The Children Yearn for ‘Battlefront 3’

If you are in any online Star Wars circles right now, odds are, completely unprompted, you’ve probably seen people commenting about getting a third Battlefront game. It’s been the best part of a decade since Battlefront II released, and there’s no signs of life in the franchise it seems, as far as EA is concerned. But that’s not going to stop fans from trying to get the company’s attention any way they can. The sudden surge in interest for Battlefront 3 has come from a mix of things. Right now, it’s arguably a pretty good time to be a Star Wars fan, between the the climax of Andor, the post-May-4th-glow, and Revenge of the Sith‘s 20th anniversary (which itself heralds the impending 20th anniversary of the original Battlefront II later this year). Perhaps particularly pointed to Battlefront fans too is the fact that the galaxy far, far away’s already being lovingly platformed (and occasionally a little more controversially) by one of the biggest shooters around, Fortnite, for its ongoi ... Read full article.