On June 21, 2016, Star Wars Battlefront took players to Bespin. Not “mentioned Bespin.” Not “used Bespin as a loading screen.” Actually took players there. The Bespin DLC for EA and DICE’s 2015 Star Wars Battlefront added Cloud City maps, new weapons, new Star Cards, Lando Calrissian, Dengar, and a very specific kind of Star Wars fantasy: fighting above the clouds in one of the saga’s most stylish locations. And looking back now, it feels like one of those expansions that quietly understood something Star Wars games sometimes forget. A great Star Wars game does not always need to invent a galaxy-sized new idea. Sometimes it just needs to let players step inside a place they have wanted to visit for decades. Cloud City Was the Real Star Bespin is not just another Star Wars location. It has mood. Orange skies. Clean corridors. Luxury hiding danger. A city that looks…
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Star Wars: Battlefront – Bespin – New Hero Deep Dive
Dice and EA posted an updated regarding the new heroes that comes with the Bespin DLC. Lando Calrissian and bounty hunter Dengar is nothing to mess with I tell you. Check out what they have to say below. Defining Dengar was similar to our work on Greedo. Since his appearance in Star Wars™: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back™ is limited, we took references from both Star Wars™: The Clone Wars™ and one of the latest Marvel comic book arcs “Vol 2. Showdown on the Smuggler’s Moon”. He is a very strong and tough fighter who can take on even the biggest foes. We wanted to reflect those combat skills in the character and made Dengar a villain that thrives on being in a fight. Dengar has wielded different weapons through his appearances and we decided to give him his most iconic weapon, the DLT-19, making him our only Heavy…