History YMMV / StarWarsBattlefront

** Darth Maul appeared as a Hero for the Seperatists despite dying in ''The Phantom Menace'', over a decade before the Clone Wars even began. However, it was later revealed that he survived in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', albeit as an enemy to the Separatists.

* DemonicSpiders: Gamorrean Guards are this in Jabba's Palace, as they take an absurd amount of punishment, have a habit of spawning in the middle of already heavy combat zones, and can kill most non-hero units in a single hit. Even hero units have to beware, as they are prone to being knocked over with one hit before being killed by the second. They are also able to capture command posts for themselves, resulting in much bleeding out of reinforcements for both sides.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Gizor Delso became quite popular in [[GameMod mods]]. The fact he provides an excuse for the Empire to fight the Separatists also helps.

** Heroes as well, particularly the Force Push ability. Ordinary characters cannot block Force powers, even with another hero blocking. In the first game, if you didn't get a vehicle to run them over with, you would almost certainly end up dead in seconds, then start raging nonstop as it happens over and over again. Oh, and you couldn't play as them. The sequel, on the other hand...

** Turning friendly fire off could do this, especially with the Heavy Ordinance classes. As turning off damage to teammates also turned off damage to ''yourself.'' Let's go over a short list of what you can do with friendly fire off. You can spam grenades and/or machine gun fire down a tight hallway without any regard for your allies, fire Rockets at enemies at point-blank range, pie people in the face with tripmines, pie ''tanks'' in the face with tripmines, render enemy command vehicles entirely useless by running underneath them and [[RuleOfThree pieing them with mines.]] And, my personal favorite, stick mines on to a speeder bike and drive directly into enemy tanks.
* HarsherInHindsight: At the end of the second game's Felucia mission, the narrator says that he hopes that when Aayla died in Order 66, it was a quick, painless death, saying that she deserved that much for saving the Unit's lives on the mission. [[MoreDakka Yeah,]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill about that]]...

* MemeticMutation: Most of the dialogue in the second game has become this, particularly the clone lines
** "Watch those wrist rockets!"
** "They've sent in the supers!"
** "NOW HEAR THIS!"
** "Just like the simulations."

* ThatOneLevel: The level detailing the Order 66 event has a portion were you must protect a set of bookcases from Jedi and their allies and you fail if they are all destroyed. Sound easy? Well it would be if the Jedi don't literally spawn in droves right on top of the shelves and can easily 2 shot you.
** The ''Tantive IV'' mission. Let's just say that the Rebels in the opening of ''Film/ANewHope'' would have fared much better if they had access to [[GrenadeSpam thermal detonators]].

* DemonicSpiders: Gamorrean Guards are this in Jabba's Palace, as they take an absurd amount of punishment, have a habit of spawning in the middle of already heavy combat zones, and can kill most non-hero units in a single hit. Even hero units have to beware, as they are prone to being knocked over with one hit before being killed by the second.

** God help you if you fall into the Rancor Pit.

* ThatOneLevel: The level detailing the Order 66 event has a portion were you must protect a set of bookcases from jedi and their allies and you fail if they are all destroyed. Sound easy? Well it would be if the jedi don't literally spawn in droves right on top of the shelves and can easily 2 shot you.

** Wampas on Hoth are a good contender as well. [[LightningBruiser They are fast and can kill you in one swipe, and they can take a lot of punishment in turn.]] When you play Hunt on Hoth in Instant Action, you'll have to fight an entire colony of them!

See ''YMMV/StarWarsBattlefront2015'' for the DICE reboot.

* EvenBetterSequel: The sequel took its place as one of the most popular and best-selling Star Wars games of all time thanks to improved gameplay and the addition of space battles, playable heroes, medals, more units and vehicles and the incorporation of every movie in the series. The improved AI for the game is an added bonus.
** ContestedSequel: However, some fans prefer the original game's maps over the sequel's maps. Of course, that's something that can easily be remedied through modding. Notable in that those that think this way generally '''like''' ''Battlefront II'', it's just that they prefer ''Battlefront I'', so there's no internal FandomRivalry.

** The Wookiees in ''II''. They have above average health, access to drones, and a grenade launcher. The Wookiee crossbow is a combination of a sniper rifle and a shotgun! Using various levels of charge on the gun can enable it to either spread out and hit more targets, of fire a single, concentrated shot. Add the scope for the sniper rifle part. Access to grenade launcher allows a Wookiee to go against vehicles, adding to the insane versatility of the berserker. The only class barring hero that counters a Wookiee is the Dark Trooper, whose ARC Caster can do more damage, but lower health, reload and charge times means you have to have a really good escape.

** The award weapons in II are this trope in ''spades'', most notably the award rifle, shotgun and pistol. The award rifle turns enemy soldiers into hamburger meat faster than you can say "I am your father", the award shotgun one hit kills even the toughest enemy soldiers, and the award pistol is a [[SniperPistol mini Sniper Rifle]] that fires as fast as the original pistol.
** The Droideka in II can be one in skilled hands. Not only are they ungodly fast while rolling, but once they reach a destination and deploy, often a long cramped hallway/alley or good over-watch position, they essentially completely cut off that area. Their shield lets them tank ''huge'' amounts of damage and their own rapid fire blasters shred anything short of a tank, this is on top of being immune to headshots and having infinite ammo. It tends to take a combined team effort to unglue one Droideka and even then it will kill most of its attackers or simply curl up to retreat/reposition. They were thankfully hard to unlock in online play making them rather rare.

* RootingForTheEmpire: Literally in II's campaign, since the player only plays as the clone troopers (who not only get to execute Order 66, but are presented rather sympathetically doing so and in their envy of the Jedi's fame) and Empire, and the final mission presents an alternate reality where the rebels are defeated for good.
** From some missions, you might end up doing this when you play against the New Clone Army or the Separatist Remnants, in part because the leader of the latter is an EnsembleDarkhorse.

** Naboo Hunt in the second game puts [[CurbStompBattle Super Battle Droids up against these guys]]. You have a tri-shotgun that can 2-hit kill anything, a [[ArmCannon rocket launcher built into your arm]], and a machine gun. They have grenades, horrible aim, and a fusion cutter. Do the math.

* WhatAnIdiot: The AI makes some... interesting decisions. TropesAreNotBad as it turned out to be annoying, yet hilarious.

* MagnumOpus: The sequel is this for the series and generally considered to be one of the best ''Star Wars'' games produced.

** The Wookiees in ''II''. They have above average health, access to drones, and a grenade launcher. The Wookiee crossbow is a combination of a sniper rifle and a shotgun! Using various levels of charge on the gun can enable it to either spread out and hit more targets, of fire a single, concentrated shot. Add the scope for the sniper rifle part. Access to grenade launcher allows a Wookiee to go against vehicles, adding to the insane versatility of the berserker. The only class barring hero that counters a Wookiee is the Dark Trooper whose ARC Caster can do more damage but lower health, reload and charge times means you have to have a really good escape.

** Engineers, especially in the second game. They all have shotguns (which aren't the standard ShortRangeShotgun), the ability to slice the drivers out of vehicles, and the ability to heal and restock their own ammo. There are a common choice for going OneManArmy on the enemy team. Also, fighting while being mostly underwater makes it very difficult for AI enemies to hit you.

* HarsherInHindsight: At the end of the second game's Felucia mission, the narrator says that he hopes that when Aayla died in Order 66, it was quick, painless death, saying that she deserved that much for saving the Unit's lives on the mission. [[MoreDakka Yeah,]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill about that]]...

*** That choking sound is made worse with Force Choke. Not only does the sound play when on the receiving end of Force Choke, but the screen ''turns red'' when your character is almost out of health. Talk about a near death experience...

** A glitch in the ''Tantive IV'' in the second game allows the player to leave the map and walk around it from the outside. If you're fighting another player and both of you know the glitch, this can get really paranoia inducing as they can literally come from ''anywhere''.
* RootingForTheEmpire: Literally in II's campaign, since the player only plays as the clone troopers (Who not only get to execute Order 66, but are presented rather sympathetically doing so and in their envy of the Jedi's fame) and Empire and the final mission presents an alternate reality where the rebels are defeated for good.

* BrokenBase:
** A lot of people were concerned that DICE would make the reboot exclusively first-person, effectively making the game ''Battlefield [[RecycledInSpace In Space]]''. However, the gameplay footage revealed at E3 2014 confirmed that third-person gameplay is the default, easing these concerns, and it has since been stated that one can switch between first and third person like in the previous two games.
** Following ''Battlefield 4's'' controversial launch where the multiplayer barely worked, some fans are hesitant to trust DICE with this game. Others note that DICE was quick to fix the problems, and nowadays ''4'' is seen as a highlight of the franchise.
** The new Missions modes for offline and co-op. A lack of information, aside from a single horde-mode style trailer, has led many people to think that the wide open maps and huge battles will be online exclusive, and that offline and co-op will be limited to a series of smaller levels in the same vein as Call of Duty's spec ops missions, which leads to debates on whether it's worth removing a solo experience for.

** Some fans were excited.... until details were revealed. The removal of Space Battles upset a ''lot'' of fans, as did the announcement that the Clone Wars era, Galactic Conquest and Instant Action would not appear at all. As well as the announcement that the AT-AT is on rails, and not pilot-able, along with battles being reduced to 24 person teams and the game only featuring four planets across its maps at launch. So it was half-WinTheCrowd half-Upset the Fans with Battlefront III. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And we'll leave it at that]].

** In the 2015 update, facing Darth Vader himself. He just leaps out of nowhere, and is more or less the ImplacableMan, slowly plodding down a corridor while blocking the gunfire of rebel soldiers as if he was swatting flies.

* TaintedByThePreview: Several of the details revealed about DICE's game, particularly the omission of Galactic Conquest and space combat, have not gone well with some long-time fans.
** If you considered the beta a preview, most reviews agreed the Empire was extremly overpowered in Walker Assault, the game modes were too repetitive, and the overall combat was generic and dull.
-->'''Angry Joe:''' Walker Assault was just about the WORST fuckin' mode to demo Battlefront.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Presuming that the in-engine footage shown at E3 2014 is indicative of what the gameplay will look like, the environments in DICE's ''Battlefront'' are going to look amazing.
* WhatAnIdiot: The AI makes some... interesting decisions. TropesAreNotBad as it turned out to be annoying, yet hilarious.
* WinBackTheCrowd: After the game was TaintedByThePreview at ''Star Wars'' Celebration Anaheim, a lot of people were won back over with the footage revealed at E3 2015.
* WinTheCrowd:
** The internet let out a collective BigNo when it was announced that Electronic Arts had obtained the license to publish ''Star Wars'' games... Until the ''Battlefront'' reboot was announced, turning the reaction into a BigYes (though some are still worried about EA's financial decisions affecting the game). More people were won over when it was announced that DICE - the people that worked on [[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} the very franchise that]] ''Battlefront'' [[FollowTheLeader is based on]] - would be the division of EA working on the game.
** People were still concerned that the game would be ''Battlefield [[RecycledInSpace In Space]]'', meaning that you would only be able to play in first-person view. Said concerns were completely destroyed with the gameplay reveal, showing that third-person gameplay is still a part of the franchise.
** After Battlefield 4's [[ObviousBeta numerous technical issues]] rendered the game nearly unplayable at launch, DICE announced that they would be upgrading their servers and net code to prevent similar issues with Battlefront.
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** In the 2015 update, facing Darth Vader himself. He just leaps out of nowhere, and is more or less the ImplacableMan.

** Turning on the Invincibility cheat code will allow you to leave Battlefields and go off into the backgrounds as well as walk on the lava on Mustafar without dying. It's pretty funny though.

** See the WinTheCrowd entry lower? Well, some fans were excited.... until details were revealed. Battlefront III is, essentially and for lack of a better term, Battlefield with a Star Wars skin. Many fans were ''not'' amused. The removal of Space Battles also upset a ''lot'' of fans, as did the announcement that the Clone Wars era, Galactic Conquest and Instant Action would not appear at all. As well as the announcement that the AT-AT is on rails, and not pilot-able, along with battles being reduced to 24 person teams and the game only featuring four planets across its maps at launch. So it was half-WinTheCrowd half-Upset the Fans with Battlefront III. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And we'll leave it at that]].

** The announcement that the game will not feature space battles or any prequel era content (at least at launch) wasn't very well received, nor was the announcement that the game would be limited to 40 player battles, when every Battlefield game DICE has worked on to date allow for 64 player battles.
** The announcement that there will be no instant action game mode has led to a great deal of backlash from fans of the older games.
** The new Missions modes for offline and co-op. A lack of information, aside from a single horde-mode style trailer, has led many people to think that the wide open maps and huge battles will be online exclusive, and that offline and co-op will be limited to a series of smaller levels in the same vein as Call of Duty's spec ops missions.

** See the WinTheCrowd entry lower? Well, some fans were excited.... until details were revealed. Battlefront III is, essentially and for lack of a better term, Battlefield with a Star Wars skin. Many fans were ''not'' amused. The removal of Space Battles also upset a ''lot'' of fans, as did the announcement that the Clone Wars would not appear at all. As well as the announcement that the AT-AT is on rails, and not pilot-able. So it was half-WinTheCrowd half-Upset the Fans with Battlefront III. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And we'll leave it at that]].

* InternetBackdraft: Every time that [=LucasArts=] announced a game that wasn't related to ''Battlefront III'', there would be fan backlash upon the announcemnet. It got even worse when fans found out that ''Battlefront III'' '''was''' in production, but got canned due to financial issues.

** The announcement that there will be no instant action game mode has lead to a great deal of backlash from fans of the older games.
** The new Missions modes for offline and co-op. A lack of information, aside from a single horde-mode style trailer has led many people to think that the wide open maps and huge battles will be online exclusive, and that offline and co-op will be limited to a series of smaller levels in the same vein as Call of Duty's spec ops missions.

** See the WinTheCrowd entry lower? Well, some fans were excited.... until details were revealed. Battlefront III is, essentially and for lack of a better term, Battlefield with a Star Wars skin. Many fans were ''not'' amused. The removal of Space Battles also upset a ''lot'' of fans. As well as the announcement that the AT-AT is on rails, and not pilot-able. So it was half-WinTheCrowd half-Upset the Fans with Battlefront III. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And we'll leave it at that]].

** See the WinTheCrowd entry lower? Well, some fans were excited.... until details were revealed. Battlefront III is, essentially and for lack of a better term, Battlefield with a Star Wars skin. Many fans were ''not'' amused. The removal of Space Battles also upset a ''lot'' of fans. As well as the announcement that the AT-AT is on rails, and not pilot-able. So it was half-WinTheCrowd half-Upset the Fans with Battlefront III. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement And we'll leave it at that]].

* BrokenBase: A lot of people were concerned that DICE would make the reboot exclusively first-person, effectively making the game ''Battlefield [[RecycledInSpace In Space]]''. However, the gameplay footage revealed at E3 2014 confirmed that third-person gameplay is the default, easing these concerns, and it has since been stated that one can switch between first and third person like in the previous two games.

* BrokenBase: A lot of people were concerned that DICE would make the reboot exclusively first-person, effectively making the game ''Battlefield [[RecycledInSpace In Space]]''. However, the gameplay footage revealed at E3 2014 confirmed that third-person gameplay is the default, easing these concerns, and it has since been stated that one can switch between first and third person.

** The announcement that the game will not feature space battles or any prequel era content (at least at launch) wasn't very well received.

** The announcement that the game will not feature space battles or any prequel era content(at least at launch) wasn't very well received.