Star Wars Battlefront ( series ) The " Battlefront " series is a series of video game s set in the " Star Wars " galaxy . The game is a first person / third person shooter that allows players to take the role of soldiers in either of two opposing armies in different time periods of the " Star Wars " universe . The original two games were developed by Pandemic Studios while the rebooted series was developed by EA Digital Illusions CE . Canceled games . " Battlefront III " . A third " Battlefront " game was originally thought to be in development by developer Free Radical whom neither confirmed nor denied it . They originally stated that they were developing a new " Star Wars " game for LucasArts , and speculation continued that it would come out on 7th generation platforms Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 , however , obviously , this never did happen . In late 2008 , Free Radical went into administration , and LucasArts revoked the contract . Leaked footage of " Battlefront III " appeared on the internet for a short while , as did renders from the game . Not long after , Pandemic Studios , original creators of the series , posted a short brief for " Project X " on their site . Fans believed this to be " Battlefront III " , but a spokesperson rebuked the claim . LucasArts eventually stopped funding the project , and after Free Radical posted and then refused to remove a company video making fun of LucasArts in early 2009 , ties were cut between the two . The game went into limbo temporarily , before LucasArts ' creative lead / creative director Adam Orth teamed with developer Slant Six , together creating a new vision for a " Battlefront " sequel . The idea at the time was to make " Battlefront III " downloadable - only , however , there was no enthusiasm for the project . Slant Six ' s project ended up meeting the same fate as Free Radical ' s . In 2011 , Spark Unlimited was developing an " unannounced " game , and , if asked if it was " Battlefront III " or not , responded along the lines of : " We cannot comment at this time . Please wait for announcement by LucasArts . " The game that Spark Unlimited has been developing was revealed to be " Lost Planet 3 " . Later , alpha footage of " Battlefront III " was leaked . The footage showed some of the new features that were going to be placed into the game , like ground to space combat and the use of planet side ion cannons . The main characters in the game appeared to be X1 and X2 from " Star Wars Battlefront : Elite Squadron " . A Facebook page dedicated to promoting " Battlefront III " , called " Who Else Wants Star Wars " Battlefront III " , " ran a steady campaign to show and gain support for a potential project . On June 10th , 2013 , at E3 2013 , DICE was confirmed to be creating the new " Battlefront " , with the game being slated for release on November 17 , 2015 . " Battlefront IV " . While Free Radical had put more than two years of work into " Battlefront III " , the art team had moved on to desiging assets for a fourth " Battlefront " game , even while Free Radical was struggling to get " III " to work . Some stuff that would have been in " IV " included a Jedi version of Darth Maul and a dark side version of Luke Skywalker .