I’ve always found it interesting when stories peek behind the curtain of the bad guys in popular movies, comics, or television shows. Usually it’s satirical (like THE VENTURE BROTHERS), but sometimes – like in a lot of Batman stories – we get a deep sense of the antagonists and what makes them tick (and sometimes the fact we being to sympathize with them makes them even scarier).
Anyway, I find it cool that we’ll be given a focus on the Empire in this particular BATTLEFRONT sequel (even though in multiplayer you can still play on both sides). This won’t be the first time – the excellent flight simulator TIE-FIGHTER preceding it – but it’s still cool nonetheless. However, it is surprising just how little we know of the day-to-day grind behind the organization – at least with STAR WARS in particular, due to all the ancillary novels, comics, toys, etc. where everything has such extensive (and unnecessary) backstories. Even that blue elephant guy has a 10,000 Wookieepedia entry!
So, without further ado, here’s a featurette showing off how the team at EA is going about telling this particular story:
Meanwhile, STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II will hit consoles and PC November 17th.