Hopefully, this will be the last Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2015 story we shall post this week. For this story, it's really hard to resist The Force as one of the most written about upcoming video game at the event is the Star Wars Battlefront. Not exactly a video game that many airsoft forums will talk about, but still it's something worthwhile to post here because it's Star Wars.

Many of Popular Airsoft readers who grew up with the first Star Wars Trilogy (IV: A New Hope, V: The Empire Strikes Back, and VI: Return of the Jedi), would agree that the Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is the best of in six episodes of the biggest sci-fi movie franchise. And the most memorable battle in the whole of Star Wars is the opening scene of The Empire Strikes Back, which is the Battle of Hoth. It was an Imperial Victory, but we will always vividly recall the gallant stand of the Rebel Alliance as they battled the Imperial AT-AT Walkers with snowspeeders of the Rogue Squadron led by Luke Skywalker, bringing the AT-AT down with their tow cables as their blasters were ineffective against the heavily armored walkers.

At the E3, Electronic Arts showed us a scene of the Star Wars Battlefront that relives the Battle of Hoth as it takes place on the snow covered planet, just as the other battle maps of this game remind of us of other battle scenes seen in the Star Wars series. Called the "Walker Assault" it is a 40-person multiplayer mission in which the Empire will need to knock off the uplink stations before they can destroy the Rebel base and the Rebels will have to activate the uplink stations to call in the Y-Wing Bombers to stop the attack and the base protected. All the ingredients of the Battle of Hoth are there, and snowspeeders will be present to takedown the AT-AT Walkers with the tow cables.

You will in a way, be reminded of Battlefield 4, as you will be able to fly the X-Wings or the TIE Fighters, or drive the AT-ATs and AT-STs in the game. The developer of Star Wars Battlefront is DICE, the same developer of Battlefield 4. Let's cross our fingers that when Star Wars Battlefront gets released on the 17th of November, it has less or none of the buggy issues that beset Battlefield 4.

That's the where the similarities between Battlefront and Battlefield ends, as you don’t need magazine reloads in the game as you will be playing with blasters and they rather heat-up instead of run out of ammo in order to force you to conserve your shots. Other weapons, such as rocket launchers, are not part of the loadout of the player in weapon selection before the start of  game but are rather power-ups that can found during the game itself. That means apart from being on the lookout for the enemy who'd shoot at you, be also on the lookout for the power-ups that can help your group win the battle.

Will you be able to prevent another Imperial victory on Hoth? Or Will you bring the Rebel Alliance down to its knees again with the AT-AT walkers? Either way, prepare to relive the Battle of Hoth,  the best battle scene in Star Wars and it will bring nostalgia to the older fans of the film. I just wonder how the controls are for the light saber duel against Darth Vader.

Trivia: After watching the Star Wars Battlefront: Multiplayer Gameplay | E3 2015 “Walker Assault” on Hoth, name which World War II weapons that are used in Star Wars are and also have airsoft versions.