

The best part was that you could play with different units and vehicles, sniping down your enemies from a distance or rushing into the heat of the battle with a special unit. It was available for PC, Xbox and PlayStation For the first time, we could play across both Clone Wars and Galactic Civil War eras in a single FPS game. It all started in 2004 with the release of Star Wars: Battlefront, a game developed by Pandemic Studios and LucasArts. A New era begins! Star Wars Battlefront (2004) Let’s dive into the history of these games to learn why they are so important for everyone that played them. The franchise has some very high points and also some of the lowest points a videogame could see. Massive maps with dozens of soldiers clashing against each other that weren’t NPCs, heroes vs villains mode, spaceship battles, different classes of soldiers and vehicles with reasonable strengths and weaknesses.


They introduced so many things never before seen in a Star Wars videogame. Star Wars Battlefront games are some of the most beloved and iconic of the franchise. The Battlefront video games got a brief mention in the second installment of the Best Star Wars games when I talked about the Best Star Wars First-Person Shooters, but these games are so special and have such a long history that they deserve to be discussed separately on their own. Let me take you on a stroll through the history of the Star Wars Battlefront games over the years and show you how much they changed and evolved in nearly 20 years since the first one has been released!
