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Battlefront 2 was released this past
weekend like all Star Wars stories the
campaign mode has plenty of Easter eggs
references and connections with the rest
of the Star Wars galaxy right up front I
actually want to say the writers of the
story Mitch Dyer and Walt Williams did a
fantastic job of making sure the story
here fit in perfectly with other events
we've seen in previous stories it's a
straight-up love letter to the Canon
Universe outside of the film's I'll be
covering all of the Easter eggs and
references I caught and of course there
will be spoilers for the game ahead
starting in the prologue mission items
droid is an ID tin seeker droid it's a
step up from the ID 9 droids used by the
7th sister in Star Wars rebels you can
spy on a transmission from Admiral
Ackbar that says rebel ships are
gathering in the gallon system to divert
Imperial attention away from the rebel
fleet gathering its Sullust
to attack the second Death Star the
events at the gallon system codenamed
Operation yellow moon are detailed in
the book moving target there's a dossier
on iDEN written in Arabic on the ship
translated it reads identity I Denver CO
born Castro var DOS Janata system
affiliations Galactic Empire Special
Forces Inferno squad intelligence expert
pilot marksman Special Forces training
survived the job s incursion captured at
classified location status extremely
dangerous examination in complete the
Corvis is a raider class corvette first
introduced to star wars by the x-wing
miniatures game i believe this was its
first appearance in any actual Star Wars
story Canon or legends on board the ship
iDEN and l recall their experiences on
the job s incursion which was mentioned
in the dossier moving on to the Battle
of Endor mission after the destruction
of the second death star Admiral versio
says Vice Admiral Sloan ordered an
imperial retreat he is referring to Rey
Sloan who took control of the fleet
after the death of Admiral Piett she has
appeared in multiple books short stories
and comics and achieved the rank of
Grand Admiral during the aftermath
trilogy you can see her point of view of
the Battle of Endor in the short story
the levers of power
we see Ewings landing more rebel troops
across the moon who begin attacks on
other Imperial outposts this ties in
with the shattered Empire comic where
the fighting on Endor did not end even
after the Ewok party up in space iDEN
mentions the fact that inferno squad was
created to avoid something like the
destruction of the Death Star happening
again according to the book Inferno
squad the team was created in response
to the Battle of Yavin in the meeting
with dad Merle versio we get to hear
Palpatine's message from The Sentinel
droid the message and the concept of the
messenger droid first appeared in the
shattered Empire comic the exact lines
are used here in the game the Droid
tells iDEN she is not verified in the
comic we see that message receivers were
required to verify their identity with
blood the planet faun door was already
canon but this is its first canon
on-screen appearance in legends it was
known as a research and development hub
for experimental technology that's still
true here since the operation cinder
satellites come from the station the
Star Destroyer at fajn door is named the
Dauntless which is the same Star
Destroyer that was seen in rogue one
hovering above jeta City the tl 50 heavy
repeater used by iDEN in the mission was
first created for the Jedi Knight series
of games back in legends the mission on
pilio involves one of the emperor's
observatories according to the aftermath
trilogy Palpatine had a number of
observatories scattered throughout the
galaxy one of them was on jakku and was
used to send expeditions into the
unknown regions the one on pilio seems
to just be a storage facility the
observatory is protected by a mantle
defense system the jakku Observatory
also had some sort of
self-destruct I don't know if the
systems are the same but thought it was
worth mentioning the compass found by
Luke was mentioned in the legends of
Luke Skywalker book in that story
someone gives a man he thinks his Luke
Skywalker a compass he found in a box
marked pilio that book is purposefully
incorrect telling tall tales about Luke
I believe it's just an incorrect origin
story of the compass and the game tells
the true version before setting foot on
varios we get to see the cinder
satellites in action again they were
first shown in shattered Empire and they
are climate disruptors so they create
insanely strong storms that will tear
cities to the ground next is more of a
nice detail than an easter egg but iDEN
and del exit the Corvis without their
helmets while gideon is seen wearing his
already this foreshadows their doubts
about what's going on after their
defection del and item completely
abandoned their helmets the mission on
the planet has a number of connections
with the Inferno squad book Gleb appears
as items former teacher the history
behind the dad Merle statue is given
items mother is revealed to be a
propaganda artist and it's very possible
she actually designed to many of the
posters seen throughout the city
by the way translated they say
stormtrooper core enlist today versio
hero of our dose a monument to security
and leadership order power also the
ticker on the wall translates to enemy
of the Empire item versio and del miko
watch for wanted fugitives and finally
the holographic image of items face just
says locate immediately some smaller
connections include a goes on tea class
freighter dropping off an 8080 as we've
seen in star wars rebels and the crates
strewn about the city are very similar
to the orange crates used to transport
Kyber crystals in rogue one at the end
of the level
idn't speaks with a character named
Katyn whose full name is Adi on occasion
she is the pilot of the Corvis
introduced in the book after iDEN and
del escape they mentioned the
possibility that the rebels will lock
them up in sunspot prison that was
introduced in the main Star Wars comic
where it was actually destroyed shortly
after the Battle of Yavin
so either the rebels built another one
or iDEN and del simply don't know about
the station's destruction or they know
and they're making a joke the hyperspace
a shot on the way to Naboo is exactly
like the one used in rogue one the
attack itself is yet another scene from
shattered Empire you can see three in
one star fighters in the fight
they are piloted by Leia Queen Zerona of
Naboo and Shara Bey the mother of Poe
Dameron although we don't see the ship
Lando and 9m are present in nine ship
the mell crawler - I asked the
developers about its inclusion and
basically they couldn't make a model for
a ship that would only appear in one
scene and not in multiplayer but they
were aware that it should be present so
that's good enough for me the dialogue
between Leia and Lando is directly
lifted from the third issue of shattered
Empire the fight on Naboo surface is a
continuation of the scene and shattered
Empire that wasn't detailed in the comic
again we see Kazan T freighters
delivering Imperial walkers for the
assault this isn't an easter egg but I
do like that nabu's defense system is an
ion pulse that disables weapons and
limits enemy casualties the mission on
takodana is a gold mine of Easter eggs
and fun conversation so we're gonna
spend a moment here first up let's talk
about Hans beard this takes place
sometime between the events of aftermath
and aftermath life-debt and aftermath
han and chewie decide they're going to
liberate Kashyyyk a few months later in
life debt Han can be seen with a beard
so they had to give him a beard here too
and his mission on takodana is directly
related to his goal of liberating
Kashyyyk Maz also mentioned some of the
rules of her castle as set up by some
previous stories including the fact that
all deals made inside her walls have to
go through her and there is absolutely
no fighting allowed whatsoever the rest
of the Easter eggs can be found mostly
by listening in on conversations my
favorites are upstairs where you can
find two rebels connections first is a
condor that flies away if you get too
close right next to it are a pair of
patrons that discuss a strange tall
purple haired Wookiee they're describing
alice ott and possibly zeb himself okay
what else
big green eyes
and he was sort of purple ah the rare
and legendary purple bookie you're the
worst throughout the castle you can also
find a mention of the Circa corporation
from Knights of the Old Republic after
you left me stranded during the zurka
job sky strike Academy from rebels the
New Republic Senate on chandrila minyak
wolf from the planet jello can which was
introduced in lost stars I can get you
Oh in this little astromech serving
drinks like r2 on Jabba's Sail Barge
this protocol droid bartender mentions a
couple interesting drinks port and a
storm is a fortified wine from the
planet pond Marth that was introduced in
the novel bloodline it had the
reputation of bringing even the
strongest drinkers to their knees the
other drink is a Hutt Slayer splash
which was probably named after leia who
was known as Hutt Slayer by some after
the events of Return of the Jedi
this one isn't an easter egg really but
the man crying over his missing gonk
droid broke my heart
downstairs you can visit the room where
ray finds Anakin's lightsaber in the
force awakens you can't go inside but
things get very quiet when you're next
to it a pair of guys upstairs discussed
moving cargo for Black Sun which was
first created for shadows of the Empire
in Star Wars legends but is still a
prominent criminal organization in
Cannon
Hans contact pal Dora is distinguished
by his drink Marin Zane gold that was an
expensive liquor first created for the
Deveraux nians tale in tales from the
moss eisely Cantina being totally honest
here I would not have caught this one if
Mitch didn't point it out to me that is
a deep cut if you stand near pal Dora
and don't interact with him he will
continue to say amusing things about
Wookiees and Marin Zane gold including
attempting to order the drink in Shri
wook let's see if I can order a drink in
Woody's week
hmm pal Dora himself is a statistician
who won't stop talking my favorite line
of his is a claim that most
statisticians are killed by apprentice
statisticians which has to be a joke
about the Sith and the rule of two and
masters being killed by their
apprentices while you fight he continues
to throw out statistics about the Empire
including the fact that stormtroopers
only land 77% of blaster shots honestly
that seems like a generous number to me
in the air he notes that the whitee 1300
hyper drive fails 1.2 2 times more often
than the white t 2400 the 2400 is the
same ship model as the outrider - rend
our ship from shadows of the Empire Pal
Dora also notes that you don't see our
quit ins class command cruisers as much
anymore and I thought that was funny
since they're used heavily in Star Wars
rebels but we never saw them in the
original trilogy after Maz yells at Han
for bringing the Empire to her territory
she reassures Chewbacca by saying she
doesn't blame him how could she blame
her crush on the mission - Bespin del
says there's always more to something
than luck this is an echo of a line
delivered by Luke during the pilio
mission foreshadowing Del's growing
belief in the force the first part of
the level is a flight through beldon's
del mentions that they create two bana
gas which is true they do so by using
their tendrils to gather atmospheric
plankton and chemicals which they then
convert to the gas Dell mentions wanting
to visit the planet slow Thal and my
capo after they've been freed loathe all
is a major location in Star Wars rebels
and my capo appeared in the season 3
episode iron squadron while in
stormtrooper disguise if you go up to
the area of chinook station labeled
scrap you can find a cloud car I didn't
talk smack about the ship which is funny
considering you are required to fly one
very soon after a group of stormtroopers
mentioned governor Adil Hart and his
iron blockade this is a reference to the
plot of the Star Wars uprising mobile
game adil hard locked down the a knowit
sector where best man is located and
attempted to keep his people from
learning that the emperor was dead the
whole thing fell apart and the sector
was lost but it would appear that this
mission takes place before the Empire
was overthrown
on Sullust land Oh kinda gets to the
liver that I have a bad feeling about
this line by asking sure if if he has a
bad feeling
later Shrieve mentions being involved in
the events of the book battlefront
Twilight company when he says he played
a part in the liberation of the planet
the battle of jakku has a number of
Easter eggs although not as many as taco
Donna
right off the bat shrift says karabast
of the favourite swearword of zeb that
was also used by Pao and wrote one this
is more of a new fact than an Easter egg
but items droid serves as her astromech
in her x-wing I don't know if we've seen
a modification on an astromech socket
like that before
a rebel captain mentions being shot down
while trying to reach Carbon Ridge iDEN
and sure if help him get airborne again
so he can assault the location aftermath
empires in tells us there was a secret
Imperial research base that was located
there one segment requires you to call
an air strikes from star Hawk command
and star Hawk unity actually does the
orbital bombardment the star Hawk class
battleship was created for aftermath
empires end and unity is a ship also
mentioned in the book I was hoping we'd
actually get to see the star Hawks on
screen in the game but I don't think
Lucasfilm is ready to define their exact
look so far all we know is that they are
hatchet shaped battleships calm chatter
mentions phantom squadron wedge and snap
Wexley all of whom were present at the
battle of jakku and Empire's end
you can also hear them mention trying to
take the ravager out of the fight that's
the super stardestroyer rey and finn
flew the falcon through in the force
awakens i would have missed this one if
it weren't for twitter users curt katana
and thor von blitz but even more calm
chatter gives us a direct reference to
the events of the book lost stars and
one of its main characters fame chiral
please confirm that mr. Arizona
delivered the Star Destroyer mentioned
in that sequence is the inflictor which
happens to be this Star Destroyer from
the force awakens aboard the Eviscerator
the dad merle says rax expects him to
leave first of all that's a reference to
galius rax who was leading the empire at
that point in time most of the Empire
was purposefully destroyed in the battle
of jakku but a select group of those
deemed worthy were given a set of
coordinates into the Unknown Regions
versio was invited but chooses to go
down with his ship and the Empire
instead jumping nearly three decades
into the future the final mission is a
trip into the memories of del Miko as
kylo Ren invades his mind we get a few
nods to the Inferno squad book we run
through Skara first because the book
says that del was once a short trooper
there before moving on to a career in
engineering there are a couple of lines
we can hear that were from Inferno
squads first official meeting in which
they offer a toast to Admiral versio
High toast
this mission is supposed to take place
at about the same time as the Poe
Dameron comic both Poe and kylo are
searching for lor San Tekka and the map
to Luke Skywalker at the same time we
see Gleb again and she has four eyes now
instead of two I guess that means aqua
lish grow more eyes as they age Dell and
iDEN are said to have had a daughter and
this isn't an easter egg but I'm sure
I'll get a billion questions if I don't
address it could that daughter be Rey I
mean yeah there's a slight possibility
but no I do not think that they are
Ray's parents at all but that's gonna
bring this video to a close again I want
to reiterate how impressed I was with
the connective tissue in this game story
it's clear that Mitch and waltz have a
passion for Star Wars and a desire to
make things fit as someone that reads
every story that comes out battlefront 2
was a very rewarding experience I put
both their twitters in the description
and if you enjoyed the video and their
story please do let them know I really
do believe the work they did deserve
some nerd recognition and before I go I
wanted to mention a friend of mine
Narwhal Dave he does battlefront
easter-egg videos all the time and I'm
sure he'll be covering a ton of them on
all the multiplayer maps and not just
the story mode so if you like this video
go give him a look there's a link to his
channel in the description too and
finally I just started my lore play
series for battlefront 2 where I'll be
going more in depth into the lore and
history behind each mission of the
campaign so you can see the first video
in that series right here if you haven't
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