“She is still heroic on that level, just from a total different perspective,” he continued. “She is exactly that type of hero that you would look up to and that you would aspire to be, right? Because if you are a member of an Imperial academy, and you were trained into that and that’s what you believe in, that’s what you’ve been raised to sort of to become, she epitomises that.” “If you are growing up in the Empire, Iden is exactly ,” Creative Executive at LucasFilm, Steve Blank, told me after the reveal. Fans were elated at the premise an in-game protagonist who works for the bad guys rather than the Jedi or the Rebellion? It simply hadn’t been done before. Right out of the gate, Battlefront 2 was detailed as something completely different I should know too – EA flew me to Orlando, Florida so I could be in attendance for the game’s big reveal at Star Wars Celebration earlier this year.īattlefront 2’s success seems to be placed squarely on the shoulders of one Iden Versio, the Commander of the Empire’s Inferno Squad. EA powerhouse developer and Battlefield veteran DICE was canned for a lacklustre debut the original (well, the 2015 original) Battlefront was slammed for a lack of features, rushed content and a general lack of soul. Star Wars Battlefront 2 is burdened by expectations.

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