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Star Wars Battlefrontmight not necessarily come to mind as the most popular or belovedStar Warsgaming franchise, but now that fans have had some distance put between it and themselves it isn’t difficult to see areas where it truly excelled.Star Wars Battlefrontdefinitely made up for the climactic political wars waged in theatrical entries, representing actual battles on diverse planets that sought to loosely portray how fans might remember them. However,Star Wars Battlefrontis much more epic in its scale, with generation-hopping characters being one of its most favorable features.
It was incredible to play as Leia Organa and engage in gunplay against Director Orson Krennic on Naboo inStar Wars Battlefront 2, for example, because neither character ever interacted with one another on-screen before, nor had they been seen on that planet. It could potentially be difficult fora thirdBattlefrontto come up with refreshing contentif it doesn’t branch out to alternateStar Warsmedia now, and if it did so it could actually win the affection of many more fans. One character whose modern prominence could make him a popular character is none other thanStar Wars Jedi’s Cal Kestis.
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Cal Kestis Could Be a Play on Star Wars Battlefront’s Jyn Erso
It is exciting to imagine how a new character could play in a potentialStar Wars Battlefront 3, but it is also important to note that no such entry has been confirmed or rumored since its cancellation. Nonetheless, Cal could be a wonderful choice for a character inclusion ifStar Wars Battlefrontwas to draw from a well ofotherStar Warsgamesor media.
Cal has only made appearances intheStar Wars Jedifranchisethus far, though rumors of him appearing in a live-action adaptation of his adventures have swirled online for a while now. Still, especially based on the merit of him originating in a game series, the possibilities for what his gameplay could look like in aStar Wars Battlefront 3are fairly clear.
Cal doesn’t possess any Force powers that are remarkably unique to him alone—at least none that can be attributed to offensive combat like aStar Wars Battlefrontgame would necessitate—but his skills with a lightsaber and his trusty droid companion BD-1 could make fascinating additions to the game’s mechanics. Indeed, Cal has now mastered a handful of dynamic lightsaber stances, including a single-blade, double-blade, dual-blade, crossguard, and blaster stance. Therefore, any combination of stances could be exceptional for players to swap between inStar Wars Battlefrontand could be designed similarly to how Jyn Erso would swap between different blaster configurations as her separate abilities.
Otherwise, characters such as Captain Phasma put out a droid to create AoE effects, and actual droids such as BB-8 and BB-9E were their ownhero and villain respectively inStar Wars Battlefront 2, meaning that there is a ton of functionality that could be designed around BD-1. Cal’s droid could cling to his back like always, and when deployed as an ability BD-1 could potentially slice other droids and turn them on the player’s enemies. Other thanThe Force Unleashed’s Starkiller, it would be difficult to find aStar Warsgame character more easily adaptable toStar Wars Battlefront.
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