- Naboo: Play as the Naboo Security Force/Gungans to retake Naboo from the Trade Federation, or play as a battle droid as you defend your army and advance towards Theed.
- Confirmed, though this time it takes place during the Clone Wars (the Trade Federation are apparently invading again) in order to get Clone Troopers playable on the map.
- Umbara: Play as a Clone Trooper trying to gain more territory on Umbara, or play as an Umbaran/Separatist trying to drive Republic forces off of your homeworld.
- Mandalore: Play as a Clone Trooper or a Death Watch loyalist to retake Sundari, or play as a Shadow Collective Supercommando to fully takeover Sundari.
- Coruscant: Play as a Clone Trooper or Jedi defending Coruscant as Anakin and Obi-Wan rescue Palpatine, or play as a Separatist making an assault against Republic forces and defending the Invisible Hand.
- Atollon: Play as an Imperial as Grand Admiral Thrawn lays siege to Chopper Base, or play as a rebel as you hold the line until reinforcements arrive.
- Utapau: Play as a Clone Trooper trying to prevent the Separatist leaders escape, or as a battle droid trying to protect them.
- Takodana: Play as a resistance soldier battling the First Order, or play as a First Order stormtrooper laying siege to Takodana.
- Confirmed.
- Geonosis: Play as a Clone Trooper laying siege to Geonosis, or as a Battle Droid/Geonosian protecting the droid factories.
- Rumors seem to be pointing at yes.
- Kashyyyk: Play as a Clone Trooper/Wookiee defending the planet, or play as a Separatist laying siege to the planet and the Wookiee villages located on it.
- Seemingly confirmed, can be seen in the gameplay trailer.
- Jedha: Play as a partisan attacking the stormtroopers and Imperial forces, or play as a stormtrooper assigned to destroy the partisans.
- It's being considered.
- Ryloth: Play as a Clone Trooper/Twi'lek defending the planet of Ryloth and the villages, or play as a Separatist trying to claim the planet.
- Confirmed for space battle, at the least.
- Christophsis: Clones vs Droids among crystal towers and an advancing forcefield.
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo
- Chewbacca
- Rey
- Finn
- Yoda
- Darth Maul
- Darth Vader
- Emperor Palpatine
- Boba Fett
- Kylo Ren
- Iden Versio
- Bossk
- Lando Calrissian
- Princess Leia
- Captain Phasma
- General Grievous
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Anakin Skywalker
- Count Dooku
- BB-8
- BB-9E
Characters like Luke and Leia are pretty much a given, so try to avoid that and go for characters that haven't been in Battlefront yet:
- Rose
- DJ
- General Hux
- Poe Dameron
- Shara Bey
- Kes Dameron
- Jessika Pava
- Thanoth
- The Mandalorian
- Wedge Antilles
- Biggs Darklighter
- Jek Porkins
- Derek "Hobbie" Klivian
- Wes Janson
- Ahsoka Tano
- Jango Fett
- Rae Sloane
- The Grand Inquisitor
- The Fifth Brother
- The Seventh Sister
- The Eighth Brother
- Adult Ahsoka Tano
- Kanan Jarrus
- Ezra Bridger
- Qui-Gon Jinn
- Ben Kenobi
- Thrawn
- Mace Windu
- Sabine Wren
- Garazeb Orrelios
- Agent Kallus
- Governor Pryce
- Doctor Aphra
- Cad Bane
- Cal Kestis
- Grand Moff Tarkin
- Padme Amidala
- Asajj Ventress
- Savage Opress
- Chopper
- R2-D2
- C-3PO
- Jyn Erso
- K-2SO
- Cassian Andor
- Baze Malbus
- Chirrut Imwe
- Bodhi Rook
- Saw Gerrera
- Director Orson Krennic
- Hondo Ohnaka
- Fenn Rau
- Gar Saxon
- Embo
- Aurra Sing
- Sugi
- Zam Wessel
- Admiral Ackbar
- Captain Rex
- Commander Cody
- Commander Fox
- Commander Wolffe
- Commander Bly
- Commander Gree
- Echo
- Fives
- Boss
- Scorch
- Fixer
- Sev
- Captain Gregor
- Commander Thorn
- Sergeant Hunter
- Wrecker
- Tech
- Crosshair
- Denal
- Jesse
- Hardcase
- Kix
- Dogma
- Tup
- Appo
- Waxer
- Boil
- Aayla Secura
- Darth Sidious, this time with lightsabers.
- IG-88
- Zuckuss
- 4-LOM
- Pre Vizsla
- Bo-Katan Kryze
- Darth Bane
- Pong Krell
- Kit Fisto
- Plo Koon
- Ki-Adi-Mundi
- Shaak Ti
- Luminara Unduli
- Barriss Offee
- Adi Gallia
- Eeth Koth
- Ciena Ree
- Thane Kyrell
- Jar Jar Binks "I want to troll people with Jar Jar!"
- Matt the radar technician.
- Sam Witwer (who's already confirmed to be back as Palpatine) as Maul
- Confirmed.
- Tom Kane as Yoda
- Confirmed.
- Matt Sloan as Vader, this time with the voice pitched down.
- Confirmed.
- Jo Wyatt as Rey. (She sounds the closest voice to Rey.)
- Jossed. Daisy Ridley will voice her.
- Phil Lamarr as Finn.
- Jossed, John Boyega returns to play as Finn.
- Sam Riegel as Poe Dameron
- Jossed. Lex Lang plays him. Though confirmed that Oscar Isaac would get Darrin'd.
- At the very least Admiral Sloane should appear as a supporting character in the game. Considering her pivotal role in the Empire and the First Order after the Battle of Endor and the fact that the game's storyline both focuses on that time period and is canonical, it only makes sense she would show up.
- Gallius Rax and Brendol Hux could also show up with Sloane as well.
- Jossed. Sloane never appears in the story, though she is mentioned briefly.
- It would serve as a parallel to Twilight Company.
- It seems strange that Inferno Squad had to be commissioned by the Imperial Navy rather than the Imperial Army. Perhaps they're elite TIE pilots?
- British Amazon listing Inferno Squad with Battlefront II suggests that it might be an accompaniment novel if it isn't an error. As of this writing, the Inferno Squad book cover is not final, so perhaps they want to reveal its connection to Battlefront II later.
- Confirmed.
The game will start off as the trailer indicates, Inferno Squadron being sent to Endor on the Emperor's orders. They do well until the second Death Star blows up. This shakes up the squadron, Iden Versio included. It's at this point where the game focuses on the origins of the First Order as seen in the Sequel Trilogy, but maybe we can get on the Imperial faction got not only the personnel and army, but the ideology as well.As the game progresses, we see Inferno Squadron taking on other Rebel forces and some minor cells. But it won't the standard 'Protagonist is on the right side regardless of faction' mentality most games have that plays as the 'evil' faction. Just like Spec Ops, it will give players order to commit atrocities like execution of prisoners and bombing places, which are very hot-topics in war. And in the case there's a heroic Rebel present (probably Luke) and starts telling them of how their methods is why they're hated in the galaxy, Iden retorts by saying that the Rebels deserved it for being brutal, lying and inconsiderate killers for disrupting the peace of the Galaxy and these orders were necessary if it was necessary to keep the peace the Emperor intended. Of course, we can clearly see that they have no excuses for committing such orders and only did because of the Imperial upbringing.
As the game progresses, we can see how much they become more and more fanatical in their ideals for the Empire to the point that the only way to keep the ideals of the Empire alive is to kidnap children (as indicated by The Force Awakens). At the same time, Iden may start seeing doubts in her cause but at the same time, still wants to honor the Emperor's memory. By the end of the game, either Iden Versio may end up committing suicide after realizing that she was nothing but a brainwashed killer who caused enough damage, stay in the First Order just as fanatical they are, or even gain a chance of redemption by leaving them but leaving to unknown corners in the galaxy, feeling she's unworthy of gaining redemption for what she did.
- Jossed. Iden and Del defect in the fifth mission of the campaign; the vast majority of the story mode is them fighting the Empire.
Despite being tired, jaded, and having lost everything, Iden continues her service to the Empire, in belief that her personal life is not as important as the rest of the Galaxy's state, though she's obviously hurting and miserable from losing her friends and family. This means that "I've waited thirty years for this. [...] The day the real war began." is It's Personal than just Undying Loyalty.
If anyone asks about why she's still with the Empire/First Order, she'll claim its mainly because the Empire was a force of good and she wants to avenge it, but really, it's kind of both that and avenging her loved ones.
- Jossed. Iden and Del defect from the Empire in the fifth mission of the story. While the game does have a Flash Forward Sudden Downer Ending where Del is killed by the First Order, it's more of a Sequel Hook than anything.
- Jossed. Thrawn is never mentioned.
- We do get a bunch of references to this effect throughout the main campaign; Rae Sloane is mentioned in the Endor mission, Gallius Rax gets two separate namedrops, we see Shara Bey and Queen Soruna's starfighters on Naboo, the Jakku mission has radio chatter that references Wedge Antilles and Snap Wexley, among others.
