Cancelled Star Wars Battlefront IV was headed to strange places if this concept art is anything to go by

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Maybe in another time line far, far away, we could have already experienced developer Free Radical’s now cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront III. Judging by the plethora of available online — that showcases seamless transitions from ground-to-space battles — it probably would have been a magical experience.

Sadly though, we’re in the darkest of time lines. The same one that ironically doesn’t include Free Radical’s version of a dark Star Wars time line that they were seemingly already in the early stages of planning if this massive dump of concept 💟art is anything to go by.

Everything from a dark Luke, Obi-wan and Leia. While on the flip side, a Jedi Dooku, Ventress, and Maul. Also appearing are plenty more bizarre, stylized c🐼haracters in this massive from user “LukeLandwalker,” who also had ✱this say, regarding the potential concept of the game:

Star Wars Battlefront IV was supposed to take the Star Wars story line into a different direction, with a perfect “What-if?” scenario where the tides were turned. This means the characters you see in 1-6 were flipped, such as Kenobi becoming a Sith Lord, or Anakin not losing his limbs on Mustafar.”

Although a fair amount of information about Battlefront III is out there in the v🌠oid of the internet, not much is known about Battlefront IV. The potential concept of a role reversal scenario sounds like a pretty interesting idea, ꦉbut, as we all now know, these games would eventually end up on the chopping block and Free Radical ✱would then go on and make the PS3 exclusive Haze we all know how that went.

[Eurogamer]


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