Battlefront is not Just Battlefield With a "Star Wars Skin"

"Think where you want to be in five years and you won't want that reputation."

After it was announced that DICE, the Battlefield series developer would be working on Star Wars Battlefront, many worried that the game would be just a Battlefield with a Star Wars skin.

"You could have done Battlefield with a Star Wars skin; that would be safe," Bach said in the latest issue of OXM (via GamesRadar). "That would be the sane and sober thing to do if you just want to make money. That's the money-grab; go for it. But that's not very strategic in the long term."

He added: "Think where you want to be in five years and you won't want that reputation behind you because that would be a burden rather than a benefit. You want a fresh start so you can go in a new direction. That's exactly what we're doing. The first Star Wars movie was in the same place. When you look at it now, it was the safest bet ever--but that's easy to say now. Back then, why would you want this space opera?"

The Battlefront beta is currently ongoing across Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.