arrived with giant portable deflector shield generators , which were activated to protect the Gungans . The massive Trade Federation army got through the shield and destroyed the portable shield generators and killed many of the Gungans . The people and security forces of the capital city of Theed attack the Trade Federation ' s army of B1 battle droids and P - series destroyer droid s to allow the Queen to recapture Naboo . But the Trade Federation kills all Royal Guards trying to defend the city . The Wookiee Trade Guild taxes the Trade Federation , which is now part of the Confederacy of Independent Systems ( CIS ) . In retaliation the CIS sends Darth Sidious ' s new apprentice Count Dooku and an army of B1 battle droids , P - series droideka , and the new B2 super battle droids to end the conflict . The CIS army destroys the Wookiee Trade Guild and its private army . Clone Wars Campaign . The Galactic Republic has just acquired a new clone army from the Kaminoans on Kamino . The clone army arrives at the Separatist base on Geonosis with Mace Windu to destroy the Separatist army made up of B1 battle droids , B2 super battle droids , W - series droideka , and Geonosians . The clone army with their AT - TEs destroy the Techno Union ships , which the CIS was using to evacuate , and the clone army killed most of the Geonosians there and destroyed the battle droid army . The CIS has discovered the cloning facilities on Kamino and has sent an army of B1 battle droids , B2 super battle droids , and W - series droideka to destroy them . The Republic clone army left to defend it destroys all of the attacking droids . The Republic has discovered a long - range sensor station on Rhen Var created by Count Dooku . They send an army of clone troopers with AT - TEs and a few TX - 130 Saber - class fighter tank s to Rhen Var to capture the station . The army of clones destroyed all of the W - series droideka , B1 battle droids , B2 super battle droids , and Armored Assault Tanks there in conjunction with another operation led by Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi . The CIS has launches a desperate attack on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk . A clone army of the Republic is sent to Kashyyyk to destroy the army of B1 battle droids , B2 super battle droids , droidekas , OG - 9 homing spider droids , and Armored Assault Tanks . They destroy the entire Separatist army there and save the Wookiees . The Galactic Empire sends a legion of stormtroopers with some vehicles to the Dune Sea on Tatooine to eliminate Rebels and hostile natives . The stormtrooper legion slaughters all Rebels and Tusken Raiders they find in the Dune Sea . The stormtroopers of the Empire and Darth Vader have begun searching the town of Mos Eisley for the droids which carried the plans to the Death Star . The droids escaped , so the stormtroopers and Darth Vader eliminated all locals that were suspected of helping the droids escape . The Rebellion has discovered an Imperial outpost on the planet Rhen Var and sends a company of troopers to capture the station . The stormtroopers left to defend the station then kill all of the attacking Rebels . The Empire sends down a legion of stormtroopers to verify the presence of a Rebel base on Yavin 4 . They kill all of the Rebels in the Arena , thereby verifying the location of a Rebel base . The Death Star has been destroyed and several escape pods have crashed down on Yavin 4 . The surviving stormtroopers attack the Rebel base but are all killed by the Rebels defending the base . The Rebel Base on Hoth has been discovered by the Empire , and stormtroopers and All Terrain Armored Transports are sent down to destroy the Rebel base and the Rebel shield generator . The Rebels with the help of Luke Skywalker destroy the AT - ATs and prevent the stormtroopers from attacking long enough so that the transports could escape . The Rebellion sends a company of Rebels to attack the Imperial garrison on Bespin . The Rebels then eliminate the Imperial forces in Cloud City . The Rebellion then moves to eliminate all of the stormtroopers on the main mining platform on Bespin . The second Death Star is being constructed above the forest moon of Endor . The Rebellion sends a legion of Rebels which allied with the native Ewoks to destroy the shield bunker which projects a shield around the Death Star II . The Rebels succeed in the mission , allowing for the destruction of the battlestation . Galactic Conquest . Galactic Conquest allows the player to choose a faction and use it to conquer the galaxy . As a result , it is considered non - canon . Sequels . " " was released on November 1 , 2005 on the PS2 , Xbox , PSP , and PC platforms . On the 10th of May 2007 , LucasArts announced a PSP exclusive addition to the " Star Wars : Battlefront " series , " " , which was released October 9 , 2007 . A further game exclusive to mobile platforms , " " was released in 2009 . A new version of " Star Wars : Battlefront " , by DICE Studios , was announced at E3 2013 , and was released on the 17th of November , 2015 . The revived version also received a sequel in 2017 . Gameplay . Character overview . " Star Wars : Battlefront " lets players control a soldier in a first - or third - person perspective . There are also vehicles players can jump into , both ground and airborne . The game features four main factions from both the prequel and the classic trilogies . They are the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems ( Separatists ) of the prequel era , and the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire of the classic trilogy . However , factions can only play their historical adversary ; Rebels cannot fight Separatists , for example . Within each unit , five different classes of characters become available . Four of the classes are fairly similar for each faction : a basic infantry soldier , a heavy weapons trooper with a rocket launcher , a pilot , and a sniper . The fifth class is different for each faction . The Imperials have the dark trooper , with a jump pack which enables short but high jumps , plus a blast cannon , a pistol and grenades . The Republic has the jet trooper , with a jetpack , which enables long but low jumps , an enhanced pistol , grenades and an EMP launcher . The Separatists have the droideka , which is very powerful , fast , and equipped with a personal shield , but can ' t use vehicles . The Rebels have the Wookiee Smuggler , with extra health , time bombs , a bowcaster , and a grenade launcher . Players choose their class at the spawn screen . Jedi heroes are featured in the game : the Rebel Alliance gets Luke Skywalker , Darth Vader wields his lightsaber for the Empire , Mace Windu fights along with the Republic , and Count Dooku is with the Separatists . Jedi characters appear but are not playable ; they may only be the player ' s allies in battle , under certain circumstances . The heroes will occasionally fight alongside the player in the campaign battles , in which case the other team won ' t have a hero . Heroes can be enabled in Instant Action mode , allowing both teams to have a Jedi hero . Once his team ' s reinforcement count drops below a certain number , the hero automatically dies . There are also non - playable characters ( NPCs ) : Tusken Raiders roam the Dune Sea of Tatooine and attack any sides , Jawas patrol the streets of Mos Eisley , Ewoks inhabit the jungle of the forest moon of Endor , Gungans battle on the Naboo Plain , Royal guards patrol Theed , Wookiees defend Kashyyyk and Geonosians aid the Separatists on Geonosis . Additionally , there are droids which can provide ammo or health refills . Players can also take over turrets . Game style . Every match sees the players fighting the enemy faction . They win by forcing the enemy reinforcement count to zero or capturing all five Command Posts spread throughout the map . The multiplayer matches can be online or offline on any of the available maps . The single - player skirmish missions are known as Instant Action . Players may play battles by themselves with NPCs or play an online multiplayer via Internet , LAN or direct connection . Multiplayer consists of up to 16 online players vs . players on consoles or up to 40 on PC . The servers on PC are dedicated or standard and can be protected with a password . In addition the map Tatooine : Jabba ' s Palace came with the 1 . 2 update . Playable vehicles and ships . These vehicles have many capabilities from the movies ; a Republic Gunship can carry / hold up to five people , and Rebel Snowspeeders can launch a tow cable out of the rear of the vehicle to trip AT - ATs . In addition , blaster turrets and emplaced guns are available on various maps including unique turrets in maps such as Yavin temple and Hoth . Mod tools . In late 2004 , LucasArts and Pandemic Studios released the " Star Wars : Battlefront " BFBuilder , an unsupported that allows players to create new battlefields for " Star Wars : Battlefront " . It shipped with many of the source files used to make " Star Wars : Battlefront " , such as maps , sides , and sound configuration files ; however , it did not ship with some of the files needed to make specific modifications to the main game itself ( i . e . menu configuration files or font files ) . Two demonstration maps were also included . Sound effects and music used to make the game were not included because of copyright issues , although it is possible to import original music and sound effects into the game . Map editing in BFBuilder is handled by a program called ZeroEdit , which is used to mold the landscapes , place objects , command posts and vehicle spawn points . Additional scripting is done through LUA files for maps , and ODF ( Object Definition Files ) files for objects . User - created levels and mods then go through a process called munging , which compiles assets and maps into formats readable by the game , which are then compiled into container files for in - game use . Although BFBuilder is subtly different from the , assets can be imported from either one into the other . Development . On January 13 , 2004 , LucasArts announced " Star Wars : Battlefront " as a multiplayer action game . Development began in November 2002 at Pandemic Studios , according to Executive Producer Greg Borrud . It was conceived as " the ultimate fan ' s dream . " Lead Artists Dean Betton and Matt Palmer directed the art team in creating a vast array of unusual worlds and characters that have appeared in the " Star Wars " universe . The developers used software called SoftImage : XSI . The character models were initially modeled as static objects using a 3D modeling package in a process known as " boning and skinning . " The process entails first creating a digital " skeleton . " Lead programmer John Northan notes that the single - player experience is controlled by Artificial Intelligence where the AI for each entity is calculated at several different layers , ranging from the controller AI to a strategic AI . He also explained that the various soldier divisions have unique personalities . Sound Supervisor Nick Peck wrote that the process for creating sounds was to identify what was needed , create the sounds , and then integrate it into the game via programming software . He and his team researched original " Star Wars " sound effects , then tweaked them and integrated them into the game . Since " Battlefront " is an action game , Peck and his team traveled to Skywalker Ranch and spent two days creating 1200 new foley ( sound ) effects , a very detailed process . There is a playable Xbox demo on the " Star Wars " Trilogy DVD set , released on September 21 , 2004 . The demo gameplay is limited to a Battle of Endor level , and is slightly different to that of the actual game . A PS2 demo was also released with Sony ' s PlayStation magazine . It also only featured the Battle of Endor . A glitch in this demo was that the Rebel Wookiee Smuggler class gave orders in Basic , rather than growls . Continuity . Cut content . There is cut vehicle content that has been left in the game . This includes : Some reasons behind this may be issues of balance and / or memory . Most likely , LucasArts did not want Episode III content revealed so early ( one example is the Kashyyyk : Docks map ( Kachirho ) , which , at the time , could not be identified ) . The Clone Commander , Imperial Officer and Bothan Spy would later become playable in " Star Wars : Battlefront II " . The trailer for " Star Wars : Battlefront " showed that players could fly Droid Starfighters and Jedi Starfighters on Kamino . This was most likely cut because gameplay was too similar to Bespin : Platforms . Inconsistencies with " Star Wars " continuity . Lucasfilm Ltd . ' s Keeper of the Holocron continuity database , Leland Chee , has stated that though technology , characters and locations in the game are C - canon , the story itself is S - canon , which means that only parts of it that appeared in other C - canon sources are canon . The story of the , however , is C - canon . There are many major canonical inconsistencies in the " Star Wars : Battlefront " series . However , many of these are simply game mechanics . Trooper variations . The following are troops that change their stormtrooper or Rebel skin on certain maps : Galactic Empire : Rebel Alliance : Reception . On the review website Metacritic . com , the Playstation 2 port has a score of 82 while the Xbox version is scored at 80 . The Xbox version was reviewed at 94 % on Xbox Addict . com . The staffer had a problem with the weapons , citing their inaccuracy , and also criticized the lag on . The staffer praised the game ' s visuals and audio . The game was nominated for " Best Game Based on a Movie " at the 2004 Spike TV Video Game Awards , although it lost to .