Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 video game)

The game features locations from the original, prequel, and sequel Star Wars movie trilogies. The available maps at launch included Kamino, Kashyyyk, Naboo (for the prequel trilogy), the Death Star II, Endor, Yavin IV, Hoth, the Mos Eisley Spaceport on Tatooine (for the original trilogy), Jakku, Takodana and Starkiller Base (for the sequel trilogy), as well as a smaller-scale Cloud City map on Bespin and space maps over Kamino, Ryloth (for the prequel trilogy), Fondor, Endor (for the original trilogy) and the Unknown Regions (for the sequel trilogy). Seven more maps added later on, namely Jabba's Palace on Tatooine, Kessel, Scarif (for the original trilogy), Geonosis, Felucia (for the prequel trilogy), Crait, a space map over D'Qar, and Ajan Kloss (for the sequel trilogy).

All the battles in the game are era-based, taking place during either the Clone Wars (the war between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems / the Separatists), the Galactic Civil War (the war between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire), or the First Order-Resistance war, with each era having its own specific types of troopers, vehicles, and planets. The game offers a variety of unique game modes, most of which have the player take control of four main ground classes (Assault, Heavy, Officer and Specialist), aligned to either the Galactic Republic (represented by clone troopers), the Separatists (battle droids), the Rebel Alliance (Rebel troopers), the Empire (stormtroopers), the Resistance (Resistance troopers), or the First Order (First Order stormtroopers), and compete in large or small scale battles against other players (or, in some cases, enemies controlled by an AI).

In space battles, the players take control of space ships rather than ground troopers or vehicles, but the play style is more or less the same, also being class-based. The are a total of three base classes for the space battles:

• Fighter - represented by the ARC-170 Starfighter and, on Naboo only, the N-1 Starfighter for the Republic; the Vulture Droid for the Separatists; the T-65B X-Wing for the Rebel Alliance; the TIE/ln Fighter for the Empire; the T-70 X-Wing for the Resistance; and the TIE/fo Fighter for the First Order.
• Interceptor - the V-Wing for the Republic; the Droid Tri-Fighter for the Separatists; the RZ-1 A-Wing for the Rebel Alliance; the TIE/IN Interceptor for the Empire; the RZ-2 A-Wing for the Resistance; and the TIE/sf Fighter for the First Order
• Bomber - the BTL-B Y-Wing for the Republic; the Hyena-class bomber for the Separatists; the BTL-A4 Y-Wing for the Rebel Alliance; and the TIE/sa Bomber for the Empire

There are also six additional "reinforcement" classes, that are unlocked during every match by acquiring battlepoints (earned from defeating enemies or completing specific objectives during each match). For the ground troopers, there are three reinforcement classes:

• Enforcer - the Wookiee Warrior and Clone Commando for the Republic; the B2 Super Battle Droid and the Droideka for the Separatists; the Wookie Warrior for the Rebel Allaince; the Death Trooper for the Empire; the Ovissian Gunner for the Resistance; and the First Order Flametrooper.
• Aerial - the Jet Trooper for the Republic; B2-RP Rocket Droid for the Separatists; the Rebel Rocket-Jumper; the Imperial Rocket Trooper; the Resistance Rocket-Jumper; and the First Order Jet Trooper.
• Infiltrator - the Advanced Recon Commando / ARC Trooper for the Republic; the Commando Droid for the Separatists; the Ewok Hunter for the Rebel Alliance; the ISB Agent for the Empire; the Caphex Spy for the Resistance; and the Sith Trooper for the First Order.

The other three reinforcements are vehicles:

• Speeder - the BARC Speeder for the Republic; the STAP for the Separatists; the T-47 Airspeeder / Snowspeeder, X-34 Landspeeder and 74-Z Speeder Bike for the Rebel Alliance; the 74-Z Speeder Bike for the Empire; a stolen LIUV / First Order Snowspeeder and the V-4X-D Ski Speeder for the Resistance; and the LIUV for the First Order.
• Artillery - the LAAT Gunship and the AT-TE for the Republic; the MTT for the Separatists; the U-Wing for the Rebel Alliance; and the AT-AT for the Empire.
• Armor - the AT-RT and the TX-130 for the Republic; the AAT for the Separatists; the AT-RT for the Rebel Alliance; the AT-ST for the Empire; a stolen First Order AT-ST for the Resistance; and the First Order AT-ST.

Battlefront II allows the players to take control of several heroes and villains based on iconic characters from across all the Star Wars movies. At launch, the hero roster included Luke Skywalker (Matthew Mercer), Leia Organa (Misty Lee), Han Solo (John Armstrong), Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), Yoda (Tom Kane), and Rey (Daisy Ridley), while the villain roster included Darth Vader (Matt Sloan), Emperor Palpatine (Sam Witwer), Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison), Bossk (Dee Bradley Baker), Iden Versio (Janina Gavankar), Darth Maul (Sam Witwer), and Kylo Ren (Matthew Wood/Roger Craig Smith).

There are also several hero and villain ships, which at launch included Boba Fett's Slave I, Darth Maul's Scimitar, Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1, Han Solo and Chewbacca's Millennium Falcon, Iden Versio's TIE/in Fighter, Kylo Ren's TIE Silencer, Luke Skywalker's T-65B X-Wing, Poe Dameron's T-70 X-Wing, Rey and Chewbacca's Millennium Falcon, and Yoda's Actis-class Light Interceptor.[6]

New heroes and hero ships from across all eras were added later on, including Tallie Lintra's RZ-2 A-Wing, Lando Calrissian and L3-37's Millennium Falcon (from Solo: A Star Wars Story), Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor), Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter), General Grievous (Matthew Wood), Count Dooku (Corey Burton), BB-8 and BB-9E.

The game features a progression system based on "Star Cards", which are unlocked as the player levels up with a specific class or hero and grant them specific benefits. Players level up by defeating enemies or completing objectives during each match. Each class or hero can have a maximum of three Star Cards equipped, and each Star Card can be leveled up to level 4, each level further increasing its benefits. There are also milestones, which grant the player rewards for completing specific tasks, or for simply leveling up with a class or a hero.

For the four base trooper classes, there are up to four unlockable weapons, which are unlocked by completing specific milestones and each have their particular advantages, such as improved range, damage or fire rate. Each weapon also comes with modifications, which improve specific stats and are also unlocked by completing milestones.

There are a total of twelve online multiplayer game modes, some of which are available to play only for a limited time, with the largest supporting up to 40 simultaneous players with 24 additional AI-controlled players.[7]

• Galactic Assault: This game mode is centered around unique set pieces set across the thirteen planets and locations featuring all three Star Wars eras involving a team of 20 attackers against 20 defenders, with the attackers having to complete a specific objective in order to progress, whereas the defenders have to stop them.
• Supremacy: This mode pits two teams of twenty players, with an additional 12 AI bots per team, against each other as they fight to capture and hold a majority of Command Posts which increase reinforcement count in order to attack the enemy team's capital ship and destroy it from within by capturing and destroying objectives. It is a new mode that was introduced in March 2019. The mode is currently available in the "Age of the Republic" and the " Age of the Resistance" eras, and will soon be available in as the "Age of the Rebellion".
• Heroes vs. Villains: This mode involves all the heroes and villains in Star Wars Battlefront II, where four light side heroes fight four dark side villains. A deathmatch mode which involves one team of four hero's fighting against a team of four villains, with the first team to 35 kills wins. In the original game mode, one of the four heroes and one of the four villains are selected to be the target to attack. The first team to defeat the enemy team's chosen targets 10 times wins, however the target system was removed in May 2019 in favor of a new mode.
• Co-op: This game mode is a Player vs. Entity mode, pitting a team of four players and AI bots against another team of AI bots, the aim being to capture one of between one and three command posts on each of the three or four stages (depending on the map). The players can either attack or defend. This comes with an improvement in Battlefront's AI as the enemy bots can play as heroes and some reinforcements.[8]
• Hero Showdown: This mode involves teams of two heroes and two villains facing off in round-based duels with no respawn after defeat until the next round begins. The first duo to win three rounds wins.[9] The mode was added to the game in May 2018.
• Starfighter Assault: In this mode, battles take place in unique set pieces in space and planetary atmospheres involving 12 attackers against 12 defenders, both teams being reinforced with an additional 20 AI ships.
• Hero Starfighters: This mode pits two teams of four hero ships, with players selecting one of the hero ships to play as, and must defeat all of the enemy team's hero ships. Defeated players respawn as normal starfighters and can play again as a hero ship in the following round after either one team loses all their hero ships or there is a draw. The first team to win three rounds wins. The mode was introduced to the game in July 2018.
• Strike: Strike has players battling in close quarter scenarios involving a team of eight attackers aiming to either capture a unique objective from a team of eight defenders – essentially one team capture the flag – or arm and destroy two objectives.
• Blast: Blast is a standard team deathmatch between two teams of eight players in which teams try to reach 100 total combined eliminations before the enemy team can.
• Ewok Hunt: This mode, introduced as part of the game's April update, has two Ewoks hunt down a group of eighteen stormtroopers; each stormtrooper defeated spawns as another Ewok.[10] It was on rotation with Jetpack Cargo originally as a limited time mode but was later made permanent.
• Extraction: This game mode, which was released on June 12, 2018, has an attacking team escort cargo through several checkpoints to their final destination while the defending team tries to stop them. The mode was removed on September 25, 2019, and merged with Strike.
• Jetpack Cargo: This limited-time mode, introduced as part of the game's February 2018 update, has two teams of eight, each equipped with jetpacks, a battle to capture cargo.[11] It was on rotation with Ewok Hunt.

Star Wars Battlefront II features three single-player game modes that are separate of those from the multiplayer component of the game.

• Instant Action: Inspired by the original Battlefront II Instant Action mode, it is a large scale mode where the player is able to choose the map and faction they would like to play. To win, the player's team must control the battlefront by securing the most command posts, thereby accruing points. Unlike the similar multiplayer mode ‘Supremacy’, the match ends when a team accrues the maximum number of points.
• Custom Arcade: A smaller scale mode where players take on AI in a choice of Team Battles, Starfighter Battles, Onslaught or Starfighter Onslaught. Team Battles are where the player faces a small team of AI Troopers, while Starfighter Battles is where the player takes on a team of AI ships. Onslaught is where you pick a hero or villain, and you must wipe out the enemy team of AI Troopers in the time limit you choose, while Starfighter Onslaught is the same but with ships.
• Battle Scenarios: A set of classic encounters across all eras of Star Wars, which also grant the player rewards for the multiplayer experience.

Unlike 2015's Battlefront, the game also offers a single-player campaign. Its protagonist is Iden Versio, leader of an Imperial Special Forces group known as Inferno Squad, who participates in multiple events in the 30 years leading up to The Force Awakens. There are segments in the campaign where the player is able to control other characters such as Luke Skywalker and Kylo Ren. Players can also play in the Arcade mode – an offline single player or local co-op where players can choose which side to play on and which battle to play in. Battles vary from team battles to onslaughts. Alternatively, players can choose to do a custom match, where they can change some of the settings and locations.

Instead of the paid Season Pass downloadable content (DLC) seen in the game's 2015 predecessor, Battlefront II is expanded via free DLC provided to all players with a free EA account.[12][13] The DLC uses a seasonal structure similar to Overwatch and Rainbow Six Siege, according to Gavankar. The first season, released on December 13, 2017, it was based on the movie The Last Jedi, and added new Resistance hero Finn (John Boyega) and First Order villain Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie), Tallie Lintra's RZ-2 A-Wing as new hero ship, the planet Crait as a ground map, a space map above D'Qar, and a continuation of the single-player campaign.[14] The second season, released on May 16, 2018, was based on the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story, and included Jabba's Palace and Kessel as ground maps, new game modes Hero Showdown and Extraction, new hero ship Lando Calrissian and L3-37's Millennium Falcon, and new character skins for Han Solo, Lando, Chewbacca, and Leia Organa. The next set of content was announced on June 9, 2018, during EA Play and was released throughout both 2018 and 2019. It featured content from the prequel trilogy of Star Wars, centering on the conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Separatists known as the Clone Wars, and added the planets Geonosis and Felucia as ground maps, new games modes "Capital Supremacy" (inspired by Conquest from the original Battlefront games), "Instant Action" and "Co-op" (which were eventually added to all eras), new reinforcements for the Enforcer class (the Clone Commando and the Droideka) and vehicles for the Speeder (the BARC Speeder and the STAP), Armor (the TX-130), and Artillery (the AT-TE, available only on the Geonosis Galactic Assault map) classes, the Infiltrator reinforcement class (initially available only for the Republic and Separatists and represented by the ARC Trooper and the Commando Droid, respectively, but it was eventually added to all three eras), skins for both clone troopers and battle droids, and new Republic heroes Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, and Separatists villains General Grievous and Count Dooku.[15][16]

In December 2019, a "Celebration Edition" of the game was released, which included all cosmetics (skins, emotes, voice lines and victory poses ) for both troopers and heroes released up until then. Furthermore, a fourth season was released, based on the movie The Rise of Skywalker, and added the planet Ajan Kloss as a new ground map, new reinforcements for the Resistance and the First Order (the Ovissian Gunner, the Caphex Spy, a new First Order Jet Trooper, and the Sith Trooper), and later, in January 2020, BB-8 as a new hero and BB-9E as a villain. Starting with February 2020, new content for the original trilogy era was also released, including new reinforcements for the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire (the Ewok Hunter and the ISB Agent) and new weapons for all four base classes (the E-11D for the Assault, T-21 for Heavy, DL-18 for Officer and Cycler Rifle for Specialist, all of them returning from 2015's Battlefront). A Scarif ground map, inspired by the movie Rogue One, was also teased and is set to be released in "mid-April".[17]

Iden Versio (Janina Gavankar) is being interrogated for the codes to unlock an Imperial transmission aboard a Rebel Mon Calamari Star Cruiser. She activates her droid, which sneaks to her cell and frees her. Iden had allowed herself to be captured in order to erase the Imperial transmission, which would reveal the Emperor's plan at Endor. She successfully erases it, then escapes the ship by launching herself into space where she is intercepted by the Corvus, the flagship of Inferno Squad. Iden confirms the mission's success to Gideon Hask (Paul Blackthorne) and Del Meeko (TJ Ramini), other members of her squad.

Later on Endor, Iden, Hask, and Del secure the perimeter around the ruined shield generator, and watch with shock and horror as the Death Star II explodes. Vice Admiral Sloane orders a full retreat, and Inferno Squad recovers TIE fighters to escape the moon, which is being overrun by Rebel forces. The Corvus is attacked during their escape, but Inferno fends off the Rebel bombers. Iden then meets with her father, Admiral Garrick Versio (Anthony Skordi), on his Star Destroyer, the Eviscerator. Admiral Versio confirms to Iden that the Emperor has died, before a messenger droid displays a hologram of the late Emperor issuing his last command: to begin Operation: Cinder. Admiral Versio sends Iden to an Imperial shipyard over Fondor to protect Moff Raythe and his Star Destroyer, the Dauntless, which hosts experimental satellites vital to the success of Operation: Cinder. The Dauntless comes under attack from a Rebel Star Cruiser, but Iden is able to board it with Hask and disable its ion cannons. Afterwards, they are ordered to attack the Imperial shipyard in order to free the Star Destroyer from the locked clamps, allowing it to open fire on the Rebel cruiser and destroy it.

Del is sent to Pillio and ordered to destroy one of the Emperor's hidden bases. He encounters Luke Skywalker (Matthew Mercer), who helps him disarm the base's defenses and fend off the local wildlife, before eventually entering the base and discovering that it contains the Emperor's spoils of conquest. Del and Luke part amicably, and the former begins to question the Empire's goals and motives. Following this, Iden and Inferno Squad are sent to the Imperial-controlled world of Vardos (and Iden's homeworld), in order to retrieve Protectorate Gleb. As the satellites for Operation Cinder begin destroying the planet with terrible storms, Iden and Meeko go against their orders and try to evacuate the civilians in addition to Gleb, causing Hask to betray them. Disillusioned by the Empire's attack on Vardos, Iden and Meeko escape off world, now traitors to the Empire. They seek out the Rebel Alliance and are taken to General Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), who gives them the choice to help stop Operation: Cinder, or to escape and make new lives for themselves. Choosing to help, they aid Leia Organa (Misty Lee) in protecting Naboo, destroying the satellites for Operation: Cinder and reactivating the planet's defenses. After Naboo is liberated, Inferno Squad joins the New Republic.

Several months later, Inferno Squad, now consisting of Iden, Del and Shriv Suurgav (Dan Donohue), are sent by Leia to Takodana to find Han Solo (John Armstrong), who was extracting an Imperial defector carrying critical data in hopes of liberating Kashyyyk and freeing the Wookiees. The data also reveals that Admiral Versio is commanding Imperial operations on Bespin and Sullust. Iden and Del infiltrate Bespin with the intent of capturing Admiral Versio, but are led into a trap by Hask, who escapes along with the Admiral. Iden and Del soon manage to escape from Bespin as well, destroying a Star Destroyer fuelling station in the process. Meanwhile, Lando and Shriv investigate the hidden Imperial weapons cache on Sullust, only to find a weapons factory, which they destroy.

These operations cripple the Imperial fleet, which makes a last stand at Jakku. During the battle, Iden shoots down Hask and boards the Eviscerator, intending to rescue her father. Admiral Versio decides to go down with his ship, feeling obligated to die with the Empire he fought to protect, and urges Iden to escape and live a new life, commending her for seeing the weakness of the Empire. Iden takes an escape pod and reunites with Del at the end of the battle. The two embrace and kiss, as the battle marks the end of the Galactic Empire.

Three decades later, Del is captured on Pillio by Protectorate Gleb, who hands him over to Kylo Ren (Matthew Wood) and the First Order. Ren uses the Force to interrogate Del about the location of the map leading to Luke Skywalker. After succeeding, he leaves Del in the custody of Hask, who survived getting shot down at Jakku years prior. Hask expresses disgust at Del choosing to father a daughter with Iden instead of becoming a soldier and kills him, but not before Del warns him not to confront Iden. Hask then warns Gleb that the Republic cannot find out about "Project Resurrection" and orders her to leave the Corvus on Pillio as bait to lure Iden out of hiding.

Shriv Suurgav, now an agent for the Resistance, discovers the abandoned Corvus and informs Iden and her daughter, Zay (Brittany Volcy). Shriv also reveals that Del had been helping the Resistance investigate rumors of mass disappearances that may be connected to Project Resurrection before disappearing himself. They head to Athulla, where Del was last seen, to investigate. However, they are ambushed by a Jinata Security fleet. Iden and Zay destroy the fleet and capture the flagship. The surviving Jinata Security crew admit that they had been kidnapping children on the behalf of the First Order, and that Project Resurrection had been moved to Vardos.

The group travels to Vardos, where Iden has Zay stay behind on the Corvus while she and Shriv investigate the surface. After seeing a bright streak of red light appear in the sky, Iden and Shriv discover Gleb's dead body and are then captured by Hask, who taunts them by telling them that he killed Gleb and Del and that the First Order has already destroyed the Senate and the Hosnian system (the capital of the New Republic), revealing that the red streak of light seen earlier was actually the deadly blast of Starkiller Base (as seen in The Force Awakens). He then orders his Star Destroyer, the Retribution, to destroy the Corvus along with Zay. Jinata Security personnel, angry at the First Order for betraying them, attack Hask's men, giving Iden and Shriv an opportunity to escape. They rescue Zay, who managed to eject in an escape pod before the Corvus was destroyed.

Iden fights her desire to get revenge on Hask, then resolves to board the Retribution to investigate what the First Order had been up to. After getting aboard by flying stolen TIE Fighters into its engine, Iden, Shriv and Zay search the Retribution for any useful data from the ship to aid the Resistance, fending off the ship's personnel along the way. They hack a computer terminal and discover that Project Resurrection is an operation by the First Order to kidnap children from across the galaxy and indoctrinate them into Stormtroopers. In addition, they discover that the First Order has built up a massive fleet large enough to retake the galaxy. Finally, they find the plans for a First Order Dreadnought and steal them. Shriv then goes to secure an escape craft while Iden and Zay plant explosive charges on the Retribution's hyperspace generators. Hask ambushes them but is killed by Iden. The destruction of the hyperspace generators pulls the Retribution out of hyperspace near Starkiller Base just as the Resistance destroys it. Iden reveals that she had been mortally wounded during the battle with Hask and gives the Dreadnought plans to Zay, ordering her to escape without her before dying.

Zay and Shriv link up with the Resistance and transmit the Dreadnought plans to General Leia. She then orders them to head to the Outer Rim to gather more allies.

The first Season expansion, The Last Jedi Season, was released on December 5 and is centered around Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi, the eighth film in the Star Wars saga which was released on December 15, 2017. It added a space map over D'Qar, a new Galactic Assault map on the planet Crait, Finn as a new hero for the Resistance and Captain Phasma as a villain for the First Order, and Tallie Lintra's RZ-2 A-Wing as a new hero ship.[19] The Last Jedi Season also featured a campaign addition available December 13, titled Battlefront II: Resurrection, which details Iden Versio's journey during the First Order's rise to power and contains three chapters.[19]

On May 3, 2018 EA Star Wars published an announcement on Twitter stating that the second Season in the game would be based on the character of Han Solo, releasing alongside the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story.[20] The first part of the Han Solo Season was released on May 16 and features the returning map from 2015's Star Wars Battlefront set in Jabba's Palace, along with a new game mode called "Hero Showdown". Two new skins were also released for Leia Organa and Lando Calrissian based on their disguises in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, along with the addition of starfighters to Arcade. The second part of the Han Solo Season was revealed in a trailer on June 6 and its content released on June 12, which included a new map on the planet Kessel, along with a third Millennium Falcon, piloted by Lando Calrissian and L3-37, as a new hero ship, based on its appearance in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Also returning to the game was the mode Extraction, which was playable on Jabba's Palace and the new Kessel map. New skins were also released for Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, and Chewbacca, based on their appearances in Solo: A Star Wars Story.[21]

The game's Design Director, Dennis Brännvall, teased that Star Wars: The Clone Wars content was going to be added to the game at some point in the future.[22] At EA Play it was revealed that in the fall of 2018, a Clone Wars Season was going to be begun and would include a Galactic Assault map on the planet Geonosis, new Clone Trooper skins, and General Grievous and Count Dooku as new playable villains, and Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker as heroes. General Grievous was released on October 30, 2018 with an alternate 'Battle Damaged' appearance, and was followed up on November 28 by Obi-Wan Kenobi, with an alternate "Jedi Robes" appearance, and the 212th Battalion skins for Clone Troopers, as well as a new "Shattered" General Grievous skin, the BARC Speeder and the STAP for the Speeder reinforcement class. This update also included a new Geonosis map for Galactic Assault and the AT-TE as part of the Artillery reinforcement class for the Republic (and is exclusive for the Geonosis Galactic Assault map).[23] A December 12 update added a new "General Kenobi" skin for Obi-Wan, based on his appearance in The Clone Wars TV show. Count Dooku was released on January 23, 2019, with an alternate "Dark Ritual" skin following up on January 30, based on his appearance in the episode "Sacrifice" of The Clone Wars TV show; the update also added the Geonosis map for other game modes, including Blast, Heroes vs. Villains, and the Arcade modes. Anakin Skywalker was released on February 27 with an alternate "Jedi Robes" appearance, alongside a new game feature called the "Emote Wheel" (which allows the use of up to ten emotes at the same time), voice lines for all the heroes (which are unlocked at the same time as the emotes), and numerous new Clone Trooper appearances, most notably the 'armored' appearances for the Officer class and the '501st Battalion skins' for all clone troopers.[24]

On March 26, a new update was released, which included a new "Infiltrator" class (represented by Advanced Recon Commandos / ARC Troopers for the Galactic Republic and BX-series Droid Commandos for the Separatists), along with an alternate "Exquisite Pajamas" skin for Dooku (based on his pajama outfit in the episode "Nightsisters" of The Clone Wars TV show), a rework of the lightsaber combat system, and a new large scale game mode called "Capital Supremacy", set in an alternate Geonosis map, inspired by the original Battlefront games. On April 24, a new Kashyyyk map for Capital Supremacy was released, alongside some special events and an alternate "Princess" appearance for Leia Organa, based on her iconic look in A New Hope, in celebration for Star Wars Day. On May 22, a new Kamino map for Capital Supremacy was released.[25] On June 21 the Droideka was added as part of the Enforcer class for the Separatists, and the TX-130 assault tank as part of the Armor class for the Republic. This update also included a new Naboo map for Capital Supremacy, '212th Recon Division' and '41st Scout Battalion' appearances for the clone troopers, and a "General Skywalker" skin for Anakin Skywalker, based on his appearance in The Clone Wars TV show.[26]

On August 28, several skins for the battle droids were added to the game, along with the ships from Capital Supremacy being added as new maps for Heroes vs. Villains, and several new Star Cards to replace the "Health on Kill" ones; instead, "Health on Kill" has become a passive ability for each hero (minus Bossk) and no longer requires a Star Card. On September 25, a new map for Capital Supremacy based on the planet Felucia was released, as well as Clone Commandos as part of the Enforcer class for the Republic. In addition, all Capital Supremacy planet maps were made available to be played offline in a new game mode named "Instant Action", referencing the original Battlefront games.[27] Furthermore, the Daily Crates, which gave the player 500 free credits each day, were removed, Extraction was removed and merged with the Strike game mode, a new PvE game mode called "Co-op" was added, Darth Maul received a new "KENOBI" emote (inspired by the Star Wars: Rebels TV show), and Luke Skywalker received a "Farmboy" skin, based on his iconic look in A New Hope.

On October 23, the Ewok Hunt game mode received a major update, being now set in a new Endor map, as well as Co-Op, which was made its own separate type of game mode (besides single-player and multiplayer) and now allows the players to play defense against the AI rather than just offense. Moreover, a Felucia map was added to Heroes vs. Villains, the Jet Trooper of the Galactic Republic received a new default skin based on the 501st Legion, with the previous two ones added as free skins, and a "Yavin Ceremony" skin was added for both Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, based on their look at the end of A New Hope.[28]

On December 5, 2019 the Celebration Edition was released, a paid version of the game that allowed complete access to all current skins, emotes, voice lines and victory poses up until then. It is also available as an upgrade from the original version. Along with it came an update, originally meant for late November, which added 14 new skins for the Infiltrator and Enforcer reinforcement classes for The Clone Wars TV show, namely the Jet Trooper, ARC Trooper, Clone Commando, Droideka and Commando Droid, and also made several changes in the gameplay. On December 17 another update based on Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, the ninth and final movie in the Skywalker Saga, was released and included several new reinforcements: the Ovissian Gunner as the Enforcer class and Caphex Spy as the Infiltrator for the Resistance, and the Sith Trooper as the Infiltrator and a new Jet Trooper as the Aerial for the First Order. The update also added new skins for Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren based on their appearances in The Rise of Skywalker, along with a new Ajan Kloss map for most game modes, and it brought the Co-op mode to the sequel trilogy era, with the maps for it including Takodana, Jakku, Starkiller Base and the newly released Ajan Kloss.

A second update based on the sequel trilogy was scheduled for release in January 2020, but was delayed to February 3. The update added BB-8 as a new hero for the Resistance and BB-9E as a villain for the First Order, and the sequel era maps Takodana, Jakku and Ajan Kloss for Capital Supremacy and Instant Action. It also added Ajan Kloss for Hero Showdown, two new emotes for Finn and Kylo Ren, and the Droideka as an AI for the prequel era Co-op and Instant Action, and made several changes to the gameplay, most notably the Officer class' 'Battle Command' ability (which buffs nearby allies) being reduced in range and changed to a 360° radius, the AI being now able to use melee attacks, the Droideka receiving a buff to its shield's health and damage reduction whilst in wheel form, and Darth Vader receiving a damage reduction whilst using his Force Choke ability.[29]

On February 26, 2020, a major update was released, with content based on the original Star Wars trilogy. It added the original trilogy era maps Endor, Death Star II, Hoth, Yavin IV, Kessel, Mos Eisley and Jabba's Palace to Co-op, along with two new reinforcements for the Infiltrator class: Ewok Hunter for the Rebel Alliance and ISB Agent for the Galactic Empire. The update also added the ships from the sequel era Capital Supremacy to Heroes vs. Villains, a new weapon for each of the four base classes (the E-11D for the Assault, T-21 for Heavy, DL-18 for Officer and Cylcler Rifle for Specialist, all of them returning from 2015's Battlefront), a new Geonosis map for Heroes vs. Villains, and the ships from the prequel era Capital Supremacy to Co-op. Moreover, the Wookie Warrior, Imperial Rocket Trooper and Rebel Rocket-Jumper reinforcements received new default appearances, with their original ones available as free skins, several blaster heroes received major buffs, most notably Leia Organa and Chewbacca, with the former having her Flash Grenade ability replaced with three Thermal Detonators, and the UI received more updates, including character levels being shown in the Scoreboard and PC Chat with new stats.[30] A Scarif map, inspired by the movie Rogue One, is also set to be released in "mid-April".[17]

In the U.S., Star Wars Battlefront II was the second best-selling title in November, behind Call of Duty: WWII.[62] Within its first week on sale in Japan, the PlayStation 4 version sold 38,769 copies, placing it at number four on the all format sales chart.[63] By December 2017, the game had sold 9 million copies worldwide. In January 2018, EA announced that the game missed their sales target as they had hoped to sell 10 million copies in that time, and blamed the loot crate controversy.[64]

On November 15, two days before release, the Belgian gambling regulator announced that it was investigating the game, alongside Overwatch, to determine whether loot boxes constituted unlicensed gambling. In response to the investigation, EA claimed that Battlefront II's loot boxes do not constitute gambling.[102] The Belgian Gaming Commission ultimately declared loot boxes to be illegal under gambling laws, but found that Battlefront II was not in violation as EA had temporarily removed micro-transactions from the game.[103] After the investigation reported its conclusion, the Minister of Justice of Belgium Koen Geens expressed that if they prove loot boxes violate gambling laws he would start working on banning loot boxes in any future video games sold in the entire European Union.[104][105]

Reacting to the conclusion of the Belgian gambling regulator's investigation, the head of Dutch Gambling commission announced a start of their own investigation of Battlefront II and the issue in general, and asked parents "to keep an eye at the games their children play".[106] Chris Lee, a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives, called Star Wars: Battlefront II "an online casino designed to trap little kids" and announced his intention to ban such practices in the state of Hawaii.[107] Another representative compared playing Battlefront II to smoking cigarettes, saying: "We didn't allow Joe Camel to encourage your kids to smoke cigarettes, and we shouldn't allow Star Wars to encourage your kids to gamble."[108][109] Singapore's National Council on Problem Gambling are monitoring the situation following the uproar on the game, as loot boxes do not fall under the Remote Gambling Act.[110] Authorities in Australia are also investigating the situation.[111]