'Galactic Conquest' (Star Wars: Battlefront II) [30-Minute Extension]

Hello, Friends!

This extension was made per the request of YouTube user Ramiro Bezer. Thanks for the request!

Star Wars: Battlefront II holds a special place in the hearts of many. Why, you ask? Well, maybe because there are still tons and tons of people playing that game DESPITE the fact that a brand-new “game in the series” came out over a year ago. Battlefront II is a timeless masterpiece, to say the least. It satisfies the cravings of any Star Wars fan, and in multiple ways.

Galactic Conquest was introduced in Battlefront I, and it was certainly one of the standout modes in the game. You’d compete with a friend or the AI, and fight each other planet after planet, using bonuses and the various skills of your army to take over the galaxy. There wasn’t anything quite as satisfying as getting four victories and then using your faction’s special bonus to automatically claim – or destroy – a planet!

Battlefront II changed everything by making the player a “commander” and having them oversee the galaxy as if it were a board game. Players could purchase and move starfleets, purchase bonuses to use, and even recruit more soldiers to use in battle. If you chose to invade a planet, you’d be fighting on the surface, and if you met with the enemy fleet in space, you engaged in a space battle.

The song itself is also great. It has this immense feeling of an epic, coordinated battle. The highlight of this song is definitely its second half, which comes from the excellent song “The Queen and Group Land at Naboo” by John Williams. This song has been featured in many prequel-era games--including Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles, a childhood favorite of mine--as well as Star Wars: The Old Republic (which I personally have not played).

It’s a wonder why Battlefront EA didn’t have this mode. It may not have worked well in a large, 40-player multiplayer environment, but it would have worked wonders for single-players and for split-screen play. To this day, I’m still convinced that Battlefront EA should not have been called “Battlefront;” but rather an entirely new thing. Star Wars: Galactic Civil War, maybe? Perhaps then, it might not have gotten so much backlash…

Anyway, enough ranting. Please enjoy this extension, my fellow Star Wars and gaming fans!

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[GlorfindelofGondolin]

“The Republic has graciously accepted credits for liberating Kashyyyk.”

[twilighthero]

"Please select a fleet to command."
"Please select a unit to train"
"Clone Commander successfully trained"
"Please select a destination"
"Commencing Felucia invasion!"
"Please select a Bonus to activate"
"Hero Bonus activated"

[BastiPROTON]

"commencing Dagobah invastion"

[tgtterrorizor]

"The Empire has received credits for its historic victory on Hoth."

[Tsquid]

That little boodlewoop noise it makes when you select something brings me much happiness

[metalslime]

When the enemy would select the sabotage bonus in a space battle....

[someguy]

This is deadass what plays in my head when I’m lookin at all the work I need to do for college, and I’m trying to strategically think of how to accomplish it all.

[basedbattledroid]

That final victory on felucia was a really tight one, just me, a lowly magnaguard against an unknown clone trooper, the final two left on the battlefield, no health droids left, both of us capable of being destroyed with one blaster shot, both rapidly trying to find where the other one was based on what color the command posts were turning, then we finally cross each other, he takes three shots and misses, I take two shots and miss, I have no ammo left in my radiation launcher or bulldog gun, things are getting tense but just as he starts to reload; I sprint towards him and unleash a dose of Neuro-Poison, he turns green, he finishes reloading, he's just about to fire when suddenly he gasps for air and I see "Victory" with a blaster bolt just inches away from touching my face.

[hokage]

When I first got word that dice was remaking battlefront back in 2014, I was excited to see what they would do in terms of galactic conquest. Boy was I wrong.

[brickedupbros]

We may have lost a command post, but not the battle!

[jackdaw]

Dang, this is the cleanest loop of this theme I've seen. Nice.

[sambuc]

"The enemy is depleting our reinforcements!"

[kube]

I love how it mixes a few star wars tracks like: cis theme, republic theme, anakin and padme theme or rebel anthem also great loop

[ClovissenpaiDotR]

"The rebellion have used th-"
GARRISON BONUS ACTIVATED

[darthsand]

“The Empire has received credits for its liberation of Mygeeto”

[DGTLVendettaS]

Pull it together, we can still win this!

[datboi]

Enemy forces reinforced with additional bacta tanks. *loads map*

[ZealotPara]

No matter what's going on in the world, no matter what year we're in, people have been coming to this video for years to share their appreciation and memories of this theme and this game.
I didn't have much growing up, friends went as fast as they came into my life, we were living paycheck to paycheck, constantly moving just to be able to afford a home to live in. But the few constant things I did have were family, films/tv and games.
BF2 was one of those games.


The choice for so many Lucasfilm SW games to just use the music from the films was a perfect decision. It links the two mediums together in a way that could only have been done by music.
This sounds cheesy and like something Phil Spencer would say at an Xbox show, but the games from this era really did make a little baby dino feel like he was living his Star Wars fantasy. It felt so cool to *live* these films, and explore the universe even deeper than the films went. Even better was sharing these memories with my brothers, who were always there no matter what in those days.
That's what this theme reminds me of. Also the amazing quotes that this comments section is filled with.

I'm creating new memories with SW now even as an adult, rewatching the whole series---films and shows---with some friends I made online last year. They say you can never get your childhood back, but I like to think-no I KNOW I'm making my childhood self happy by continuing to do what I love, in spite of what the world is throwing at me. That's how I grew up after all.

[cogtroper]

The day is ours, well done gentlemen.

[TheLateLordKardok]

WE HAVE CRUSHED THE ENEMY, ROGER ROGER.