Battlefront: Renegade Squadron Interview

YVG: Tell us about the new space battles.

KCC: This time, we've added playable hero vehicles. For the first time, you'll be able to play as Han Solo's Millennium Falcon, or Boba Fett's Slave One. Once you've achieved the right to play as a hero, you can play as one of these hero ships. They're going to be a tougher and faster version of what you're flying before. Once you get out of a vehicle inside a ship or a space station, you'll be able to play as the hero as well.

YVG: What about capital ships?

KCC: Capital ships have taken a great leap forward. They're much more like the console version, if you remember from Battlefront 2. Previously, we couldn't give the capital ships interiors on the PSP, but this time with the technology that Rebellion has, they were able to create these interiors where you'll be able to take out the shields, occupy the turrets, have great combat inside the hangars of these capital ships. Then, if you want to get in a ship, you can take out the critical systems -- life support, the engines, the shield generator -- from outside using a bomber or X-Wing.

YVG: Will taking out the life support kill the players inside the ship?

KCC: No -- you won't have eight people all choking their lives out. But depending on the game mode, it'll help your side a little more.

YVG: Do you have any other new space vehicles?

KCC: Absolutely. We have the B-Wing, the TIE Defender, Anakin's spacecraft, Slave One, the Millennium Falcon -- five or six new vehicles.

YVG: What about the land vehicles?

KCC: Yes -- not only the bigger ones like the AT-ST and AT-AT, but we've added some cool new vehicles from Episode III that weren't in there before. We have a smaller version of the Juggernaut tank, and some fun new tweaks to the weapons of the existing vehicles.

YVG: What are all the attributes you can tweak on your characters?

KCC: Health and speed are the basic ones, and each one has three levels. The final one we call "capture speed," and that helps you take over command posts faster, and refills your boost meter more quickly.