Star Wars: Battlefront 2015 - 9 Most Believable Rumours You Need To Know
7. You Play As Characters That Feature In Episode VII
Though much of the game will take place far away from the events of The Force Awakens, rumours are saying that the main protagonists of the campaign will all have a role in the long awaited J.J. Abrams directed flick. Whilst doubtful that the characters featured will all have massive roles in the seventh Star Wars film, the fact that Disney have entrusted DICE with the responsibility of introducing these new personalities shows that they have faith in the project and more importantly, their ability to execute it. Not only does it demonstrate the confidence and support that the game is receiving (DICE were even allowed to visit pinewood studios in order to aid with game design), but also that the new campaign will have a much more 'human' element to it than the previous two. Though short on length in areas, DICE's campaigns have featured a truly memorable cast of characters in the past, as their heavy focus on emotional story-telling has trumped military clichés in most areas. Dice's approach is bound to work wonders on the Star Wars mythos.
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.
