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** Lando is voiced by Billy Dee Williams again.

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** Lando is voiced by Billy Dee Williams Creator/BillyDeeWilliams again.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A long-anticipated game mode called "Hero Blast" was discovered in the code for the game, in which players could participate in a match of "Blast" using solely the Heroes and Villains. Though an [[https://i2.wp.com/www.swgameoutpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CzKx_LSWQAAkRUe.jpg?fit=807%2C413 uncovered still]] for the game mode suggests it was planned to be released with the "Rogue One: Scarif" DLC, it ultimately never saw the light of day during the game's DLC season.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A long-anticipated game mode called "Hero Blast" was discovered in the code for the game, in which players could participate in a match of "Blast" using solely the Heroes and Villains. Though an [[https://i2.wp.com/www.swgameoutpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CzKx_LSWQAAkRUe.jpg?fit=807%2C413 uncovered still]] for the game mode suggests it was planned to be released with the "Rogue One: Scarif" DLC, it ultimately never saw the light of day during the game's DLC season.season.
* WorkingTitle: According to a datamine, it's "White Shark".

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: According to [[http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/nextgen_battlefront/news/eas_future_star_wars_games_could_make_use_of_the_force_awakens_characters.html this article]], Disney/Lucasfilm gave EA the explicit rule to not screw with ''Star Wars'' canon, which is probably why we don't see the Prequels and ''The Force Awakens'', which doesn't make sense since they're already technically screwing with canon by having Vader and Palpatine playable in the Jakku maps.
** Got even worse with Greedo becoming a playable hero, considering he should be dead by this point, and of course the reenactment of the Battle of Yavin.
** Gets a little curious in the [[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 sequel]], where ''all'' of the film eras are playable and as of April 11, 2017, we know at least Rey, Yoda, Darth Maul, and a TIE fighter pilot group post-Endor are playable. Disney/Lucasfilm must've loosened up since then.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: According to [[http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/nextgen_battlefront/news/eas_future_star_wars_games_could_make_use_of_the_force_awakens_characters.html this article]], Disney/Lucasfilm gave EA the explicit rule to not screw with ''Star Wars'' canon, which is probably hence why we don't see the Prequels and ''The Force Awakens'', which doesn't make sense since they're already technically screwing with canon by having multiplayer is simply a sandbox of characters that should be dead (like Vader and Palpatine playable in the Jakku maps.
** Got even worse with
maps or Greedo becoming a playable hero, in ''any'' maps considering he should be dead by this point, Han is with the rebellion) or reenactments of events already passed like the Battles of Yavin and of course the reenactment of the Battle of Yavin.
** Gets a little curious in
Scarif. After heavy criticism, the [[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 sequel]], where ''all'' of the sequel]] is being made with a canon storyline about Inferno Squadron and content from all three film eras are playable eras.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A long-anticipated game mode called "Hero Blast" was discovered in the code for the game, in which players could participate in a match of "Blast" using solely the Heroes
and as Villains. Though an [[https://i2.wp.com/www.swgameoutpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CzKx_LSWQAAkRUe.jpg?fit=807%2C413 uncovered still]] for the game mode suggests it was planned to be released with the "Rogue One: Scarif" DLC, it ultimately never saw the light of April 11, 2017, we know at least Rey, Yoda, Darth Maul, and a TIE fighter pilot group post-Endor are playable. Disney/Lucasfilm must've loosened up since then.day during the game's DLC season.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: According to [[http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/nextgen_battlefront/news/eas_future_star_wars_games_could_make_use_of_the_force_awakens_characters.html this article]], Disney/Lucas gave EA the explicit rule to not screw with ''Star Wars'' canon, which is probably why we don't see the Prequels and ''The Force Awakens'', which doesn't make sense since they're already technically screwing with canon by having Vader and Palpatine playable in the Jakku maps.
** Got even worse with Greedo becoming a playable hero, considering he should be dead by this point, and of course the reenactment of the Battle of Yavin.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: According to [[http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/nextgen_battlefront/news/eas_future_star_wars_games_could_make_use_of_the_force_awakens_characters.html this article]], Disney/Lucas Disney/Lucasfilm gave EA the explicit rule to not screw with ''Star Wars'' canon, which is probably why we don't see the Prequels and ''The Force Awakens'', which doesn't make sense since they're already technically screwing with canon by having Vader and Palpatine playable in the Jakku maps.
** Got even worse with Greedo becoming a playable hero, considering he should be dead by this point, and of course the reenactment of the Battle of Yavin.Yavin.
** Gets a little curious in the [[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 sequel]], where ''all'' of the film eras are playable and as of April 11, 2017, we know at least Rey, Yoda, Darth Maul, and a TIE fighter pilot group post-Endor are playable. Disney/Lucasfilm must've loosened up since then.
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** Subverted with Darth Vader, Palpatine, and Admiral Ackbar, see below.

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Sorry, could've sworn I saw an article listing Felicity and Ben reprising their roles around the time of the DLC's release.


* FanNickname: The game is usually just referred to as "EA Battlefront" to avoid confusion with the [[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront previous two games]] and the canceled Battlefront III.

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* FanNickname: FanNickname:
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The game is usually just referred to as "EA Battlefront" to avoid confusion with the [[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront previous two games]] and the canceled Battlefront III.



** Luke, Han, and Leia are all voiced by different actors than their film actors.

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** Luke, Han, and Leia are all voiced by different actors than their film actors.actors (Anthony Hansen, John Armstrong, and Misty Lee, respectively).



** Felicity Jones and Ben Mendelsohn were not brought in to reprise their roles as Jyn Erso and Orson Krennic from ''Film/RogueOne''.



** Creator/FelicityJones and Ben Mendelsohn reprise their roles as Jyn Erso and Orson Krennic from ''Film/RogueOne''.
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* RoleReprisal: Many of the voice actors for the movie characters reprise their roles from the films, video games, or cartoons.
** Matt Sloan is usually the go-to voice for Vader outside of the films (wheres he's voiced by Creator/JamesEarlJones).
** Creator/SamWitwer is becoming the go-to voice for Emperor Palpatine after first taking the role in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashed'' and recently playing the character in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.
** Temuera Morrison plays Boba Fett, a role he had taken over from Jason Wingreen (who passed away in early 2016) for a special edition of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
** Admiral Ackbar is voiced by Creator/TomKane, who has voiced the character in several spin-offs.
** Jabba the Hutt is voiced by Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson, who among other places voiced the big guy in ''The Clone Wars''.
** Lando is voiced by Billy Dee Williams again.
** Dengar and Bossk are voiced by Creator/SimonPegg and Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, respectively, who voiced them in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.
** Creator/FelicityJones and Ben Mendelsohn reprise their roles as Jyn Erso and Orson Krennic from ''Film/RogueOne''.
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* RoleReprisal: Many of the voice actors for the movie characters reprise their roles from the films, video games, or cartoons.
** Matt Sloan is usually the go-to voice for Vader outside of the films (wheres he's voiced by Creator/JamesEarlJones).
** Creator/SamWitwer is becoming the go-to voice for Emperor Palpatine after first taking the role in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashed'' and recently playing the character in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.
** Temuera Morrison plays Boba Fett, a role he had taken over from Jason Wingreen (who passed away in early 2016) for a special edition of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
** Admiral Ackbar is voiced by Creator/TomKane, who has voiced the character in several spin-offs.
** Jabba the Hutt is voiced by Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson, who among other places voiced the big guy in ''The Clone Wars''.
** Lando is voiced by Billy Dee Williams again.
** Dengar and Bossk are voiced by Creator/SimonPegg and Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, respectively, who voiced them in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.
** Creator/FelicityJones and Ben Mendelsohn reprise their roles as Jyn Erso and Orson Krennic from ''Film/RogueOne''.
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* PreOrderBonus: Pre-orders came with the Battle of [[Film/TheForceAwakens Jakku]] a week before the Jakku maps went public.
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** Jabba the Hutt is voiced by Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson, who among other places voiced the big guy in ''The Clone Wars''.

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* TheOtherDarrin: Luke, Han, and Leia are all voiced by different actors than their film actors.
* RoleReprisal:
** Matt Sloan is usually the go-to voice for Vader outside of the film's (where's he's voiced by Creator/JamesEarlJones).
** Creator/SamWitwer is becoming the go-to voice for Emperor Palpatine after first taking the role in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashed''.
** Temuera Morrison plays Boba Fett, a role he had inherited from the late Jason Wingreen for a special edition of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
** Lando is voiced by Billy Dee Williams again, while Dengar and Bossk are voiced by Creator/SimonPegg and Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, respectively, who voiced them in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.

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* TheOtherDarrin: TheOtherDarrin:
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Luke, Han, and Leia are all voiced by different actors than their film actors.
** Subverted with Darth Vader, Palpatine, and Admiral Ackbar, see below.
* RoleReprisal:
RoleReprisal: Many of the voice actors for the movie characters reprise their roles from the films, video games, or cartoons.
** Matt Sloan is usually the go-to voice for Vader outside of the film's (where's films (wheres he's voiced by Creator/JamesEarlJones).
** Creator/SamWitwer is becoming the go-to voice for Emperor Palpatine after first taking the role in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashed''.
''VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashed'' and recently playing the character in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.
** Temuera Morrison plays Boba Fett, a role he had inherited taken over from the late Jason Wingreen (who passed away in early 2016) for a special edition of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
** Admiral Ackbar is voiced by Creator/TomKane, who has voiced the character in several spin-offs.
**
Lando is voiced by Billy Dee Williams again, while again.
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Dengar and Bossk are voiced by Creator/SimonPegg and Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, respectively, who voiced them in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.

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* TheOtherDarrin[=/=]RoleReprisal: For the heroes and villains, there's some subverted examples.

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* TheOtherDarrin[=/=]RoleReprisal: For the heroes TheOtherDarrin: Luke, Han, and villains, there's some subverted examples.Leia are all voiced by different actors than their film actors.
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** Creator/SamWitwer is becoming the go-to voice for Emperor Palpatine while Ian [=McDiarmid=] plays him in the films.

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** Creator/SamWitwer is becoming the go-to voice for Emperor Palpatine while Ian [=McDiarmid=] plays him in after first taking the films.role in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashed''.



** Luke, Han, and Leia are all voiced by different actors than their film actors.
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** Creator/FelicityJones and Ben Mendohlson reprise their roles as Jyn Erso and Orson Krennic from ''Film/RogueOne''.

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** Creator/FelicityJones and Ben Mendohlson Mendelsohn reprise their roles as Jyn Erso and Orson Krennic from ''Film/RogueOne''.
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** Creator/FelicityJones and Ben Mendohlson reprise their roles as Jyn Erso and Orson Krennic from ''Film/RogueOne''.
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** Lando is voiced by Billy Dee Williams again, while Dengar is voiced by Creator/SimonPegg, who voiced him in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.

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** Lando is voiced by Billy Dee Williams again, while Dengar is and Bossk are voiced by Creator/SimonPegg, Creator/SimonPegg and Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, respectively, who voiced him them in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.



** Got even worse with Greedo becoming a playable hero, considering he should be dead by this point.

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** Got even worse with Greedo becoming a playable hero, considering he should be dead by this point.point, and of course the reenactment of the Battle of Yavin.
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* TheOtherDarrin/RoleReprisal: For the heroes and villains, there's some subverted examples.

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* TheOtherDarrin/RoleReprisal: TheOtherDarrin[=/=]RoleReprisal: For the heroes and villains, there's some subverted examples.

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* TheOtherDarrin: For the heroes and villains, there's some subverted examples.

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* TheOtherDarrin: TheOtherDarrin/RoleReprisal: For the heroes and villains, there's some subverted examples.


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** Lando is voiced by Billy Dee Williams again, while Dengar is voiced by Creator/SimonPegg, who voiced him in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.
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Hey Its That Guy and Hey Its That Voice examples are being cut per TRS.


* HeyItsThatGuy: Billy Dee Williams returns to the role of Lando.
** Dengar is once again voiced by SimonPegg!
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Billy Dee Williams returns to the role of Lando.
** Dengar is once again voiced by SimonPegg!
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Hey Its That Guy and Hey Its That Voice have been merged into Role Association. Current examples are to be removed. New examples are to be filed under Role Association. | For more information, check this thread: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1454613823001793300&page=1


* HeyItsThatVoice: After Ronan Summers finished up [[VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes his tour of duty as a Paratrooper]] in ''The Western Front Armies'', his next undertaking would be fighting to overthrow the Galactic Empire as one of the many Rebels.
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** Emperor Palpatine's spinning tackle attack is sometimes referred to as the [[Franchise/StreetFighter Psycho Crusher]].

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** Emperor Palpatine's spinning tackle Force Dash attack is sometimes referred to as the [[Franchise/StreetFighter Psycho Crusher]].
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** Emperor Palpatine's spinning tackle attack is sometimes referred to as the [[Franchise/StreetFighter Psycho Crusher]].
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: According to [[http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/nextgen_battlefront/news/eas_future_star_wars_games_could_make_use_of_the_force_awakens_characters.html this article]], Disney/Lucas gave EA the explicit rule to not screw with ''Star Wars'' canon, which is probably why we don't see the Prequels and ''The Force Awakens'', which doesn't make sense since they're already technically screwing with canon by having Vader and Palpatine playable in the Jakku maps.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: According to [[http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/nextgen_battlefront/news/eas_future_star_wars_games_could_make_use_of_the_force_awakens_characters.html this article]], Disney/Lucas gave EA the explicit rule to not screw with ''Star Wars'' canon, which is probably why we don't see the Prequels and ''The Force Awakens'', which doesn't make sense since they're already technically screwing with canon by having Vader and Palpatine playable in the Jakku maps.maps.
** Got even worse with Greedo becoming a playable hero, considering he should be dead by this point.
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* CreatorBacklash: John Boyega (Finn in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'') [[http://www.businessinsider.com/john-boyega-doesnt-like-star-wars-battlefront-2016-3 wasn't impressed]] by the game's lack of content, especially the lack of an offline story mode.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: According to [[http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/nextgen_battlefront/news/eas_future_star_wars_games_could_make_use_of_the_force_awakens_characters.html this article]], Disney/Lucas gave EA the explicit rule to not screw with ''Star Wars'' canon, which is probably why we don't see the Prequels and ''The Force Awakens''.

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* TheOtherDarrin: For the heroes and villains, there's some subverted examples.
** Matt Sloan is usually the go-to voice for Vader outside of the film's (where's he's voiced by Creator/JamesEarlJones).
** Creator/SamWitwer is becoming the go-to voice for Emperor Palpatine while Ian [=McDiarmid=] plays him in the films.
** Temuera Morrison plays Boba Fett, a role he had inherited from the late Jason Wingreen for a special edition of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
** Luke, Han, and Leia are all voiced by different actors than their film actors.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: According to [[http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/nextgen_battlefront/news/eas_future_star_wars_games_could_make_use_of_the_force_awakens_characters.html this article]], Disney/Lucas gave EA the explicit rule to not screw with ''Star Wars'' canon, which is probably why we don't see the Prequels and ''The Force Awakens''.Awakens'', which doesn't make sense since they're already technically screwing with canon by having Vader and Palpatine playable in the Jakku maps.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: After Ronan Summers finished up [[VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes his tour of duty as a Paratrooper]] in ''The Western Front Armies'', his next undertaking would be fighting to overthrow the Galactic Empire as one of the many Rebels.
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* FanNickname: The game is usually just referred to as "EA Battlefront" to avoid confusion with the [[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront previous two games]] and the canceled Battlefront III.

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* FanNickname: The game is usually just referred to as "EA Battlefront" to avoid confusion with the [[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront previous two games]] and the canceled Battlefront III.III.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: According to [[http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/nextgen_battlefront/news/eas_future_star_wars_games_could_make_use_of_the_force_awakens_characters.html this article]], Disney/Lucas gave EA the explicit rule to not screw with ''Star Wars'' canon, which is probably why we don't see the Prequels and ''The Force Awakens''.
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* FanNickname: The game is usually just referred to as "EA Battlefront" to avoid confusion with the [[VideoGames/StarWarsBattlefront previous two games]] and the canceled Battlefront III.

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* FanNickname: The game is usually just referred to as "EA Battlefront" to avoid confusion with the [[VideoGames/StarWarsBattlefront [[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront previous two games]] and the canceled Battlefront III.
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* FanNickname: The game is usually just referred to as "EA Battlefront" to avoid confusion with the previous two games.

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* FanNickname: The game is usually just referred to as "EA Battlefront" to avoid confusion with the [[VideoGames/StarWarsBattlefront previous two games.games]] and the canceled Battlefront III.
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* FanNickname: The game is usually just referred to as "EA Battlefront" to avoid confusion with the previous two games.

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