OG Star Wars Battlefront devs were asked to make Battlefront 3 in just one year, but Pandemic couldn't hit LucasArts' timeline

OG Star Wars Battlefront devs were asked to make Battlefront 3 in just one year, but Pandemic couldn’t hit LucasArts’ timeline - VideoGamer

Star Wars Battlefront 3 was in development at Pandemic Studios, but LucasArts wanted the team to make the game in just one year.

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TL;DR: After smashing it with the original Battlefront games, Pandemic Studios quietly kicked off Battlefront 3 right after Part II’s release…but LucasArts only gave them a one-year deadline. With a massive leap to PS3/Xbox 360 hardware and no idea what those new consoles could really do, Pandemic couldn’t hit the timeline and talks fell apart.

LucasArts then handed the project to Free Radical Design, who pushed their version to about 95% complete (complete with seamless space-to-ground battles), yet it too was canned. Pandemic folded in 2009, and aside from EA’s 2017 Battlefront II reboot, a bona fide Battlefront 3 still remains the stuff of fan dreams.