Leaked: Dark Obiwan character art for Battlefront III
- Posted January 16th, 2009 at 10:19 EDT by
- 33 Comments
Earlier today we reported on leaked footage for Battlefront 3, offering readers a glance at what Free Radical had in development before closing it's doors. Further investigation of the footage has revealed what appears to be a surprising plot twist in the game, with Kotaku reporting a Sith, perhaps even a hoodless Palpatine, telling "Kenobi" to "stick to the plan" about four minutes and 55 seconds into the video.
What does it mean? Well, according to leaked concept art that hit our mailboxes this morning, it appears Free Radical had plans for a dark twist on Obiwan Kenobi. An old man, gnarled by the corruption of the dark side, and living in the swamps of Dagobah.
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Also, according to the same tipster, the technology that allows players to fly from ground to orbit will be staying with Free Radical as the game has now moved to new developers.
"It's my understanding that the game's been passed to a new developer, but the tech that allowed you to fly from the ground, to air, to orbit, to space dies with Free Radical's involvement," he said. "The new developer will be making it a cutscene every time you want to transition from ground to space."
Apparently the tech would have allowed players complete freedom in the battlefield.
Interesting ideas, and really a shame that Free Radical had to shut down. Hopefully the new developer will bring some of the same ideas to the storyline and gameplay mechanics. Stay tuned for more information.
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Stoffinator
- 5:37am EST - January 16th, 2009
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Somebody must pick this game up so that we can play it.
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Best in the biz
- 5:42am EST - January 16th, 2009
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That kind of sucks, i thought it was neat that you could fly from the ground into space. Now it seems to only be a cutscene with the new developers?
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bravo9zero
- 6:12am EST - January 16th, 2009
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TOO AWESOME!! Almost as badAss as Dark Yoda (From the spin off books)
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SamuraiClarke
- 8:49am EST - January 16th, 2009
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Why can't Free Radical give the technology to this new developer? It sounds amazing, seemless battle, no load screens. If only...
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josethetiger
- 9:18am EST - January 16th, 2009
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Major downgrade alert. No longer geeked... Passing it on means complete change from original footage probly. DAMN!
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evil_monkey
- 12:52pm EST - January 16th, 2009
- 20
That makes NO logical sense within the Star Wars storyline.
Just a marketing ploy.
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