New Details Surface For All Of Star Wars: Battlefront II’s Playable Characters

Star Wars Battlefront II‘s ongoing closed alpha has already brought word on several of the sequel’s sizeable character roster–General Grievous, Iden Verso, Darth Maul, and Captain Phasma were all name-dropped in a recent leak – but we now have a little more information regarding the entire collection of playable heroes.

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Chewbacca

Chewbacca uses his Bowcaster to fire charged shots at his enemies and his phycial strength to pummel and smash close targets. He is hardy enough to withstand even the most powerful attacks.

CHEWBACCA’S BOWCASTER: A bowcasterwas a type of traditional and handcrafted projectile weapon commonly used by Wookiees. On the contrary to regular bowcaster, Chewbacca’s doesn’t fire enegized metal quarrels but pure energy.

  • MULTI-SHOCK: Chewbacca throws a grenade which can be broken into a cluster of smaller missiles which electrocute enemies they hit.
  • HEAVY SLAM: Chewbacca leaps and smashes his fists into the floor, dealing damage to enemies around him and knocking them off their feet.
  • WOOKIEE BERSERKER: Chewbacca roars and overcharges his bowcaster, enabling him to fire fully charged shots with no charge time.

Darth Vader

Vader’s high survivability and powerful force powers enable him to stand on the frontlines and slowly advance on his enemies.

DARTH VADER’S LIGHTSABER: Dual-phase lightsaber made after Darth Vader joined the dark side of the force.

  • SABER THROW: Vader throws his lightsabre, cutting through and dealing damage to any enemies in the way.
  • FORCE CHOKE: Vader chokes a cluster of enemies ahead of him, dragging them off the ground and through the air to drop them into danger.
  • FOCUSED RAGE: Vader focusses his energies, allowing him to both deal and receive more damage.

Emperor Palpatine

The emperor eliminates whole groups of enemies at a time using his powerful manipulation of the force to slow, stun and buffet them with force lightning.

THE EMPEROR’S LIGHTNING: Force power firing electricity from the fingertips of the user.

  • ELECTROCUTE: The Emperor electrocutes enemies in front of him, immobilizing them.
  • DARK AURA: The emperor charges the air around him with force energy, damaging those around him and slowing their movement.
  • CHAIN LIGHTNING: The emperor unleashes a burst of lightning which hits a target and spreads to those around them.

General Grievous

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GENERAL GRIEVOUS’S LIGHTSABERS: Lightsabers from the jedi General Grievous has slain.

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Kylo Ren

Kylo is a master of controlling his enemies with the force, freezing them or pulling them to him so that he can finish them with his aggressive light sabre attacks.

KYLO REN’S LIGHTSABER: Crossguard lightsaber based on a ancient design from the Gret Scourge of Malachor. The lateral vents divert the extra power from this powerful weapon.

  • FORCE PULL: Kylo uses the force to pul enemies ahead off their feet and towards him.
  • FORCE FREEZE: Kylo freezes all enemies in front of him, immobilising them for a duration.
  • SABER CHARGE: Kylo charges forwards and performs a spinning, 360 degree sabre attack when the ability button is pressed again.

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