8 secret facts about the Classic Star Wars Battlefront 2

Classic Battlefront 2 have some secret facts about the games Demo and Beta versions! So in this series we'll show them off.
#starwarsbattlefront2 #starwars #starwarsgame
Time Stamp
00:00 Locked Space battles Maps
00:32 Cut Space battle content
01:17 Demo ver Cut Heroes
02:03 Demo ver Differences
02:34 Public Beta Differences
02:54 Public Beta cut Heroes & Units
03:43 Missing Hunt modes
04:14 Farmer Luke Skin Secrets
Shout out to DylanRocket for letting me use his footage of the Demo, Beta and other cut content.
Link to Footage used from Dylan's channel
Demo;
Gameplay - • Playthrough - Star War...
Heroes - • Heroes - Star Wars Bat...
Classes & Conquest - • Conquest and Classes -...
Beta;
Gameplay - • Star Wars Battlefront ...
Heroes - • Star Wars Battlefront ...
Scrapped hunt modes - • Star Wars Battlefront ...
Jabbas hunt mode - • Star Wars Battlefront ...
Sith vs Jedi - • Star Wars Battlefront ...
Other footage used
Datch: Royal Guard - • Star Wars Battlefront ...
Arturius: Farm Boy Luke mod • Star Wars Battlefront ...

[@Hero_of_Sinnoh]

The Royal Guard and Ben kenobi had left over code in the game, but depending on the source online it'll say there was or wasn't an official usable model in the files. Either way, what's your fav cut content/heroes from Battlefront 2?

[@latewizard301]

@Dman_Underneath the best Jedi!

[@jamesprumos7775]

Ben Kenobi was usable, I've played user-made maps with him.

[@arbiteras]

Well, Ben Kenobi has even recorded lines of dialogue, while Imperial Guards had the voice of Sev from Republic commando.

[@liammeech3702]

​@@arbiterasany footage?

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

I'm just glad there's mods to have all these new modes and units! Luckily it's an old game so my computer can actually run it. Though I got it on my console for the Classic Collection especially with multiplayer now lol. But mods make this into a brand new game basically!

[@invaderIRK1]

Man that Jedi and Sith hunt mode would have been fun.

[@hyjinki4886]

That’s basically just assault mode so I can see why they would have pulled it. I wouldn’t mind a clone vs Jedi hunt mode but I imagine that would be too one-sided in favor of the Jedi

[@invaderIRK1]

@@hyjinki4886 yea, its basically that but it would have bad different classes for 'standard' jedi/sith units, rather than main heroe characters which would have been interesting

[@hyjinki4886]

@@invaderIRK1 it wouldn’t have made much of a difference for the ai since the ai tend not to use Jedi abilities other than saber throw

[@MarsiB013]

​@@hyjinki4886 Clone VS Jedi mode was planned. It's playable with the Battlefront Conversion Pack. Btw the outcome of these matches depends on the map and which side you're on. Like big open maps, clones have the upper hand.

[@hyjinki4886]

@@MarsiB013 what’s the Battlefront conversion pack?

[@MDPToaster]

The "Unused Sith model" is actually a EU character from the GBA star wars episode 2 tie-in games called Trenox who was Dooku's apprentice before Anakin kills him.

[@greenbean2222]

Yoooo that's sick

[@aamirrazak3467]

Whoa seriously? That’s a pretty awesome connection

[@Cyfiero]

That's amazing if true but how do you know it's meant to be him? Besides that the character is bald and the setting is the Jedi Temple.

[@Cellod98]

Lol did that game happen to be called “new droid army?” I played it so much as a kid

[@AceOfBlackjack]

@@CyfieroExact same scaring in the same palaces and exact outfit textures.

[@battedbook5811]

Funny thing regarding the PSP versions space battles that i noticed as kid. The capital ships dont have their interiors only the hangars are included. But if you glitch your ship inside the capital ships hull, you can see that the destroyable targets for shield generators and engines are still there and you get points for destroying them.

[@AverageMann]

Yeah it was weird that they cut that, even Elite Squadron had ground to space battles and Renegade Squadron had by far the best space combat in the psp games

[@battedbook5811]

@@AverageMann It's most likely for optimization reasons and they learned how to do it better for the later games.

[@AverageMann]

real@@battedbook5811

[@latewizard301]

I think Elite or Rogue squadron had this feature at least if I remember correctly. Rogue Squadron was my favourite PSP Battlefront game, even though Elite had ground to space, I much more enjoyed Rogue Squadron's gameplay.

[@kabob0077]

​@@AverageMannRenegade gave us flyable TIE Defenders, it was insane!

[@nicklarricks]

Seeing all this unused content definitely makes me want to play what was not released! I just can’t resist!

[@MarsiB013]

You can do that.

[@spriggy_6117]

@@MarsiB013I've never installed mods for games before, but this video has convinced me to to start. Do you have any tips, or essential ones I should install?

[@MarsiB013]

@@spriggy_6117 First, you must download the 1.3 Unofficial Patch and Anakin's Remaster UI. These two are essential. Without these, mods won't work. These are some of my favorite mods: - Battlefront 2 Remaster Project - Battlefront Extreme - Battlefront Conversion Pack - Pax Empiricae - Ansem Darkseeker Map Pack - Kashyyyk: Depot - RAS Prosecutor. Always read 'ReadME' if you don't know how to do it. Some mods don't like each other tho and the game has mission limitation. So create a folder for mods you download then pick some and add them to the game then switch etc.

[@csharp3884]

@@spriggy_6117same

[@chancelogan1319]

@@MarsiB013know where to find the mods?

[@kabob0077]

2:28 They're different voices because in game development the Devs typically will have placeholder dialogue. For an example there's the Alpha Moon dialogue shown in the stream of that Halo 2 Dev Kit 343 did awhile back. Typically the placeholder dialogue is done by whoever is willing to do so in the office.

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

Similar thing happened in the EA Battlefront 2 demo Rey was voiced by the actress that played Jun, only for the final game to have Daisy Ridley

[@kabob0077]

@@JohnWilliams-wl9px It's a common practice in the industry.

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

@@kabob0077 I know when I attended college of a buddy of mine who was going for game development, they were using his voice for all of the characters because he somewhat had a decent range (non of them were a good performance) until they could get voice actors. And this practice also existence in film and animation. For example Phineas and Ferb the creators did all the voice themselves in the pitch.

[@AzelfandQuilava]

The farmboy Luke skin appears in the other versions’ manuals as well. Not just the PSP version.

[@tweso1499]

Especially for Xbox

[@AverageMann]

The PSP port despite looking so bad, it has my favorite mode (Rogue Assasin), actually, it feels like a campaign to me in some way, using a phase 1 green colored soldier as a "Mandalorian" as a i call it felt really cool at first

[@csharp3884]

Agree. Even though PSP is the worst version of this game, it is still a pretty darn good game on its own. I love playing it now. With the Vitas 2 analog sticks, it feels exactly like the console versions

[@uramoon4618]

@@csharp3884 Despite being the worst port of the game, I think the controls and general movement was probably the best of the PSP battlefront games, not to rag on Renegade and Elite Squadron, I loved those games, but the controls are so rough on them.

[@codyfenescey397]

Man i never thought about how much the clone narration and voice overs during battles just sets the perfect tone for the game until you played the beta and the finished voice overs side by side.

[@slayerofdarknssdmt9697]

The reason the jabbas palace hunt was cut from the game was because the AI would only have access to smugglers making it virtually impossible for the AI or even the player to win cause the guards 1 hit you and 2 hit if your lucky so they scrapped it

[@Datch99]

Dude thank you so much for crediting me in the video! I've been watching your videos tons lately and find them very knowledgeable and enjoyable with stuff I didn't know about the game. Still didn't expect to see my gameplay footage come to use, it made my day honestly. I this great content I hope you'll reach 5K Subs before the end of the year. Keep up the good work bro!

[@Hero_of_Sinnoh]

Sorry it took so long to reply, glad you enjoyed the vids & thanks for the footage! I always try to reference each footage I use from other channels :)

[@user-sk7po1cr4s]

The alternative voice on the Utapau mission is very identical to the voice of clones in the 2003 Star Wars Clone Wars micro series.

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

Man, Ben Kenobi would've been awesome for Tatooine and the Deathstar and the Imperial Guard looks amazing, basically a melee class for the Imperials What would a melee class be for the Republic and Rebellion?

[@MarsiB013]

Royal Guard was supposed to be a hero but some mods have him as a special unit. Melee unit for the Republic could have been the Clone Assassin. Many mods have him. - Jedi Sprint and Jump, - Stealth Camo - 2 arm mounted vibroblades.

[@_Dovar_]

Still learning new things about this great game. I love it.

[@mcgroosegrooser6900]

If I recall correctly, that Royal Guard model is from an old Jedi Outcast mod that came out in late 2002 by someone with the username Eric Landreneau. Jedi Outcast had a bunch of models released for multiplayer made early on in the games lifespan, you can find that model in a bunch of old JK3 mods as well.

[@aamirrazak3467]

These are some pretty awesome unused concepts and ideas, thanks for sharing this! Had no clue about this, guess it’s time to boot up battlefront 2 again!

[@lemonynora]

Great video. I wish they’d make a remaster of this game with this cut content

[@MarsiB013]

Just download some mods.

[@slayerofdarknssdmt9697]

​@@MarsiB013were it so easy

[@MarsiB013]

@@slayerofdarknssdmt9697 It is easy. (Nice Arbiter reference btw.)

[@wweTNAfan1000]

My favorite game of all time that i have spent thousands of hours in and i learned so much.,

[@AustinH7]

Keep these coming!! Love this

[@ivanjones1285]

Good thing I ran into this video,I didn't know nothing of this.thanks for the video info man.nice video❤❤❤

[@elisekehle8520]

woah, that dark trooper blast had the gen 1 emp effect that we see in cutscenes!

[@IllusiveMoose03]

Very interesting video, seeing how much the demo had over the full release. A shame so much of that had been cut out, I can understand some of it but other modes and models should have been included.

[@MarsiB013]

Like what?

[@IllusiveMoose03]

@MandoMarsi I can understand the bigger space battles being too much for the consoles at the time, but I don't see why a Jedi vs Sith hunt mode was excluded, same with some of the heroes.

[@MarsiB013]

@@IllusiveMoose03 Lack of time. There was a bunch of stuff that was cut because the game had to release with ROTS. All of the cut content can be played via mods on PC or hacked console.

[@IllusiveMoose03]

@MandoMarsi I'm looking forward to modding Battlefront, it's the perfect game for mods.

[@MarsiB013]

@@IllusiveMoose03 I mean... BF2 should only be played with mods on PC.

[@seva809]

I like how in the demo version capital ships hangars were glowing in color coresponding to the faction it owns.

[@DoomJoy666]

They could add all of these extras and missing things to the collection honestly

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

I'm just glad there's mods to have all these new modes and units! Luckily it's an old game so my computer can actually run it. Though I got it on my console for the Classic Collection especially with multiplayer now lol. But mods make this into a brand new game basically!

[@ericasdasd9074]

The thing is, I remember playing a hunt version of Coruscant, playing Jedi vs Soldier, in my old PS2 copy. I swear by the gods that I did.

[@tawxic1]

video games have really taken a dive in quality in the past 20 years

[@Starkiller2725]

A lot i didn't know in this one, nice.

[@DanBen07]

Yeah I played the Xbox demo from the episode 3 DVD.

[@scarletcrusader5431]

Great video, you've earned a sub! Been playing since 2005 back when I was a kid. I loved seeing the differences between retail and demo. Any chance of a whole video covering that?

[@Hero_of_Sinnoh]

Thanks glad you enjoyed it! Covered alot of differences between beta & retail of both BF1 & 2 in other vids!

[@ethossketches9148]

Can confirm the farmer Luke variant is also shown in the Xbox version's game manual, despite also not making an appearance in game. Unsure if this is also the case for the PS2 version however

[@Dalyan99]

They bringing the old BF games back as a classic collection lets goooooo

[@VITAS874]

And its sucks. Milking money.

[@brenteyskens1924]

They should definitely remaster the original BF2 to the Xbox series S/X and stuff, with all the cut content that couldn’t be added due to the first Xbox limitations, Like the bigger space battles

[@Galaxius2117]

I still remember wondering why most of the stuff shown in the campaign cutscenes weren't actually featured ingame itself. Now we all know.

[@31darkstar37]

I don't know if anyone else mentioned it, or if you have talked about it in any other videos which I haven't seen yet, but I'll talk about it here. It concerns the Acklay. It is possible they were meant to appear outside the campaign, maybe be similar to the Gamorrean Guards in Jabba's Palace. In the custom map Ancient Research Facility, there is an Acklay on one side of the map that attacks both factions. It can be played with both eras. The clones and droids have the same responses as heard in the campaign, but what's interesting is that the imperials and rebels also have responses to the Acklay as well, despite the fact they never encountered them in the vanilla game. Maybe they were to appear on Felucia in a similar manner to the Gamorrean Guard and attack both factions?

[@trentoninnewjersey]

The loading bays in the trailer were so much more interesting imo (at least for the republic)

[@CameronKiesser]

I played the heck out of the demo on the Xbox before I got the actual game.

[@Darkfire9000-ym3qh]

Battlefront 2 Classic Collection could literally get alot of this unused content as free content updates simular to how the Halo MCC had alot of updates like that, if Aspyr would be willing to do it

[@arctic1144]

I swear i played hunt with gammorian guards as a kid... lol

[@jordanhendrix2619]

The nostalgia is strong with this one… Man, I wish they weren’t rushed. And I wish EA didn’t kill Pandemic, and that BF3 was released.

[@Fezezen]

I just realized I've never played a space battle in Galactic Conquest over Polis Massa

[@Salamander-11]

I still wonder why there is so much in game footage of red/blue hangar shield lights in the campaign mission cutscenes when that feature is never used in the final game. The demo's coruscant map looks way more fun than the boring: 1. land in enemy hangar 2. blow up shields 3. blow up engines 4. blow up life support. 5. win gameplay loop. There's no way to damage the comms relay or sensor node from inside the ship like you can in the demo. Though the autotargeting is just a recycled Tantive IV prop model for all factions for some reason. Really lazy shit in the final game when they already had original models made. Maybe it was for the best that pandemic was shut down.

[@evanboyd8397]

Man ima get on tonight I miss that game

[@hound122100]

I would kill for that Jedi vs Sith hunt game mode! It also would've been amazing if we got an Order 66 game mode after completing the game

[@MarsiB013]

Clone VS Jedi mode was planned. It's playable with the Battlefront Conversion Pack.

[@Wade_Tyler]

DidYouKnowGaming, eat your heart out!

[@kabob0077]

2:50 Oh that's cool looking...

[@hardcorehuman2235]

PRAISE HERO OF BATTLEFRONT(sinnoh)

[@nacho__063]

We need that Jedi vs Sith mode and also a Order 66 one!

[@naszirboyd9950]

Yeah it’s crazy cause the unused farmboy character was inside the 2005 game manual of the battlefront but was never used until present time in 2017’s battlefront 2. It’s my favorite rendition of the character I just wish they added more to his waist equipment more accurate to a new hope. A Second close has to be his Bespin appearance.

[@latewizard301]

Would be really cool if you covered Battlefront Rogue Squadron, it's really overshadowed by elite sadly

[@Hero_of_Sinnoh]

Will do in time, coming soon!

[@latewizard301]

@@Hero_of_Sinnoh niice!

[@blitzy3244]

When I was a kid playing this I always envisioned in the future a grand scale space battle mode with 3-12 capital ships in one map... and that still hasn't been created :(

[@Hero_of_Sinnoh]

Hopefully soon :/

[@SkorpionDoorman]

The Imperial Guard was probably supposed to be the playable hero for the Death Star mission as their cut dialogue seems to infer they were sent by the emperor to aid in the battle. More than likely, you were supposed to take control of them and fight the Jedi towards the end of the level with them but due to time constraints especially considering that the campaign was a last-minute decision so to speak they ultimately decided to cut him but left his voice lines in the game files for fans to use.

[@jarrodedson5441]

I really love battlefront 2 2005, but of course I wish we got more planets and characters

[@MarsiB013]

Mods

[@thepriorstone4064]

Not that they would, but it’d be dope if the re release “added” the cut content

[@kamiloniszczuk9685]

2:28 I think the second voice is the voice actor from Republic Commando

[@MrDavidRicketts]

I wanted a create your own jedi and sith mode where you can mix and match force powers and lightsaber style and pick your colors and saves as that class vs default

[@S8BB]

Wish they would come out with a battlefront for the switch that had all combined bf and bf2 content and maps.

[@DerNomade1871]

Man if only some of that,stuff came with thag recent BF2 update that released the dlc for the game

[@texasbob2528]

I still play bf2 (2006) and the psp version. The psp version doesn't have kamino & geonosis. I believe mainly because of data limitations on the psp disks.

[@obimacaroni176]

How great would it be if the new Battlefront Classic Collection added all of these lost and forgotten features in a future update. One can dream lol.

[@tristenwebb3888]

Is there a way to play this cut/unused content? As in a mod for PC I can download? Would love to play them!

[@MarsiB013]

Mods.

[@tristenwebb3888]

@@MarsiB013 well, yeah... can you provide a link? I don't want to download the wrong thing.

[@MarsiB013]

​​@@tristenwebb3888Links disappear from YT comments, also there are tons of mods that contain these unused contents. I would personally recommend Battlefront Conversion Pack and Battlefront Extreme BFX. (These mods have more stuff than just unused/cut contents.)

[@tristenwebb3888]

@@MarsiB013 thank you so much! I appreciate it.

[@MarsiB013]

@@tristenwebb3888 You're welcome!

[@blueshit199]

I played this game for so long and I never experienced space Polis Massa battle

[@MDE128]

I noticed during the loading screen that there’s a picture of a capital ship with two hangers. It must've been scraped from the main game.

[@logwandalyn]

They changed the voice to be the actor of the Fetts since all the clones who fought in the republic wars were... Well clones. Its da small details.

[@rodrigocofre693]

I wonder if there is a mod to restore the cut content for the pc version

[@Mwuhahaha]

You could go prone in the demo, but not in the actual game, right? Been a while. Or maybe I am getting the first game confused with this one. I just remember going prone on Endor.

[@xccr2]

Make longer videos please

[@watsontyler42]

Anyone ever remember a beta disc for either bf1 or bf2 having the ability to "disguise" yourself as the enemy? I cant remember where this was from.

[@Matihood1]

What I wouldn't give for a proper remaster of that game. Don't get me wrong: You can still play it today but it is far from perfect. For example: There is a hard cap on how many maps you can have installed.

[@Sch1z0Aff3ct1ve-xm1bt]

Will this cut content be added to the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection?

[@eduardojadam]

Wait, are you telling me that I have a SWB2 demo saved somewhere in my house for almost 20 years, and I'm just finding out now?

[@johnchristopher32]

I somehow never knew Battlefront 2 had DLC

[@NexusApollo]

Considering the amount of cut content about Battlefront 2 is either undocumented or unknown, I hope someone updates its ‘The Cutting Room Floor’ page to reflect this.

[@garythatcher4459]

Arent some of those hunt modes in the PSP version

[@Samurai-no4wu]

Nani I had no idea battlefront 2 had dlc

[@lothwolffe_]

This game will always be better than 2017 bf2

[@deuteriuscawl]

there was a dlc??

[@LegoLiam1803]

TIL Battlefront 2 has DLC. I’ve been playing the PS2 version my whole life.

[@aussiegamerplays7284]

Yeah don't blame the xbox for space courascant, it had 4 and played fine on xbox. The PS2 on the other hand with its 32mb of ram likely was the issue

[@Jeffthecreepyastafan]

Idk why but i prefer the demo clone troppers voice when hes giveing you yor objectives for some reason anyone else agrees?

[@MarsiB013]

That voice was just placeholder lmao

[@harozuken]

holdup..... there was DLC FOR THIS GAME!!!!! (played back iun the day on my PS2)

[@MarsiB013]

Only for XBOX.

[@kabob0077]

0:43 Please tell me there's a mod for this on PC...

[@Hero_of_Sinnoh]

Not sure to be honest, wish there was as well

[@_Unlived_]

Jesus christ i do not remember the psp version looking that bad 💀

[@criscros95]

Such a shame, Jedi vs sith on corusant

[@joemcnulty6814]

Akalay do appear outside of campaign, in both galactic conquest and instant action, bit usually only have one or two appear each match, and it's not going to happen every time. Please if you're gonna post stuff about the game, please make sure it's both honest and accurate.

[@MarsiB013]

There are no Acklays outside of Campaign.

[@slayerofdarknssdmt9697]

​@@MarsiB013yes there are I remember taking them down with my brother on instant action They are rare to spawn but yes they do spawn on occasion

[@MarsiB013]

@@slayerofdarknssdmt9697 "...there are none in the Conquest mode." -Battlefront Wiki You are talking about the Campaign.

[@VITAS874]

As always 1:09 suckconsoles slow game industry.

[@Vylkryn]

good games dying. with so mutch content.

[@williamhamilton1154]

Does anyone else agree the space battles weren’t fun?

[@MarsiB013]

Skill issue

[@williamhamilton1154]

@@MarsiB013 I doubt it. I suck at absolutely everything and I still manage to have fun.

[@juliet4093]

Your grammar hurts me so much