Heck, one of the greatest games of the large-scale battle shooter genre subtype, and doing something most games STILL haven't properly worked out, like the land/space field transition.
@@TheOwneroftheIC Except TCW was already airing before the Disney buyout, and thus the cancellation of BF3. So, we’d probably still be dealing with it in that alternate timeline.
The saddest part is that all of these ideas and mechanics are now possible to implement and improve but the industry and most of the players are obssesed with ultra tealistic graphics, competitive multiplayer and microtransactions, we have the power to create a genuinely fun and immersive star wars experience with huge maps, space to ground combat and a great story but we choose the generic cash grabbin' formula over and over again, I really wouldn't mind if the game looks like a 7th generation title if the gameplay is sólid, the scale is massive and the action feels like a real conflict, we're missing a great opportunity just for the shallowness of "new generation standards" I think there's a middle ground we can use to create something really amazing.
KOTOR 3 and 1313 are contenders for the title. Though a big part of that is because KOTOR 3 happening would've meant that The Old Republic would had to have actually tried in its story and setting and 1313 presupposes the EA and Disney takeovers never happening.
@@robertjacques4117 that would’ve been cool too. For some reason third Star Wars titles always seemed to get cancelled like KOTOR 3 battlefront 3 force unleashed 3. I would’ve like to have seen where force unleashed went after the second game I really liked the first one
I think Free Radical's ambitions far outstripped what they were capable of at the time. It was clear from the leaked developer build of BF3 that FR was looking to make the biggest and most comprehensive Star Wars game ever...the thing that seemed to kill the dev team in the end was that they forgot how increasingly grander ambitions can quickly spiral, which then leads to missed deadlines and budget guidelines
The game was canceled because pandemic studios went bankrupt and was bought out from another company. Usually when that happens all projects are canceled because their own teams are busy with their projects. The same thing happened with 1313 when Disney bought LucasArts.
@@proudtexan8521 From Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Time Splitters to Haze. It's baffling that the kings of the genre made such trash. Then worked on something so amazing like this.
We seriously got robbed of this, such a shame. If Disney had any sense to make a TON of money they just need to redevelop this from where it left off with modern graphics and systems. Like fuck, every Star Wars fan has heard about this game for years, it's already have hype. Such an easy money make but they never would do it.
Landing a gunship behind enemy lines on a planet surface was so satisfying. If the enemy couldn't easily destroy it or some NPC friendly didn't take it.
The thought of this game tying into other games and media that was coming out at the time is really cool. Perhaps Juno and Starkiller would have also been playable heros / villains.
This looked like it was going to give us the full Star Wars experience. Jedi action, twin-stick shooter, and starfighter combat. Most Star Wars games nowadays focus only on one of those three core aspects. But to have had a game that had all three in equal capacity...
Imagine an alternative world where Star Wars Battlefront III, Star Wars: Imperial Commando, Star Wars: KOTOR, Star Wars: 1313, and Star Wars The Clone Wars lasted for 8 seasons on Cartoon Network.
Would love to see a video on Battlefront III Legacy. Amazing mod and love the work the team is putting into it, giving it some attention would be awesome
Some of the 3D assets didn’t go to waste, they ended up in other games like Star Wars Kinect There is a more complete build based off leaked footage, but if it still exists it’s probably in the hands of a developer
No they didn’t Star Wars Kinect didn’t use any assets from bf3. TFU 2 and the also canceled first assault did reuse some ship models from it but that’s about it
Haze truly was the final nail in the coffin for Free Radical. I dunno whether to laugh or cry at the irony of them going out with a loud whimper as that being the last game they ever worked on.
Hey, i just started a re-reading of the Star Wars Legends books and i just rediscovered my love for the early to mid star wars era Since your question spiked my interest i also looked up the facts. AFAIK there is no more precise remark when BF 3 ends, but we know that the 2nd DS is destroyed 4y ABY (after the Battle of Yavin) and the Yuuzhan Vong (YZV) War starts in 25y ABY. In Legends 5y after Return of the Jedi the new enemy is grand Admiral Thrawn, who returns from the unknown regions. That might be the point where it get's tricky because Luke 'officially' (acc. to legends) starts his training academy on Yavin after the grand Admiral is defeated. He is pretty reluctant in excepting his Role as Jedi Master. At least this is what the original Legends says. Most of this was written even before the Prequel Movies were released. I bring all of this up because the YZV conceptually originated in this era and was continuied after the prequels came out. To answer your Question. In my Opinion, if we consider the development of Luke's character, it would make more sense to bring the ending of BF III more to the start of YZV Invasion but if we look more at the original Thrawn the sweetspot would be more like 3y after RoJ I see it this way. Many brilliant peoples contributed in many awesome ways to the Star Wars expanded universe and it would be spectacular if everything would align perfectly but it does not always. Can it be great fun? Absolutely! Hopefully this is somewhat helpful :)
Don't really care about canon anymore these days, just give us a complete version of this game. Doesn't need the newest graphics, just make it run well and include all the cool features Campaign could end with a Starkiller appearance since they included Kota :)
Just seeing you go from the capital ship at the start and down to Tattooine reminded me so much of No Man's Sky and this was years before that even started production.
Amazing Video! ❤ Since many years I've looking for BF3 informations but today you've showed me never before seen footage. Every time I see stuff like that it makes me very sad we've never got this awesome Game. 😢🎮💔
This game looks amazing. Too bad we did not get it. Thanks for another great video Flandrew. Did not expect this, did not even know that Battlefront III was in the works.
A big reason why it was cancelled was because they kept missing deadlines or lying about progress. I’m willing to bet 98% was them being cheeky, and only meant them making making assets not them putting it together.
I have Elite Squadron for the DS, and I still love going back to play it every now and then. Really want to get the PSP version so I can experience a more polished version of the story.
This has got to be one of the most tragic cancellations in gaming. A heated and personal dev-publisher relationship with insecure new publisher leadership flexing their muscles and putting on a budget hardliner character and cancelling a project that was nearing the finish line and wasting years of resources on a game that could’ve defined the gaming landscape
It's so strange that they branded the newer Battlefront/Battlefront 2 as Battlefront at all. Can we get an actual Battlefront 3 please, what a great game
This generation deserves a battlefront game that pulls from games like Jedi Academy and the og battlefront games. We need another fun multiplayer game That's not broken or one sided
It’s sad this never happened :( but I have hope for the future. Maybe someday we will get a proper Battlefront III. Also I’d love for you to review legacy mod :D
The ideas were interesting. Haven Call of the King prior, now this, then Ni Man's Sky dor seamlessground/space. If likr Elite Squadron more locked abilities then eh pass because some multiplayer handling would be annoying. For multiplayer sure. But sometimes unlocking thinfs makes sense per mode not a whole game. That or if instant action all unlocked makes sense. Planets whatever planned. I assume typical and like Renegade Squadron expanded universe.
This game and the rest of the Star Wars cancelled games makes you wish for a magic lamp with a genie. Just imagine wish for playable versions, less the gliches and with a freaking manual on the box.
Aw man, we could've have a melee class as a trooper? Man that sounded lile an awesome idea, the only closest thing we have are the Commando Droid woth their vibrosword and the Clone Commando with their vibro knuckle blade
The sooner we create and establish interdimensional travel, the better. Imagine the very good trades we'll get with universes where the likes of this, 1313, KotOR III, TFU II, and so on had become a fruitful reality.
If only we got this game. This game was incredibly ambitious, and probably would have been a Star Wars game that would have lasted for years. And the modding community for that game would be insane with all the potential mods for that considering how SWBF2 got space to ground maps and SWBF3 would have them by default.
This looks amazing. The fact they built such a vast playable universe and such a cool, detailed story and it was never released, is really disappointing.
Игры
Still disappointed to this day we never got this, KOTOR 3, imperial commando or 1313. So many great games cancelled before their time
Or the maul one
@@Littlemilkjug533 1313 was what the Maul game turned into afaik
@@Littlemilkjug533oh battle of the Sith Lords? Yeah that too
@@lepidus2918 1313 was the boba fett one
Don’t forget about the Darth Maul game!
Its funny how you can tell what era this game was being developed for due to the amount of bloom that was present in almost every game at the time
I love it tbh.
This whole video breaks my heart. If this had come out, this may have been the greatest entry in the Battlefront franchise.
Heck, one of the greatest games of the large-scale battle shooter genre subtype, and doing something most games STILL haven't properly worked out, like the land/space field transition.
Agreed it looked so promising it’s such a shame it got cancelled like KOTOR 3 and imperial commando and 1313
@@cattrucker8257it would have good concepts but the gunplay would still be super shit
And it would still probably have an active community on Xbox Live like all the best 360 games.
I like to imagine that there is an alternate universe out there where Star Wars Battlefront 3 and Star Wars 1313 were completed and released.
The timeline where TCW never existed then, the good timeline.
@@TheOwneroftheIC I'll agree with you, there.
@@TheOwneroftheIC Except TCW was already airing before the Disney buyout, and thus the cancellation of BF3. So, we’d probably still be dealing with it in that alternate timeline.
Yea and the timeline where imperial commando and KOTOR 3 were finished and released. I’d like to visit that alternate universe
Hey, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is awesome.
The saddest part is that all of these ideas and mechanics are now possible to implement and improve but the industry and most of the players are obssesed with ultra tealistic graphics, competitive multiplayer and microtransactions, we have the power to create a genuinely fun and immersive star wars experience with huge maps, space to ground combat and a great story but we choose the generic cash grabbin' formula over and over again, I really wouldn't mind if the game looks like a 7th generation title if the gameplay is sólid, the scale is massive and the action feels like a real conflict, we're missing a great opportunity just for the shallowness of "new generation standards" I think there's a middle ground we can use to create something really amazing.
It exists a game that's very close to modern day Battlefront III, it's called Angels Fall First and you can even pilot the capital ships!!
Thank you for taking the words out of my mouth.
It's so sad that one could cry.
"I'm landing, i'm landing.. Yes! Get in!"
I laughed my ass off there
Star Wars Battlefront III: The greatest Star Wars game never made.
KOTOR 3 and 1313 are contenders for the title. Though a big part of that is because KOTOR 3 happening would've meant that The Old Republic would had to have actually tried in its story and setting and 1313 presupposes the EA and Disney takeovers never happening.
I’d argue KOTOR 3 could’ve held that title as well, especially going off obsidians idea for it
I so badly wished we also would've gotten a Star Wars Force Unleashed 3 to complete the story
@@robertjacques4117 that would’ve been cool too. For some reason third Star Wars titles always seemed to get cancelled like KOTOR 3 battlefront 3 force unleashed 3. I would’ve like to have seen where force unleashed went after the second game I really liked the first one
1313... Especially owning PSP Elite Squadron.
According to Sam Witwer, the dev team was constantly missing deadlines and going over budget, those are some of the reasons he thinks it was cancelled
I think Free Radical's ambitions far outstripped what they were capable of at the time. It was clear from the leaked developer build of BF3 that FR was looking to make the biggest and most comprehensive Star Wars game ever...the thing that seemed to kill the dev team in the end was that they forgot how increasingly grander ambitions can quickly spiral, which then leads to missed deadlines and budget guidelines
They misappropriated the funds given to them by LucasArts to fund another game, and that's what caused LucasArts to finally can the project.
Yeah. And Haze (2008) was an absolute fail of a game that really messed up the studio.
The game was canceled because pandemic studios went bankrupt and was bought out from another company. Usually when that happens all projects are canceled because their own teams are busy with their projects. The same thing happened with 1313 when Disney bought LucasArts.
@@proudtexan8521 From Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Time Splitters to Haze. It's baffling that the kings of the genre made such trash. Then worked on something so amazing like this.
Battlefront 3 never being released was one of the greatest crimes of all time 🗿
Facts
For some reason I remember Flandrew's commentary on Jedi Academy... "Saber strike to the groin, the signature move of any Jedi" 😂😂😂
Yoda's magnum dong saber had me in stitches lmao
Rahm kota had a bad habit of replacing his Padawan with clones.
🤯 yet he hated (non-force sensitive) clones
@@IWillYeah Hate might be a strong word but he didn't trust them, guess he's a damn good judge of character
We seriously got robbed of this, such a shame. If Disney had any sense to make a TON of money they just need to redevelop this from where it left off with modern graphics and systems. Like fuck, every Star Wars fan has heard about this game for years, it's already have hype. Such an easy money make but they never would do it.
I absolutely would love to see a video on the community contributions to keeping the game alive.
Landing a gunship behind enemy lines on a planet surface was so satisfying.
If the enemy couldn't easily destroy it or some NPC friendly didn't take it.
I wish I could play Battlefront 3.
Same and kotor 3 imperial commando and 1313
You can
Just download the battlefront 3 legacy mod for battlefront 2
The leaked version is probably on a rom site.
The thought of this game tying into other games and media that was coming out at the time is really cool. Perhaps Juno and Starkiller would have also been playable heros / villains.
For some reason it looked like ventress had no shirt
She had that shirt in the The clone wars cartoon (the samurai jack style)
5:32 They also put him in charge of the entire battalion's amphetamine supply, and any official guidelines were promptly ignored.
I love how the battlefront series was connected to the forces unleashed series, that is pretty epic. I never knew that thank you bro!
We needed it
Yes we did
Now you get to play as ugly women LGBTQ protagonists in Disney's star wars games!
If only...only Star Wars Battlefront 3 was released
If only… and while we’re at it, if only KOTOR 3 imperial commando and 1313 released as well
And a Force Unleashed 3
I recall when the trailer came out when I was 11 years old and showed all of my friends. Checking back year after year wondering what happened.
This looked like it was going to give us the full Star Wars experience. Jedi action, twin-stick shooter, and starfighter combat. Most Star Wars games nowadays focus only on one of those three core aspects. But to have had a game that had all three in equal capacity...
One day fans will complete this game enough for us to fully enjoy it start to finish. One day.
Imagine an alternative world where Star Wars Battlefront III, Star Wars: Imperial Commando, Star Wars: KOTOR, Star Wars: 1313, and Star Wars The Clone Wars lasted for 8 seasons on Cartoon Network.
And Lucas never sold his soul and child to Disney
I wish I could live in that alternate world. And while we’re at it, could the expanded universe continue and we get force unleashed 3 also
Yes to Force Unleashed 3 and all the rest, so much potential for greatness but we never got it
WEVE GOTTEN STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT 2 3 TIMES NOW BEFORE WE GOT A BF3 ONCE
Would love to see a video on Battlefront III Legacy. Amazing mod and love the work the team is putting into it, giving it some attention would be awesome
Yes would be a great future video! Major respect to the dedicated and committed people who work on it
Some of the 3D assets didn’t go to waste, they ended up in other games like Star Wars Kinect
There is a more complete build based off leaked footage, but if it still exists it’s probably in the hands of a developer
No they didn’t Star Wars Kinect didn’t use any assets from bf3. TFU 2 and the also canceled first assault did reuse some ship models from it but that’s about it
@@battlefrontarchivesMaybe I was thinking of a different game
I remember the battle droid model thing but it was an obscure game i cant remember the name of
“Cmon darling you can do it, it’s a steep step but I believe in you.” Lawlz😂
How about a look at Lord of the Rings Conquest?
13:03 Reminds me of the Dark Sons mod for Galactic Conquest in BF2 where it's exactly that but for GC
Haze truly was the final nail in the coffin for Free Radical. I dunno whether to laugh or cry at the irony of them going out with a loud whimper as that being the last game they ever worked on.
My legends head cannon is that shortly after this game (a few months to a couple years) the Vong war starts
Hey, i just started a re-reading of the Star Wars Legends books and i just rediscovered my love for the early to mid star wars era
Since your question spiked my interest i also looked up the facts. AFAIK there is no more precise remark when BF 3 ends, but we know that the 2nd DS is destroyed 4y ABY (after the Battle of Yavin) and the Yuuzhan Vong (YZV) War starts in 25y ABY. In Legends 5y after Return of the Jedi the new enemy is grand Admiral Thrawn, who returns from the unknown regions. That might be the point where it get's tricky because Luke 'officially' (acc. to legends) starts his training academy on Yavin after the grand Admiral is defeated. He is pretty reluctant in excepting his Role as Jedi Master.
At least this is what the original Legends says. Most of this was written even before the Prequel Movies were released.
I bring all of this up because the YZV conceptually originated in this era and was continuied after the prequels came out.
To answer your Question. In my Opinion, if we consider the development of Luke's character, it would make more sense to bring the ending of BF III more to the start of YZV Invasion but if we look more at the original Thrawn the sweetspot would be more like 3y after RoJ
I see it this way. Many brilliant peoples contributed in many awesome ways to the Star Wars expanded universe and it would be spectacular if everything would align perfectly but it does not always. Can it be great fun? Absolutely!
Hopefully this is somewhat helpful :)
It sucks we never got this cause this looks cool as hell! Great video man ✨
It's almost surreal seeing someone play this for the first time. Thank you for showing this and commentating the narrative well 💛
Don't really care about canon anymore these days, just give us a complete version of this game. Doesn't need the newest graphics, just make it run well and include all the cool features
Campaign could end with a Starkiller appearance since they included Kota :)
Just seeing you go from the capital ship at the start and down to Tattooine reminded me so much of No Man's Sky and this was years before that even started production.
Amazing Video! ❤ Since many years I've looking for BF3 informations but today you've showed me never before seen footage.
Every time I see stuff like that it makes me very sad we've never got this awesome Game. 😢🎮💔
This game looks amazing. Too bad we did not get it. Thanks for another great video Flandrew. Did not expect this, did not even know that Battlefront III was in the works.
Them saying it was 98 percent finished is pretty fucking generous
A big reason why it was cancelled was because they kept missing deadlines or lying about progress. I’m willing to bet 98% was them being cheeky, and only meant them making making assets not them putting it together.
I have Elite Squadron for the DS, and I still love going back to play it every now and then. Really want to get the PSP version so I can experience a more polished version of the story.
BF3 and First Assault should've been released
Imperial Commando as well! T.T
At this point Flandrew has made more money with battlefront 3 than anyone involved in its development.
That Dark Trooper encounter though!
This has got to be one of the most tragic cancellations in gaming. A heated and personal dev-publisher relationship with insecure new publisher leadership flexing their muscles and putting on a budget hardliner character and cancelling a project that was nearing the finish line and wasting years of resources on a game that could’ve defined the gaming landscape
I've never seen so much bloom since the last time I was at Outback Steakhouse.
3:53
In the most throat killing Yoda voice possible
“Hrmmm Lightsaber I do not need”
Lucasarts within it's last couple years was having difficulty even before ea
A battlefront 3 where u fly as Jaina Solo, Corran Horn or Tycho Celchu in the NJO and X Wing books would be so cool
The weird noise at 13:30 sounds like someone mimicing the original Furby doing its "Dance"
Such a shame the console version of battlefront 3 and 1313 never saw the light of day
I loved playing elite squadron on the ds as a kid
This game and that cancelled Darth Maul game will live rent free in my head forever 💔😢
God what a time! I wish more than anything that we got this one.
I think it would be really neat to see videos on the other battlefront 3 stuff that has been made by the community
Video about bf3 legacy would be very cool. Didn’t know about it until now.
8:45 now that's a homage to GTAIII's flying mechanics!
It's so strange that they branded the newer Battlefront/Battlefront 2 as Battlefront at all. Can we get an actual Battlefront 3 please, what a great game
Are you going to do Donald duck's going quackers because they're many different versions of the game
Alright, time to watch a video that will make me sad again.
Yes to more Battlefront content!!
would love to see you cover battlefront 3 legacy
2:41 hahahahaha "pretty f**king wizard!"
Such a shame this never came out
Yes, more battlefront please :)
GREAT VIDEO
I would be interested in a Battlefront 3 Legacy video
Some forest path on the Endor section you've shown is familiar from the 2017 Battlefront II.
Please review the unreleased Darth Maul game and 1313.
This game and Fore Unleashed 3 sounded amazing. I'm still sad we never got Battlefront 3. However, i still hold onto hope.
This generation deserves a battlefront game that pulls from games like Jedi Academy and the og battlefront games. We need another fun multiplayer game That's not broken or one sided
Excellent video
If this game had actually been finished and released I would probably still be playing it now.
Man I wish this game never never got cancelled.
Pls make a video comparing this and the bfii mod !
It’s sad this never happened :( but I have hope for the future. Maybe someday we will get a proper Battlefront III. Also I’d love for you to review legacy mod :D
Great video. Shame we never got Battlefront 3
I’d love to see a video about battlefront 3 legacy
this one is special
Sad we never got this or several other incomplete projects. Oh what could have been!
The ideas were interesting. Haven Call of the King prior, now this, then Ni Man's Sky dor seamlessground/space. If likr Elite Squadron more locked abilities then eh pass because some multiplayer handling would be annoying. For multiplayer sure. But sometimes unlocking thinfs makes sense per mode not a whole game. That or if instant action all unlocked makes sense.
Planets whatever planned. I assume typical and like Renegade Squadron expanded universe.
This game and the rest of the Star Wars cancelled games makes you wish for a magic lamp with a genie. Just imagine wish for playable versions, less the gliches and with a freaking manual on the box.
Damn I kinda want a ps2 port of elite squadron with dual stick movement/aiming…. Surely that wouldn’t be crazy hard right?
Been waiting since I was 8 and imma keep waiting 😂 at least for that ground to space seamless combat
With the files out there, someone could finish it
Or at least make it less buggy
@@samuel-wankenobitheyre actually working on it! There are already mods that improve the performance and AI
Battlefront 3 Legacy Mod for Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2005)
@@josipjackson2310 Battlefront 3 itself is available too, just in an unfinished state.
A studio tried doing that for free and wanted to release it for free but were stopped by Lucasfilm/Disney.
“THIS IS TATOOINE”
I have played it though Flandrew.
Aw man, we could've have a melee class as a trooper? Man that sounded lile an awesome idea, the only closest thing we have are the Commando Droid woth their vibrosword and the Clone Commando with their vibro knuckle blade
The sooner we create and establish interdimensional travel, the better. Imagine the very good trades we'll get with universes where the likes of this, 1313, KotOR III, TFU II, and so on had become a fruitful reality.
They should have remastered elite squadron with dual stick compatibility. I would die for others to experience that
Looks amazing
Can we easily find this game for download or it's kept private?
Yes you can download it no problem
Its actually available on the discord server, you just need a pretty powerful pc because its an emulated xbox 360 game
If only we got this game. This game was incredibly ambitious, and probably would have been a Star Wars game that would have lasted for years. And the modding community for that game would be insane with all the potential mods for that considering how SWBF2 got space to ground maps and SWBF3 would have them by default.
WE COULD HAVE HAD DURGE!???!!!
Can’t seem to find a link to the beta anyone have it?
Imagine for a moment, its 2010 the new battlefront 3 gets announced! Psp exclusive. Damn
Supposedly a PS2 version of this out there, fully completed. Really hope it leaks one day
This looks amazing. The fact they built such a vast playable universe and such a cool, detailed story and it was never released, is really disappointing.
Yes battlefront 3 legacy video please
Well, we had a mod of BF2 called Battlefront 3 Legacy