What's the difference between STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II and the original Star Wars Battlefront II?
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Q.What's the difference between STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II and the original Star Wars Battlefront II?
A.The 2005 Star Wars: Battlefront II and the 2017 Battlefront II Celebration Edition are two distinct games. The Celebration Edition reshapes the 2017 reboot with a narrative campaign, three eras, and extensive free updates plus Rise of Skywalker cosmetics, while the 2005 original is a two-era, space-and-ground battle title with a simpler unlock system.
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The Celebration Edition isn’t just a patch or DLC pack for the 2017 game; it bundles the base title with a large swath of customization content and Rise of Skywalker-inspired appearances, plus ongoing free updates through the date of the patch, per EA’s official announcement and coverage. It also foregrounds a three-era universe and a new single-player story component drawn around Iden Versio that the 2005 game did not have. In contrast, the 2005 Star Wars: Battlefront II (Pandemic) focuses on two eras (Clone Wars and Galactic Civil War), features ground and space battles, and uses a more straightforward character-unlock system without a modern narrative campaign. The 2017 game (and thus Celebration Edition) expands to three eras (Clone Wars, Galactic Civil War, and the Resistance/First Order era), introduces a class-based progression with Star Cards and microtransaction history, and adds a robust narrative campaign line, ongoing free DLC, and a Frostbite 3 engine, marking a substantial evolution from the 2005 title. For specifics on what Celebration Edition includes, see the official announcement and coverage of the Rise of Skywalker content, and for core differences, see the two game pages. EA Celebration Edition announcement GamesRadar coverage Star Wars Battlefront II (2005) - Wikipedia) Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) - Wikipedia)
