The Empire only needs to run out the clock while their iconic AT-AT walkers plow through the Alliance's all-important shield generator. Rebel allies and Imperial stormtroopers vie for control in a very non-canonical version of The Empire Strikes Back's snowbound encounter.īut the conflict is decidedly asymmetrical. It's the showpiece of the lot, keeping in the tradition of countless Hoth missions in countless Star Wars games before this one. That's mostly thanks to "Walker Assault," one of three scenarios currently available to beta players. So far, though, it's mostly the do-gooder Rebel Alliance that does the dying. It's an exit that feels more staged than gruesome, and Star Wars: Battlefront captures this micro-drama and more brilliantly in its open beta. But each passing is commemorated with a shower of sparks and a Wilhelm scream. It's a common one, what with their plastic armor being about as good at stopping lasers as plastic dinnerware. The death of a stormtrooper is a production.
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