Who is Star Wars: Battlefront’s fourth major character?

A brand new Star Wars: Battlefront tease has shown us that we will be seeing another famous face soon. EA has went to social median to hint about a new major character. To jumpstart your memory, players will be able to take on the role of famous character such as Darth Vader and Boba Fett.

Because of the prominence of the already confirmed characters, the most obvious choice is a character like Han Solo. We know for sure that the character will be someone from the original trilogy. We are assuming that Princess Leia is off the table because of the Princess stuff she does, and this is a shame but you do wonder why Luke and Vader are still in every single battle.

Make sure to stay tuned for more updates as we find out. Star Wars: Battlefront releases on November 20th for PS4, PC, and Xbox One.

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Star Wars Battlefront Gets Darth Vader-Themed PS4 Bundle

Star Wars: Battlefront is receiving its own special-edition PlayStation 4. The new console will be sporting an epic Darth Vader design and it will be launching on November 17^th, right along with the game. It will include the Battlefront Deluxe Edition and a custom DualShock 4 controller that is inspired by Darth Vader’s chest panel. The other items included in the package are:

• Four free digital games
• Super Star Wars
• Star Wars: Racer Revenge
• Star Wars Jedi Starfighter
• Star Wars Bounty Hunter

All of them are playable for the first time on PS4 and they also have enhanced graphics and trophy support. Sony will also be releasing a standard bundle that comes with a regular PS4, a jet black DualShock 4 controller, a copy of Battlefront, and the four digital Star Wars games. Sony made another announcement that Disney Infinity 3.0 will also be receiving a Darth Vader PS4 bundle. It comes with all that was mentioned previously, but instead of Battlefront, you will get Disney Infinity 3.0. This includes the Disney Infinity Base, the Rise Against the Empire Play Set Pack, and the Boba Fett figure. The Boba Fett figure will be exclusive to the PlayStation console through the holiday. The bundle will be exclusive to Wal-Mart. The pricing was not announced for any of the new PS4 bundles but we will let you know the information as soon as it’s announced.

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Did Luke seek out another force user in between Empire and Jedi?

I'm pretty sure I know who Snoke is from The Force Awakens. Possible spoilers ahead!

We're all familiar with the story of Luke Skywalker, right?

RECAP: Luke, fresh off the Tattooine moisture farms, meets an old warrior whose ally is the Force, trains about ten minutes, and ends A New Hope by trusting in the Force and blowing the Death Star to kingdom come. In Empire, still a novice, he gets his ass handed to him by a beast on an otherwise lifeless planet And receives a vision telling him to go to Dagobah.

Green as can be, he discovers the Jedi master Yoda and trains with him.

During training, he receives a vision of his friends suffering, so he prematurely ends his training to go find them.

It's of course, a trap, that leads to Luke dueling the Evil Darth Vader, who he discovers is his father after getting his ass beat down and losing his hand and a lightsaber. He escapes.

In Jedi, Luke orchestrates a successful breakout of his best friend from one of the most notorious criminals in the galaxy, defeats his band of thugs, returns to Dagobah to see Yoda off, chats with Obi Wan where he deduces Leia is his sister, and then eventually confronts Darth Vader, right after being totally willing to cut down an unarmed man who add of yet had displayed no threat, whoops Vader's ass, gets his father to turn back, and indirectly results in the Emperor being destroyed all while shrugging off raw hatred in lightning form after several minutes of torture.

HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE! You see a problem here? Our hero goes from one step above a guy who stumbles into good fortune into THE MOST POWERFUL WARRIOR IN THE GALAXY in the gap between Empire and Jedi.

Let's back up to Empire, when Luke first sees the vision of his friends at cloud city. Yoda was trying to convince Luke to stay and complete his training. Let his friends die. Even Obi Wan was unsympathetic towards Luke's concerns. Luke goes any ways, he's confident that Yoda has taught him the gist of things, but he gets his Frelling ass kicked. Remember, Luke thought several times the things they were doing in training were pointless. As far as Luke is concerned, this validated those beliefs. Even before he loses an arm, Vader tells him he's beaten. Vader is just toying with his food. It's after Luke lands a glancing blow to Vader's shoulder that he gets pissed and ends the fight. Luke got whooped. Then, Vader drops the biggest bomb of Luke's life. "Obi Wan never told you what happened to your father." Vader makes sure to say this, because as so many characters (even Vader himself) remind Luke over and over again "Your thoughts betray you" and Vader was sure to destroy the trust Luke had in Obi Wan. "I am your father" was the icing on the cake. Consider the trust gone at this point. Luke's "That's not true! That's impossible!" was just as much dealing with the fact Obi Wan lied to him as it was his father was Darth Vader.

So now, put yourself in Luke's shoes. You just spent god knows how long training in exercises you thought were pointless to begin with lead by a slightly annoying little alien who spoke in riddles and still got your ass kicked, you found out the man you revered as flawless straight up lied to you, and worst yet weren't the least bit sympathetic towards your friends who were in distress the last time you saw the, all while coming to grips with the fact that you couldn't save your best friend from being delivered into the hands of one of the most feared criminal warlords in the galaxy.

Damn. That's a bit dark, no?

The next time we see Luke, he's wearing a black robe. He's force choking people (an act no other good guy in the Star wars movies has ever performed) he's arrogant in his abilities "Beware my power," "I warn you not to underestimate my power," "free us, or die" (kinda sounds like Vader's "Join us or die" doesn't it?) . He makes quick waste of a Rancor. He's built a new lightsaber. After displaying all these new abilities and change in personality, he goes back to Dagobah for the first time since he left in Empire. He immediately knows Leia is his sister despite no clues in Obi Wan's speech.

Next, when he confronts Vader on the forest moon, he uses a tactic every single bad guy in Star Wars has used by using Vader's feelings against him. The final line is a straight up dagger into Vader's chest "Then my father is truly dead". Luke had Vader right where he wanted him by manipulating him emotionally, a trait seen across the board by bad guys in Star Wars.

Finally, when he fights his father on the Death Star in the throne room, he is fighting in a different style AND kicks Vader's ass.

Luke DID NOT GO BACK TO DAGOBAH in between Empire and Jedi, this is canon thanks to the conversations he has with both Yoda and Obi Wan. "Is Darth Vader my father" "Why Didn't you tell me?" etc…

So if he didn't go back there, to the only other Jedi in the galaxy, and he didn't go to Vader, who taught him to use these new powers he displays in Jedi? Who taught him what are clearly dark side tactics, who made him into a more powerful warrior than the fucking Chosen One?

I think Luke, in a truly dark place at the end of Empire, sought some one out who could teach him in the ways of the force, if even to tap into the darkside.Some one who could show him the power to save his friends and defeat Vader. Only one other force sensitive being was around: Snoke.

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A few thoughts on the Clone Wars TV serie [OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS]

The Clone Wars series basically redeemed the Prequel Trilogy for me. The way they portray Anakin was what really did it for me.

In the movies it seems like he turned to the dark side overnight, but in the Clone Wars you can see his slow turn. He becomes more aggressive, more hateful, and most importantly, more suspicious of the Jedi Order and their intent. 

The way they handled Ahsoka's leaving was perfect, because seemed to really solidify his distrust of the Jedi Council, and that made it much easier to believe that Palpatine could turn him to his side.


Not only that, but humanizing the clones is something that was very powerful. Some of my favorite arcs and episodes were clone-centric ones.


It seems George Lucas used the series to tell the entire story of the prequel era the way he originally intended it to be told. That's what I really like about the Clone Wars.

Here is my thoughts:

• I watched the show all the way through in chronological order
• HOW THE FUCK DID THIS SHOW GET A PG RATING? The amount of beheading, dismemberment, animal abuse, people getting run through by lightsabers and horribly tortured is off the fucking charts.
• I absolutely loved the emphasis on the clones. Its commendable how hard they try to make sure that every member of an army of soldiers with the same face and voice had a degree of individuality to them. Special credit to Dee Bradley Baker. It couldn't have been easy giving some few dozen soldiers their own unique personality with the same voice. All the clone death scenes were legit feels-inducing (especially when they DON'T die honourably (Waxer, Fives)).
• The battle scenes are amazing and are enhanced by the personality given to the clones. You really get that "oomph" feeling when a clone in the foreground gets shot and screams in agony as he falls out of the frame. The opening battle sequence from "Darkness on Umbara" is some legit war movie shit and reminded me of the Omaha Beach scene from Saving Private Ryan.
• Despite being a "kids show", it really does reward hardcore fans of the universe. I don't think any kiddies knew of the importance of Tarkin, or homages to the originals like the escape scene from Zygerria. The conversations between Tarkin and Anakin also explains why Vader really respected Tarkin in Episode IV and even obeyed his commands.
• Ahsoka and Lux are my OTP. Filoni please make them a thing in Rebels
• Watching the Order 66 scene from Episode III was already a feels trip. Watching it again after having watched the series is even harder now. Its not just "Oh no all these Jedi are getting murdered" but "Oh no all these clones we got to know and love are murdering all the Jedi we got to know and love and the clone commanders and their Jedi were like best friends how could this happen ;_;"
• Anakin's character is infinitely better than in the prequels. Matt Lanter seems to be a way better fit for Anakin and should have played him in the movies. Anakin of the series is a fucking badass who doesn't take shit from no one but is still a good guy. His path to the dark side is much more fleshed out than "woop my wife gonna die, better become evil". Seeing him turn in Episode III is also much sadder because its less "This whiny bitch is finally a badass" and more "This kickass awesome dude just became an evil asshole"
• Thank the lord that the mystical elements of the universe are explored beyond "WHAT HIS MIDICHLORIAN COUNT? ITS OVER 9000"
• If I didn't know any better I would have thought the prequels were like some shitty live action version of the show (kinda like what The Last Airbender movie was to the cartoon)

EDIT: Something I forgot to add: HONDO OHNAKA. I think it is actually impossible to hate this guy

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Dave Filoni on Luke being last of the Jedi and what that might mean for the characters in Rebels.

I found this pretty interesting. Thoughts?

StarWars.com: I have a bit of a continuity challenge for you. In Return of the Jedi, Yoda tells Luke, “When gone am I, the last of the Jedi will you be.” But now he knows that Kanan and Ezra are out there. We obviously don’t know at this point what will happen to them, but is that something you’re aware of?

Dave Filoni: I don’t see it as a challenge at all. It’s what the Sith call an absolute. When Obi-Wan says to Luke, “Your father was the greatest starfighter pilot in the galaxy,” is that true? Or is that something you tell a kid because you want him to believe his father was great? It doesn’t have to be empirical or absolutely true. Saying Luke is “the last,” is that a singular thing, or is he the last of a group? I don’t know.

It definitely is something that comes up, and we discuss that moment all the time for what it could mean. It is possible to interpret it as, Luke is the last person that’s following the path as laid out by the Jedi Order, which we knew. The way of the Jedi is not the only way to use the light side of the Force. Luke is taught by Obi-Wan and Yoda, who very much followed the dogma of the day. So, he is the last of that line for sure. That’s absolutely true. But you don’t have to be a Jedi to use the Force. You don’t have to be a Sith to use the dark side.

StarWars.com: Like the Inquisitor.

Dave Filoni: Exactly. So, there’s definitely ways around it, but it’s definitely something that’s come up. It doesn’t mean we have to kill them, but it doesn’t mean that we won’t. We’ll have to see what makes sense.

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