Battlefront 2 Ultimate Guide

Battlefront 2 2013 Ultimate Guide Final (Steam/Non-Steam Friendly)
Still being updated in 2024. Check back for changes in the recommended map lineup

For now I think the Steam/GoG version is the best, with Gog having the ability to host dedicated servers and play from the same machine.

Here the main differences between the three main PC versions:
Classic Collection: CC contains a few QOL upgrades but has many drawbacks at the moment. Mainly, hit registration online is very bad compared to original version, which means online is mostly dead. It does not support custom eras, which means many mods are incompatible at this time. This may change. It is very similar to the final Xbox version with the addition of having Hero Assault available on every map. Mods that utilize normal eras can still run. The upscaled textures and bumpmaps really improve the visuals a decent amount. There are no ai heroes. Multiplayer has really bad hit registration and rubber banding issues compared to the original with the same ping. Servers move to a new map is slower than the original version. Splitscreen 2 player is very easy to setup and COOP campaigns, IA, and Galactic Conquest are available which is a nice improvement. Oddly several texture upgrades were implemented such as the Kamino center, but original PC inaccuracies such as the blue Kashyyyk water are present.
Steam/GoG: This version was released in 2017 and updated multiplayer to work. I am unaware of any other changes. Lan dedicated servers do not work on this version.
DVD: The original version released in 2005 as physical media. All mods work with both versions AFAIK. The advantage with the DVD is mainly its ability to host dedicated Lan servers to boost tickrates which allows for smoother splitscreen or LAN multiplayer gameplay, as well as its ease of distribution being standalone.

Example Screenshot Gallery
http://imgur.com/a/Clm5y#0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-6X4KW8iok

What is this?
This is a guide to install a ton of maps to utilize in either Instant Action while maintaining Multiplayer. I'm a huge fan of the Conquest mode and I've spent years digging through every modded map and mod option trying to create the objectively best Battlefront II experience. Scroll down for the curated map pack


Install Guide:
Install your Battlefront 2 and patch it to 1.1 (Steam/GOG versions are pre-patched). When you open the game, your version will be displayed on the top right of the main menu.

Locate your Battlefront II install folder
If you can't find where you Battlefront II is installed, check these locations
(Steam)
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Star Wars Battlefront II
(Hard Copy/Origin)
C:\Program Files\Lucas Arts\Star Wars Battlefront II

Determine your game version
Some time in 2017, Battlefront II was patched so Multiplayer can work again (thanks GOG). If you have a Steam or GOG version, you have this version. If you are still on an older install from a DVD or own the Origin version, you have the old version. You can verify by attempting to create an account in the Multiplayer section. If it fails, you probably have the old version, if it works, you likely have the Steam/GOG version with working MP

***Not necessary for Steam/GOG***
If you own the DVD, Origin, or PreSteam version, download custom patch below to enable mods
The Unofficial v1.3 Patch revision 129 (final)
I highly recommend during the install you make sure to NOT select the Use v1.2 HUD. I personally disable the award effects as well
https://www.moddb.com/games/star-wars-battlefront-ii/downloads/the-unofficial-v13-patch-revision-129-final


Install these fix/improvement mods
Anakin's Remaster mod (1.3 patch, HD menu, AI heroes, and many fixes as well) - https://www.moddb.com/mods/star-wars-battlefront-ii-full-hd-interface
Kashyyyk water color (like xbox) - https://www.moddb.com/mods/auri0ns-bug-fixes-and-subtle-improvements/downloads/restored-natural-water-color-for-kashyyyk
Tatooine Ground Texture (like xbox) - https://www.moddb.com/mods/auri0ns-bug-fixes-and-subtle-improvements/downloads/mos-eisley-with-fixed-ground-textures-and-lighting
Kamino Central Platform - https://www.moddb.com/mods/auri0ns-bug-fixes-and-subtle-improvements/downloads/kamino-with-fixed-center-platform
SWBF1 Temuera Morrison VO - (this causes Tatooine at war to crash) https://www.moddb.com/mods/auri0ns-bug-fixes-and-subtle-improvements/downloads/sound-fixes-swbf1-sniper-sounds-optional-swbf1-temuera-morrison-vo

Choose which of these sides mod you would prefer depending on your playstyle. Unfortunately you can ONLY USE ONE of these at a time.
Slightly Better Stock Sides. Fixes many minor visual issues such as explosion chunks being incorrect for the model
https://www.moddb.com/mods/auri0ns-bug-fixes-and-subtle-improvements/downloads/slightly-better-stock-sides
BCL competetive multiplayer, No shake + shotgun visual fix. Best for multiplayer diehards
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13JMqP00G-1PIxyYe3inBfGwS4appp04Y/view
Adds cockpit views from bf1 into bf2 maps and space. Very cohesive when installed with Conversion pack
https://www.moddb.com/mods/cockpit-view/downloads/cockpit-view
Fixes widescreen fov 1st person views. Great if you play in 1st person
https://www.moddb.com/mods/first-person-weapon-fix-mod/downloads/first-person-weapon-fix-10
Online voices enabler, by default there are no multiplayer voices
https://www.moddb.com/games/star-wars-battlefront-ii/downloads/online-voiceover-enabler

Curated Map Pack
Navigate to your main Battlefront directory where your exe is located. This is usually the Battlefront II/Gamedata/ folder. Download the files below, and drop the 3 folders into your main directory so they can merge/replace. These modded maps are what I believe to be the greatest maps that fill out the 500 mission limit. It includes the major mods BFX and the Conversion pack 2.2 along with the KoTOR galactic conquest addition. The conversion pack won't disable your multiplayer like the one on ModDB does. For many years having BFX and the Conversion pack was considered the standard addons everyone had
https://mega.nz/file/z4IymADQ#LgdxfLej6EYtFcgEOiZ_EdKpK_qM3WIOLLJBck4CK20

Improved Color Correction Shader Pack (Optional)
Place the files in your Gamedata folder and run the ReShade setup file. It will ask you to select your game. Make sure to select your BattlefrontII.exe that launches the game directly and not some launcher. It is usually located in your Gamedata folder. This shader generally saturates the colors up a big. I think it improves the look of the game as the colors were desaturated by default for a more realistic look for the time, which doesn't hold up well today. Set your Video Brightness and Contrast to 50
https://mega.nz/#!LgZQGATS!tNLKTxhpt4CcGQmQFIVywsXePtiiiqfm_vgFO4SW9N4

Example Color Correction shader screenshots:
http://imgur.com/a/nCAqj#0

Restoring EAX audio
This restores many effects originally included. It is most when the announcer has reverb while you are indoors. The guide suggests to use 7.1 surround mode however surround is not supported. Oddly using 7.1 on my system outputs through Stereo and if I set it to Stereo I have missing sounds like the menu clicks. My system does not run 5.1 with or without EAX, so I see no reason why I shouldn't use it. It does not fix the random loud distorted explosions sadly. I recall my older Windows 7 PC running 5.1 in BF2, so it is likely a Windows 10 thing.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1384096547


Load Battlefront II.exe and in Video the options, disable Antialiasing if you are using the new shaders as it uses its own AA. Turn Bloom to On as it also controls some lighting effects. Change the brightness and contrast if maps like Hoth are too bright

Set AI per team to 32 in the Global settings each time you play Instant Action for 64 players

Increasing AI difficulty
Open the Code Console by going to the Fake Console in the escape menu. Clear the panel and the following then press enter. Caps are important.
SetAIDifficulty(10,10)
This sets both teams AI to a difficulty of 10, making them rarely miss. I find a setting of 7 or 8 to be similar to online players. This even works on online servers if you are the host. The one drawback is you have to enter this after every map loads.

May the Force be with you



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Game Issues

Crashes
If the game does not start when you first load it and crashes, try plugging a mic into your mic slot. If you don't have a mic, use some headphones. It's an odd bug. If you don't have a mic or headphones to plug in, enable Stereo Mix in your windows Sound settings. If that doesn't work, disable your audio device in control panel (but you won't have sound).

Death Star imbalance
By default the rebels and clones lose 2 tickets per death on Death Star making it imbalanced. The BFX version does not have this issue. However, the BFX version does have an issue on Jabba's Palace where matches end early so use the regular mode on that map. The Classic Collection fixes this issue

Black Screen
If you have Discord and have the overlay enabled, either disable it or close Discord while running BF2

If audio in-game stutters:
Close any background things you have running like Chrome or game overlays. Closing background programs is the only thing I have found that actually causes stuttering to stop. This is the only permanent fix I found. If this does not work for you, try enabling Stereo Mix by going to the Control Panel, Sound, Recording tab, (Right click and see that both "Show Disconnected/Disabled Devices" ARE checked), Scroll down until you see "Stereo Mix", and Right-click/Enable. Now load BF2 and go into the audio options. Turn on Software mode (and effects if you want).

AI Autobalance
By default, when playing singleplayer the game will automatically change the AI levels of your and your opponent's team depending on the score. This can result in your friendly AI performing terribly due to you doing well. To disable this, after loading into a game, go to the Fake console, scroll to AI Autobalance On, and double click it. Hit esc to exit the console.

Multiplayer
If you have issues seeing games, check you have no ping or player filters in the Battlefront in-game server browser. If you still don't see a game after removing the filters, your network might have a firewall blocking the connection so you should add exceptions for both Battlefront and Gameranger if you are using it.

Gameranger is used for emulating LAN to play online. When Gamespy servers shut off in May 2014, there was no way to play online. Gameranger became the community standard for playing online until GOG restored functionality a few years later which resulted in few people still using GR.

If you're at home and trying to play on LAN, make sure to use identical .exes and versions

High refresh rate monitors require the FPS to be unlocked past the 80 cap. Doing so with the following fix is possible, however it will cause some physics side effects such as hover vehicles rolling around so they are not recommended.
If you have a high refresh rate monitor, download and install
https://www.moddb.com/games/star-wars-battlefront-ii/downloads/increased-framerate-cap/#8240887

KoTOR galactic conquest addition
Unfortunately, only 1 KoTOR galactic conquest campaign can appear in the menu at a time. It is the first option, and by default it is called "Jedi Civil War" in which you play as the Republic. If you would like to play as the Sith Empire "Advent of the Sith" campaign, go to \data\_lvl_pc\KotORGalacticConquest and move the custom_gc_6.lvl file into the lvl_pc\ folder. Be sure to deactivate the JCW file by moving custom_gc_5.lvl into another folder as you cannot have them both active.

Map Folder Reference
Here are the 3 letter folders that go in your Addon folder for each map. The curated map pack is at the mission limit. Adding more maps will cause the "Mission Error > 500" issue. Exceeding the limit will cause maps to not appear on the Instant Action screen. You can download additional maps if you want, but you will need to move some maps out of the Addon folder to deactivate them to avoid going over the mission limit.

Individual maps
GRV - Hypori Grievous Attacks
PSA - Abraxas Platform
ADT - Attack On the Death Star
BOC - Battle Over Coruscant
BRK - Barkhesh Great Temple Valley
BOU - Battle of Umbara
BOZ - Boz Pity
CCC - Corellia City
CMW - Coruscant-Modern Warfare
QXY - Coruscant Droid Invasion Special Edition
KCB - Dxun Mountain Outpost
GE2 - Ep 2 Geonosis
GJA - Geonosis Arena
G31 - GEONOSIS (Queueing this map after another will cause a crash, play it first in a queue)
JA2 - Jabiim
KF1 - Kashyyyk Forest
KES - Kessel Infiltration
DIB - Imperial Base
MBN - Mimban Imperial Defense
HUT - Nal Hutta
BON - Naboo Great Grass Plains
NCT - Naboo Siege of Theed
DQ9 - Pestox Urban Wasteland
AOD - Pharosis
JR5 - Ruuria - Jungle Ruins
DQ3 - Raxus Prime
THC - Suun Ra Desert City
SKT - Space Kal-Tarra
SHA - Sullust Jedi Enclave
VFD - Virmund: City
LT1 - Lothal: Communications Tower
LT4 - Lothal: Depot
SK1 - Space (KotOR Galactic Conquest Space map)
SOS - Scarif Sunset
TAW - Tatooine At war
MOS - Mos Eisley Spaceport


(Big Mods)
BFX - Battlefront Extreme: Makes faction colors movie accurate. Has custom heroes and units. Raises reinforcement counts. Adds minor recoil and increased laser projectile speed. Best Conquest option when available in most cases. No extra maps, just adds the BFX mode to default maps and some compatible mods. The Conversion Pack mod adds many of the same classes to the BF1 maps which is why BFX pairs well with it. However, the BF1 classes do not have the recoil aspect and some have fewer classes.

BF1 - Battlefront 1 Maps: Adds KotOR Era as well. Plays with normal Conquest settings. Adds the following maps: Alderaan, Bespin Cloud City/Platforms, Concord Dawn, Endar Spire, Geonosis Spire, Haruun-Kal, Kamino: Tapoca City, Kashyyyk Docks/Islands, Methlyn, Naboo Plains/Prototype, Ord Ibanna, Rattatak, Raxus Prime, Rhen Var Harbor/Citadel, Space Bespin, Space Coruscant, Space Endor, Space Geonosis, Space Mustafar, Space Rakata Prime, Space Rhen Var, Tatooine Dune Sea, Yavin 4 Arena
Note that Space Coruscant, Space Mustafar, and Space Endor are not available for multiplayer. The rest of the maps from this pack and the others I have listed work

AAA-v1.3patch - HUD changes, universal changes/fixes. Custom patch.


MISC INFO/TIPS
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If you are interested in learning about hosting multiplayer, here is a link to my other guide. If you host just using the in game Multiplayer, you will notice certain aspects of the game, such as bullets and mouse movement will be lagging at 30fps while the remainder of the game runs faster. This is because BF2 has unoptimized netcode so a high tickrate must be used to eliminate the lag, which is only changeable by hosting as a Dedicated Server, which is quite simple. For this reason most people have bad experiences playing PC multiplayer, but luckily many online dedicated servers set a high tickrate. You can also host co-op campaign games
https://pastebin.com/ZRtgg6Dd

The developers balanced the game for online play, not offline. Space Assault maps are very improved when playing online as players will actively have to balance between defending their ship's interior/exterior, and attacking either the enemy's exterior or interior.

When a command post is captured, it is vulnerable to becoming instantly neutral again for 10 seconds after capture. Keep hostiles away for 10 seconds to fully capture it, known as a hard cap.

Mouse sensitivities are independent for on-foot, vehicles, and starfighters and are and usually too high.

Use the Fake Console (Esc, Fake Console) to skip maps by selecting "Victory for both teams"

Sometimes when you load into a map, the ground is black. Esc, Restart Mission to fix

Always set AI amount to 32 and on "Elite" globally in the Instant Action Settings. Conquest reinforcements are in percentage, Assault is exact

Order AI with F4 key (you can change in controls). Aim at a troop and it will toggle follow or go away. If in a vehicle, it toggles get in/get out

If you are low on HP, order an Engineer to come over to you, then order him again (Move Out) and they will usually dispense a bacta pack for you

If you run out of ammo when flying, if you return to your hanger you will refill your ammo

Gunships are tricky to empty since some AI always stays inside the ship (it's a bug, happens even after ordering them out), then they eventually steal the ship. This can be useful for regular battles when you need a lift to the field, but bad for trying to leave the gunship in opponent's hangars in Space (AI takes off and crashes it). To empty a transport ship completely, you have to land, take off, and land (and repeat) until it is empty (bottom left of HUD shows). It may take a few times, but once you see it is empty, the gunship will stay there.


Hero Secret Abilities
Darth Maul:If you press and hold the fire button during his third attack he'll make his saber rotate
Ki-Adi-Mundi: Sprint keep pressing fire for additional upwards strike
Count Dooku: Spring and click for an additional 360 swing
Luke Skywalker: Press fire repeatedly on a running attack to get two flip-strikes

Conversion Pack Map Hero Secret Abilities
KitFisto: When standing, press fire, force, fire, fire for the punch combo
Luminara: Press fire then force quickly for the saber "electro-slam". Repeatedly press force while doing a dash attack to get the extra "Kit slash".

Pointing reticle at ships stops friendly ai from leaving so you can get in. If they are already moving, press command to order them to stop.

Crouching in game works both with toggle (quick press) or hold.

In Battlefront Extreme modes, the magnaguards (equipped with vibroblades) cannot block incoming blasts using the defend button like the Jedi. Spamming attack will defend blasts instead. Jedi also block while attacking, and stamina does not drain from blocking unless a blaster shot is deflected

Rolling is a great way to dodge bullets and avoid Gamorreans/Wampas

You can put down up to 4 mines (8 mines in BFX mod). After that, each one you lay removes an old one. Those mines will stay even if you respawn or change class. They can be destroyed by any grenade or explosive. Engineers can walk on mines without setting them off

Slicing can be used to steal an enemy's vehicle, crippling their team. Use a fusion cutter to "repair" an enemy tank. It'll show you a Slice indicator. Once it reaches 100%, the enemies are ejected from the vehicle and you must kill them. The vehicle is not immediately accessible after slicing, but you have to hop into it as soon as possible or the AI will and you'll have to Slice all over again. You can also slice enemy mines to deactivate them. Friendly mines can also be sliced.

When using the remote rocket, you can increase its blast radius by having a high shell speed at impact

Reduce the Reticle appearance by raising to 80

Every vehicle has a weakness. For tanks, it's in the back. For the AT-AT, it's the neck

Stop your vehicle next to an engineer and they'll usually repair it

In XL game mode, you cannot cap command posts, Uber you can.

The base trooper has 400hp, the heavy rocket has 550, the engi has 400 and sniper 300. Wookie has 800

You can toss items like mines, detpacks, or health packs much further. Hold down the throw button and the character will palm the item. Look up while releasing the button and the item will launch much further. This tactic makes engineers very powerful in multiplayer.

You can hide mines in command posts so they are hard to see and a player capping might trip it. Hiding or tossing mines is a useful tactic.

Recon probe droids that can self destruct might not seem powerful because the AI easily kill them, but in multiplayer they often go unnoticed and can wipe out a whole room of clustered opponents.

Bothan Spy's stealth does not work against AI. But in multiplayer it can be powerful.

When blocking as a hero, if you look at the center of where the map is, you gain center block where you will block lightsaber attacks from all angles, even behind


Another mod worth mentioning for players that enjoy stock maps is Marvel's BF1 conversion pack. If you don't want the KoTOR eras, custom classes, and additional game modes found in the BF1 conversion pack, try Marvel's conversion pack. It is nearly identical to the conversion pack maps, but a tad more polished. Additionally, Marvel was actually able to import Kit Fisto and Asaj Ventress from the original Xbox DLC. Unlike the Conversion pack, which uses a custom Asajj/Kit models, this one has Asajj's swinging chained nunchuck lightsabers featured on the Xbox version that was only accessible via downloading from Xbox live
https://www.moddb.com/games/star-wars-battlefront-ii/downloads/marvel4s-conversion-pack

The sound effects are low in game. Turn down other settings and raise your volume for a better balance. Try Master 100, Music 80, SFX 100, Speech 70, Battle Speech 80.

If you want to play at 1080p and do not see a 1920x1080 resolution setting in your video options, go to your Battlefront 2 folder and navigate to
Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData\DATA\_LVL_PC
Look for vidmode.ini
The link below is my vidmode.ini which you can download and replace yours with, or copy and paste the text into your own vidmode.ini. When you load up the game you will then see the 1920x1080 resolution available in your video options.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/ms6gnmyif276l2x/vidmode.ini

In the ReShade mod above, I chose it over many other shader packs purely because it was the only one that did not cause random crashes. You might want to try an ENB shader if it can work. Within the Reshader mod, inside the SweetFX folder is the SweetFX_settings text file where you can edit the settings even with the game running. I made the settings pretty saturated

Controllers such as Xbox 360 ones can work independently from keyboard if you prefer playing with a gamepad. You can easily switch back to mouse/keyboard without changing anything. I sometimes plug in a 360 wired controller and play the game on a TV in full 1080p HD, which is impossible on consoles. Setting up the controls is a real pain and will take a while


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My original intention digging through the hundreds of modded maps out there was to find the best playing maps available under the 500 mission limit. This means the action and gameplay of the map has some variety and fun to it. This was the key requirements which many many mods fail to achieve. Next priority was the terrain in the map itself and if it was interesting. I also factored unit class variety and how the mod would fit in with the others (there's so many Geonosis mods out there...)

Suggested Map Timeline for chronological battles. If you downloaded the map pack above, you have all of these maps. You can go through this list without swapping maps from folders. Almost all maps are in correct Star Wars chronological order, but I did move around some maps for sake of variety. This list follows the Star Wars universe pre-Disney "Legends" canon which I sourced from Wookieepedia
Optional maps are maps that are not of good quality standard, or don't add much to the story. Play in BFX mode when available unless otherwise noted.

Old Republic Era
Endar Spire (Attack on the Endar Spire, Jedi Civil War)
Space (Kotor, Optional)
Ord Ibanna (Battle of Ord Ibanna)
Mos Eisley (Ambush on Tatooine)
Methlyn (Uber)
Sullust Jedi Enclave (GCW Mode, Advance on Sullust)
Space Rakata Prime (Battle of Rakata Prime, Republic wins Jedi Civil War)

Ep1 (Unfortunately almost all mods use clones instead of naboo officers)
Virmund: City
Naboo: Plains (Optional)
Naboo Theed (Normal mode for Obi-Wan/Darth Maul)
Naboo Great Grass Plains
Naboo Siege of Theed (Naboo/Gungans win Battle of Naboo)

Ep2
Kamino (Mission to Kamino)
Geonosis Arena (Petranaki Arena Skirmish, This is a defend position mode that lasts 8min)
Geonosis (First Battle of Geonosis, The Clone Wars begin)
Geonosis Spire (Taking of the Geonosian War Room Spire, destruction of fleeing Techno Union ships)
Ep 2 Geonosis (Desert battle)
GEONOSIS (Queueing this map after another will cause a crash, play it first in a queue)
Space Geonosis (Republic Fleet destroys fleeing core ships)
Rhen Var Harbor (Second Battle of Rhen Var)
Hypori Grievous Attacks (Battle of Hypori)
Battle of Umbara
Ruuria - Jungle Ruins
Jabiim (Battle of Jabiim, Debut of AT-AT)
Alderaan (Battle of Alderaan)
Boz Pity PSP (Battle of Boz Pity)
Yavin 4 Arena (Duel on Yavin 4)
Coruscant: Droid Invasion (First Battle of Coruscant, Chancellor Kidnapped, Shaak Ti captured)

Ep3
Battle Over Coruscant (Rescue of Palpatine, death of Shaak Ti)
Felucia (Second Battle of Felucia)
Mygeeto
Space Kal-Tarra (A great map used in place of Space Kashyyyk, Republic destroys CIS blockade of Kashyyyk)
Kashyyyk
Kashyyyk: Docks
Kashyyyk: Forest
Coruscant (Order 66 Mode preferred)
Utapau (Outer Rim Sieges End)
Mustafar (GCW and Normal Mode for Anakin/Obi-Wan, Republic wins the Clone Wars and is reformed into the Galactic Empire, Obi-Wan joins rebels)

Ep4 (GCW)
Lothal: Communications Tower (Star Wars Rebels)
Polis Massa (Raid on Polis Massa, Early Galactic Civil War)
Rhen Var Citadel (Sabotage at Rhen Var)
Lothal: Depot
Mimban: Imperial Defense (Rogue One)
Scarif Sunset
Tantive IV
Mos Eisley (First Battle of Tatooine, Rebel Uprising)
Mos Eisley Spaceport
Death Star
Attack On the Death Star
Yavin 4 (Attack on Yavin 4)
Barkhesh Great Temple Valley (Inspired from Rogue Squadron)
Corellia City (Battle of Corellia, inspired from Rogue Squadron)
Kessel Infiltration (Inspired from Rogue Squadron)
Dxun Mountain Outpost

Ep5
Hoth Hunt (Referenced a scene from V that was cut which was supposed to explain the new scar on Luke's face where Wampas held captive by Rebels broke free and attacked)
Hoth
Space Hoth (Transports depart)
Dagobah
Bespin Cloud City
Bespin Platforms
***Shadows of the Empire Era***
Hoth Hunt (Optional, Rebels Reclaim Echo Base)
Nal Hutta
Raxus Prime
Kashyyyk Islands (Liberation of Kashyyyk)
Pestox Urban Wasteland
Imperial Base
Abraxas Platform (Empire begins to fall)

Ep6
Jabba's Palace (Normal Mode, BFX is bugged, game ends early)
Tatooine Dune Sea (Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon, Fett eventually escapes)
Tatooine At war
Endor
Space Endor (The Millenium Falcon will appear in the 2nd hanger once your kill score reaches 35. Look on the bottom left of the hud for a crosshair icon above a star when you spawn or kill someone. The Number indicates your current amount of kills. The star score is your current points, The Rebel Alliance reforms into New Republic, Empire fragments as it loses many top leaders)
***New Republic Era***
Pharosis
Concord Dawn (Battle of Concord Dawn) Turn off light bloom on this map if it is too bright
Suun Ra: Desert City
Coruscant - Modern Warfare (Episode 7 Mode)

Bonus
Alamo Endor
Spawn as rebels and capture the endor bunker. Use the fake console command "disallow ai spawn team 1" to not allow ai on your team eating reinforcements. Try to hold the bunker as long as possible

PSP Battlefront Games
Renegade Squadron and Elite Squadron are both worth checking out for different reasons. Play them using PPSSPP and use 60fps cheat files so the games run at good fps. They show potentially where the formula would've gone. Much of Battlefront 3 turned into Elite Squadron such as the space to ground, though I prefer Renegade Squadron.

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Canon... or not
Battlefront I and II both came out around the releases of Ep2 and Ep3. Battlefront I even had rough appearances of Kashyyyk long before Ep3 came out. I picked up the game in that period before episode 3. At that time there was also the Clone Wars cartoon on TV, which explained many things fans would question about episode 3 (Shaak Ti's capture from the deleted scenes, Palpatine's capture, Grievous's cough, how Anakin got the scar on his face). To many fans, myself included, we assumed this was the official explanation. Then Battlefront 2 was released with a full campaign that explained the story of the original 501st squadron. A demo of Battlefront 2 for xbox was on the bonus disc of the DVD of Episode 3, which both released on 11/1/05. A few years after Episode 3 came out the Clone Wars 3d show released and retconned much of the canon. For a while though, to many fans, a lot of the content surrounding Battlefront 2 was canon.

That's it. Thanks for reading. This was originally notes for myself for when I reinstall to another PC, but it grew from there. Now watch those wrist rockets!