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A series of [[Video Game|video games]] set in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe, developed by Pandemic Studios. The series is heavily inspired by ''[[Battlefield (Video Gameseries)|Battlefield]]''; in a typical match, called "Conquest", there are two armies trying to gain control of "Command Posts" across the battlefield. If a player dies, they can respawn at any command post that their team controls. There is also a "Capture the Flag" gametype (consisting of both the standard 2-Flag CTF and 1-Flag CTF, where two armies try to carry a flag in the center to a designated spot in enemy territory), and, in the second game, "Assault" (Space-only, not counting Mos Eisley, where two space forces engage each other in an attempt to destroy the opposing fleet), as well as "Hunt" (where two teams hunt each other, trying to be the first to reach the set score limit before the timer runs down).

The battles are often '''huge''', sometimes bigger than the movie scenes they are inspired by, involving dozens of players and even more [[NPC|NPCs]]s. In addition, players can hop into various ''[[Star Wars]]'' vehicles ranging from tiny hover-bikes to aircraft to [[Humongous Mecha]].

There have been two spin-offs, both of which are for the PSP and the later of which is also available on the DS. ''Battlefront III'' has had leaked footage, but with Free Radical Designs' collapse, the game is [[Development Hell|currently without a developer.]] For hope and rumoursrumors on another sequel, check [http://www.battlefront3.net/ battlefront3.net].

* [[Achilles' Heel]] / [[For Massive Damage]]: Every land-based vehicle has a weak point that can be hit with a rocket to deal extra damage.

* [[Base Onon Wheels|Base On Legs]]: The AT-TE and AT-AT walkers are mobile spawn points. In the first, the walkers count as command posts for the purposes of automatic unit attrition and "capture all command posts to win", meaning the enemy had to not only capture all the fixed command posts but destroy the walkers in order to win. And the walkers respawn.

* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: Instant kills for sniper units, obviously.

* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: Droidekas are prohibitively slow. You can move faster without your shield or your ability to fire your weapons though.

* [[Five -Token Band]]: The rebels in both games (White male soldier, white/black (depending on map) male rocket launcher user, asianAsian female sniper and [[Ambiguously Brown]] technician). Becomes [[Gender Bender|extremely]] [[Race Lift|odd]] with the 2nd game's ability to change class at a command post.

* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: Green, blue, and red.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Of various shapes and sizes.

* [[One -Hit Kill]]: Headshots, as stated above, but it's also possible to land on top of enemy units with air and space-based vehicles. This is the easiest, if not the ''only'' way, to kill Jedi in the first game. An easier [[One -Hit Kill]] (on some battlefields) is by shooting the ground near them with a missile or grenade, blowing the Jedi into whatever bottomless pit happens to be nearby. The most satisfying one, though, is to use a vehicle to push the Jedi into the waiting tentacles of the Sarlacc on the Tatooine map.

* [[One -Man Army]]: You can easily become this.

* [[Spiritual Successor]]: Pandemic's ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]: Conquest'', which is essentially ''Battlefront'' but [[Inverted Trope|not]] <small>[[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]]</small>

* [[Third -Person Shooter]]: Can also be set to [[First -Person Shooter|first person]].

* [[High Altitude Battle]]: The first map on Bespin, starting off on the gas platforms seen in the background on approach to Cloud City in [[The Empire Strikes Back]].

* [[Achilles' Heel]]: Capital ships in space battles can be crippled by targeting vital systems, both through internal sabotage and simply using bombs.

* [[Action Girl]]: Aayla Secura, a Twi'lek Jedi who absolutely rips through enemies with [[Dual -Wielding|two lightsabers]]. Princess Leia to a lesser degree as well.

* [[Base Onon Wheels|Base In Space]]: Landing craft in space battles.

** Played straight thanks to some [[Fridge Horror]]: you never play the Endor mission because [[Doomed Byby Canon|the narrator died before he could record an audio log about it.]]

* [[Cosmetic Award]]: Medals in ''II'', up until you get four of any specific medal, which then grants you a bonus depending on what the medal is. Getting the medal 64 times on one profile gives you the bonus in question permanently for singleplayersingle-player games.

* [[Downer Ending]]: The Empires victory in Galactic Conquest. Han is still frozen, Vader force chokes Leia to death, all life on Endor is massacred, and Luke ''kneels before The Emperor''.

** Also, the CIS ending. Sidious leads the assault on the Jedi Temple with an army of [[Mecha -Mooks|Battle Droids]], Darth Maul and Jango Fett (somehow back alive) massacring Clone Troopers, General Grievous hunts down the rest of the Jedi and Count Dooku kills Anakin on [[Death World|Mustafar]].

** The engineer's fusion cutter can be used to boot an enemy out of their vehicle, allowing you to hijack it.

* [[ItsIt's Up to You]]: Allies in the campaign can't accomplish objectives on their own (the player needs to be present for a control point to be captured despite the dozen friendlies swarming over it, only the player can carry the holocron, ectetc).

* [[No Campaign for Thethe Wicked]]: Inverted; this is the first ''Star Wars'' game since ''[[TIE Fighter]]'' to offer ''only'' an Imperial campaign - and this time, you're not too busy dealing with traitors to actually fight the Rebellion.

* [[Pre -Explosion Glow]]: In space battles, certain parts of capital ships will begin glowing and making weird noises before finally [[Stuff Blowing Up|blowing up.]]

* [[Shell -Shocked Veteran]]: The narrator for campaign mode.

* [[Shout -Out]]: The CIS announcer, a Battle Droid, occasionally will refer to the enemy as [[Knights of the Old Republic|"meatbags"]].

** The tutorial for space combat tells you to "[[Star Fox (Video Gameseries)|use bombers wisely]]"

* [[Sure Why Not]] or [[I Knew It!]]: The methods that have been constantly brought up by fans for common infantry to kill Jedi (Actually using fully automatic fire, shotguns, shooting them with something bigger than small arms, abandoning [[Mook Chivalry]]) are the most effective way to kill the generic Jedi in campaign mode.

* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: Subverted quite prettily with the campaign. The destruction of the [[Kill Sat|Death Star]] is described in the campaign. The people who replaced the 501st are described as [[What a Senseless Waste of Human Life|"poor souls"]] and the entire premise of the last three or four missions is to [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|wipe out]] ''every single Rebel who had the slightest bit of involvement in it''. There's even something approaching a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] when you win the battle on Yavin 4 and {{spoiler|destroy the Rebel leaders}} when the officer commanding you says, "Well done. The spirits of our fallen brothers will sleep soundly tonight."

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