This is BATTLEFRONT 3

In this video, we're taking a look at the unreleased Star Wars Battlefront 3, originally developed by Free Radical

[@Marnie_C]

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

[@redacted90]

I love it tbh.

[@aamirrazak3467]

Still disappointed to this day we never got this, KOTOR 3, imperial commando or 1313. So many great games cancelled before their time

[@Littlemilkjug533]

Or the maul one

[@lepidus2918]

@@Littlemilkjug533 1313 was what the Maul game turned into afaik

[@aamirrazak3467]

@@Littlemilkjug533oh battle of the Sith Lords? Yeah that too

[@Littlemilkjug533]

@@lepidus2918 1313 was the boba fett one

[@ACARDtvMusic]

Don’t forget about the Darth Maul game!

[@chrisgentile6423]

This whole video breaks my heart. If this had come out, this may have been the greatest entry in the Battlefront franchise.

[@cattrucker8257]

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.

[@aamirrazak3467]

Agreed it looked so promising it’s such a shame it got cancelled like KOTOR 3 and imperial commando and 1313

[@paulallen2680]

@@cattrucker8257it would have good concepts but the gunplay would still be super shit

[@butchdeadlift7551]

And it would still probably have an active community on Xbox Live like all the best 360 games.

[@jonathanshaw9704]

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.

[@TheOwneroftheIC]

The timeline where TCW never existed then, the good timeline.

[@HelghastStalker]

@@TheOwneroftheIC I'll agree with you, there.

[@MemesToa]

⁠@@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.

[@aamirrazak3467]

Yea and the timeline where imperial commando and KOTOR 3 were finished and released. I’d like to visit that alternate universe

[@jonathanshaw9704]

Hey, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is awesome.

[@Tuskin38]

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

[@spencercarruth9706]

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

[@DefiantYeast0426]

They misappropriated the funds given to them by LucasArts to fund another game, and that's what caused LucasArts to finally can the project.

[@proudtexan8521]

Yeah. And Haze (2008) was an absolute fail of a game that really messed up the studio.

[@Drengr770]

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.

[@PresidentKony]

@@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.

[@brandonkirkendall1466]

Star Wars Battlefront III: The greatest Star Wars game never made.

[@TheOwneroftheIC]

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.

[@aamirrazak3467]

I’d argue KOTOR 3 could’ve held that title as well, especially going off obsidians idea for it

[@robertjacques4117]

I so badly wished we also would've gotten a Star Wars Force Unleashed 3 to complete the story

[@aamirrazak3467]

@@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

[@mechamania]

1313... Especially owning PSP Elite Squadron.

[@hmrdev-billnye8166]

"I'm landing, i'm landing.. Yes! Get in!" I laughed my ass off there

[@kwamesmith3214]

For some reason I remember Flandrew's commentary on Jedi Academy... "Saber strike to the groin, the signature move of any Jedi" 😂😂😂

[@TowerWatchTV]

Yoda's magnum dong saber had me in stitches lmao

[@_Dovar_]

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.

[@KodyCrimson]

I absolutely would love to see a video on the community contributions to keeping the game alive.

[@jomomma900]

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.

[@Hogan231]

I wish I could play Battlefront 3.

[@aamirrazak3467]

Same and kotor 3 imperial commando and 1313

[@battlefrontarchives]

You can

[@tbu_drachenkater5397]

Just download the battlefront 3 legacy mod for battlefront 2

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

The leaked version is probably on a rom site.

[@abramsullivan7764]

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.

[@TheRogueJedii]

And Lucas never sold his soul and child to Disney

[@aamirrazak3467]

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

[@robertjacques4117]

Yes to Force Unleashed 3 and all the rest, so much potential for greatness but we never got it

[@BHill-qi6rn]

I love how the battlefront series was connected to the forces unleashed series, that is pretty epic. I never knew that thank you bro!

[@CHATNOCEDA]

For some reason it looked like ventress had no shirt

[@10011110011]

She had that shirt in the The clone wars cartoon (the samurai jack style)

[@rodolfohernandez3303]

If only...only Star Wars Battlefront 3 was released

[@aamirrazak3467]

If only… and while we’re at it, if only KOTOR 3 imperial commando and 1313 released as well

[@robertjacques4117]

And a Force Unleashed 3

[@anglishbookcraft1516]

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.

[@Chaos-Zakai64]

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...

[@shawnmoun9849]

We needed it

[@aamirrazak3467]

Yes we did

[@JohnDman2020]

Now you get to play as ugly women LGBTQ protagonists in Disney's star wars games!

[@spikeboy6920]

One day fans will complete this game enough for us to fully enjoy it start to finish. One day.

[@Jolis_Parsec]

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.

[@swempytimes]

It's almost surreal seeing someone play this for the first time. Thank you for showing this and commentating the narrative well 💛

[@masked_majora6475]

My legends head cannon is that shortly after this game (a few months to a couple years) the Vong war starts

[@Julius-nf8dg]

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 :)

[@imthethriller]

13:03 Reminds me of the Dark Sons mod for Galactic Conquest in BF2 where it's exactly that but for GC

[@AkiDave]

It sucks we never got this cause this looks cool as hell! Great video man ✨

[@Hogan231]

I wish I could play Star Wars 1313.

[@MynameisChippyyy]

WEVE GOTTEN STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT 2 3 TIMES NOW BEFORE WE GOT A BF3 ONCE

[@ryanprice4836]

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.

[@SteveHargrove-i7d]

“Cmon darling you can do it, it’s a steep step but I believe in you.” Lawlz😂

[@infinitesheldon5710]

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.

[@frankspranks2129]

as someone who's spent 1500 hours in ARMA 3 editor working on AI and my own level designs, i can tell you this was cancelled because the game was 25% finished at this point, maybe 33% but i heard that the developer made huge promises to lucasarts and then showed an underperforming product so it was scrapped, cause remember kids the easiest part about this is creating the levels, programming the AI and making the thing playable is where its at

[@BowserTheSecond]

How about a look at Lord of the Rings Conquest?

[@Sanscripter]

At this point Flandrew has made more money with battlefront 3 than anyone involved in its development.

[@sturm9087]

I think it would be really neat to see videos on the other battlefront 3 stuff that has been made by the community

[@JamesA4]

Developers having a love and appreciation for the source material... That sounds nostalgic in the era of Disney Star Wars.

[@cattrucker8257]

Before the dark times, before the Empire.

[@ridensroom6957]

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

[@stranglestrong]

Lucasarts within it's last couple years was having difficulty even before ea

[@JmC69Hd]

This game and that cancelled Darth Maul game will live rent free in my head forever 💔😢

[@CaelumTheWolf]

3:53 In the most throat killing Yoda voice possible “Hrmmm Lightsaber I do not need”

[@Jbush69]

I loved playing elite squadron on the ds as a kid

[@jasongradyphstiger6179]

Man I wish this game never never got cancelled.

[@inductivegrunt94]

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.

[@jkoz4]

It pains me that after more Battlefront games were made, none of them took any of the fun concepts like Dark Obi-Wan or Redeemed Vader - they leaked and were loved by fans, what an easy slam-dunk. I can see why it was going over-budget, but I think canceling that was really akin to shooting oneself in the foot. I just feel like it would’ve been a guaranteed hit and now it just doesn’t exist, just its ghost through content like this.

[@sacredxgeometry]

It looks like a cool game, with an interesting story. A linear story, with very limited scope of mechanics (it got a bit old with the whole "steals enemy ship and boards it to sabotage the ship" thing), but one that has a lot of curious character cameos, and story beats that I bet would be very enjoyable in a completed build of the game.

[@DougPanton]

Such a shame this never came out

[@LookingGlass1865]

I will be forever brokenhearted that we didn't get this game. Even watching this in 2024, this gameplay looks so exciting and ambitious. Not even the EA remakes had the seamless ground to space travel.

[@michielwerring5846]

The weird noise at 13:30 sounds like someone mimicing the original Furby doing its "Dance"

[@TheInredibleMrH]

I think the question “Why would they cancel this game?” demonstrates some disconnect between the people using software and the people making software. It’s expensive and takes a very, very long time. The developer build here demonstrates that the game had some cool ideas, but who knows how far along they were on their road map. It may have just not been feasible to finish the project.

[@hound122100]

This game and Fore Unleashed 3 sounded amazing. I'm still sad we never got Battlefront 3. However, i still hold onto hope.

[@lordcola-3324]

Alright, time to watch a video that will make me sad again.

[@wilegfass]

Definitely a shame this was never finished. I remember hearing rumors that there would be a dark side Obi Wan. Which very glad that is not the direction they would have actually went

[@Faded.Visuals]

Even though we never got Battlefront 3, at least we did get something very similar that filled countless hours of my childhood, Battlefield 2142. Had the ground to sky combat which was the closet I feel like we ever got from a game developer

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

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

[@cmoneill]

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

[@Bouncebeatz1]

Imagine for a moment, its 2010 the new battlefront 3 gets announced! Psp exclusive. Damn

[@frankspranks2129]

holy shit this game was NOWHERE near finished, AI barely works and thats actually the hardest part of developing these types of games.

[@rudolphantler6309]

Some forest path on the Endor section you've shown is familiar from the 2017 Battlefront II.

[@NcWcN1]

8:45 now that's a homage to GTAIII's flying mechanics!

[@tomwarren5580]

If this game had actually been finished and released I would probably still be playing it now.

[@jagergaming5172]

I wonder how much it would cost to put a team together to take the developer build of BF3 and finalize the game, i think if there was a community effort and we all pulled together some funding for devs we could finally have the BF3 we all were robbed of

[@admiralkaede]

and disney the true sith would strike

[@JuiceboxCE]

If what it would take to get games to actually DO something unique like this, instead of focusing the majority of their budget and QA on visuals, I'd be all for it. Give me a Halo 3 lookin game that plays buttery smooth while its simulating enough to otherwise make a graphics intensive game melt

[@EmperorOfTheScrubs]

This is a good thing The fans will finish what Lucasarts started

[@MrBadGuy23]

Already tried, it's not possible.

[@JofusPls]

This gameplay looks smoother than the classic collection.

[@gabethebabe3337]

We were seriously lacking Star Wars games on the Xbox 360 and PS3. The Force Unleashed was great and the sequel was rushed, but okay for what it was. We were supposed to be in the second age of golden Star Wars games with BF3, BF4, KOTOR 3, Imperial/Rebel Commando, 1313, Jedi Knight 3 Brink of Darkness, Episode VII: Shadows of the Sith, and so many more ideas that would have been perfect for the franchise. I really wish Star Wars games didn't stop the momentum. Now we're stuck with games that are forced to be in an inferior canon even if they do manage to be fun. I can't play a game like Fallen Order or Survivor because I know what happens to Luke after that. It's a real shame too because in a perfect world Cameron Monaghan might have been a perfect Ben Skywalker (The good one from the old EU not the Disney one). I just wish I could get a new Star Wars game in the continuity I actually care about. Years of being called gatekeepers when we're the ones on the outside, hoping that one day we can enjoy a Star Wars game that isn't a part of the Disney universe. Something like Battlefront 3 would go a long way.

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

You jest, but BF3 Yoda was obviously given a full sized lazer sword. And he was also made super tiny for some reason.

[@billycurrythe2nd]

I wonder if this game was just too ambitious for it's time. It looks incredible what we could have gotten but I wonder how this would have actually performed on the PS3/X360 gen

[@RamblingGreek]

why do people focus on this old build when there's a perfectly solid trailer available

[@tykat12]

I love the inside jokes Davie, they make my partner and I smile. Please dont take the hate too hard or to heart. Us fans love your content, the jokes, the bass, and the talking.

[@yeti4269]

6" tall yoda is cute and horrifying

[@standoutsteel023]

this a kotor 3 will haunt me forever.

[@elidragom]

this one is special

[@HerculeanPearl]

Why do I feel like I remember back in the day my brother had a PSP Go and he had Battlefront III on it, maybe it was a demo?

[@matthewjames3637]

The story for this is really interesting. I wish they had repurposed it in novel form.

[@UpSyndromeVideos]

Video about bf3 legacy would be very cool. Didn’t know about it until now.

[@clinto32]

Yes to more Battlefront content!!

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Could you imagine if EA & DICE actually had common sense and made a BF3 like this? Only in a perfect world.

[@backseatcovers]

Wow this is something. Never knew this existed.

[@shaykitoffe6411]

This wouldve been SOOOOO awesome if this was finished and released on PS2

[@Erick-ji6hw]

I would’ve love to play Star Wars first assault, it would’ve revived battlefront 3

[@josiahray3064]

I wouldn’t mind seeing BF3 Legacy

[@animezilla4486]

Are you going to do Donald duck's going quackers because they're many different versions of the game

[@YomamaYodaddyYobjtchassGranny]

Been waiting since I was 8 and imma keep waiting 😂 at least for that ground to space seamless combat

[@SandroSmith]

3:53 but... but you can't hijack Vulture droid. It's not a starfighter, it's an actual DROID.

[@edwardjoseph8007]

I read a bunch of youtube comments and supposedly we have more tools to actually make the game playable but again my source is KZbin comments

[@JJohnston4Life]

If EA would just take this base game, fix the glitches and upgrade the graphics they would have an award winning game! Why is that such a difficult concept?

[@hagank1111]

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

[@ArtilleryAffictionado1648]

Having played this myself i really wish someone would finnish the project. It is really cool to do ground-to-space but it the wonkyness of the build is annoying.

[@Mango_of_lies]

so many good star wars games cancelled. atleast we have elite squadron for a look at what BF3 could've been

[@patrickswayze3086]

I read they cancelled it because they used the money the publisher gave them for this game to finish development on haze banking on that games profits to pay for finishing this. Haze was crap though so it didn’t make any money, at least not enough to pay for this.

[@deathmanpunch2467]

Modders just need to finish this game themselves it's all there just finish it and release it to everyone

[@jlev1028]

Honestly, while the story does feel fan-fic-y, Battlefront 3 could've been a solid end to a beloved series.

[@PoweredByFlow]

Out there somewhere is an almost completed build of this game...😞

[@vivainigood]

When I played Elite Squadron back in the day, I rememeber I actually enjoyed it a lot. To think that was about 30% of what could have been is.... sad..... But perhaps this alpha version eventually will bring something greater... a spiritual revival perhaps.

[@BugsyFoga]

We were truly robbed

[@DefiantYeast0426]

They cancelled the game because the developers, Free Radical, misappropriated the funds LucasArts gave them and used them to fund the development of another game.

[@GreggyAck]

Tiny Yoda is canon.

[@rodrigomarcondes5857]

Man, seeing footage from BF3 is always painful, this game would've been the goat, instead we got the disasters that were EA's BF1 and 2, a husk of what this series once was

[@themightyryden4458]

This is 100% the best Star Wars game never made

[@justinarney3050]

6:27 hey look force healing before the sequel trilogy

[@WalnutWarrior7]

This looks so amazing, it's an absolute crime this got canned and we got the EA games instead 👺