Star Wars Battlefront: 10 Things We Can't Wait To See

With EA's reboot being the most anticipated Star Wars title of the decade, can they match the hype?

by Ewan Paterson

So, DICE's upcoming Battlefront just made its gameplay début in Anaheim and already fans are screaming for stuff to be added. Worries about classic features from the series being absent are still up in the air, but the things that were shown off by the veteran FPS developers did look absolutely outstanding. Whilst only teasing us about some of the features that may make it into the fall release, there are plenty of things fans can't wait to see be revealed - not least of which includes the potential planets that fans will get to test their blaster skills in. Indeed, the new Battlefront has some pretty large shoes to fill, and though it has made a worthy first impression there's still a decent chance that fan expectations will ultimately fail to be met - a prospect made evermore present by DICE's axing of some much loved content from the original two titles. Endor, Hoth, Tatooine and Sullust all look gorgeous, with an obvious highlight being the current build's exemplary graphics, animation, and terrain destruction - all of which have been staples of DICE's Battlefield franchise as well. The only worry now is that DICE may struggle to differentiate the two series despite their obvious differences and settings. There's definitely an awful lot of features DICE need to include to make 2015's Battlefront a must-buy, but if they follow the pillars set by their predecessors fans should have very little to worry about at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWLns7-xN8&hc_location=ufi

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.