All_Terrain

I don't think so: Then there's an old-school SW comic interview: Basically, the situation today is like the situation 30 years ago, Lucas has people to take care of overall continuity of the SW universe, and will sometimes work with an author on a project. Non-movie stories are part of the overall continuity unless Lucas wants something else. It's as simple as that, and it doesn't require anyone to be forced to accept it.

I actually like the focus on the OT period, since I think it's the one that's been the least explored in terms of battles. There's some minor skirmishes, of course, and lots of focus on Rogue Squadron. But it was called a Galactic Civil War for a reason. The Post-ROTJ is fine as well, but it's been so thoroughly explored already. Same with the CW, and even that is gonna get more focus when the new animation series comes along. The 0 ABY - 4 ABY is so far under-represented in terms of large-scale conflicts and I'd like an expansion to deal with this. You can throw in the Thrawn campaign and Operation Shadow Hand after that.

Hahahah, where are you people getting this from? He even cooperates with EU authors when they need some advice. He doesn't disregard anything, but he has other people to check up on continuity because he's primarily interested in the films.

I don't know why people are being so paranoid about all this. Delphi-PG said several months ago CW planets that we didn't see in the game would find their place "in due time". An expansion is not news. Not by a longshot.

Not really, since the two designs have different uses. The AT-AT (first seen in the CW, alongside the AT-TE) is a main battle tank/APC combination best used in wide, open terrain. The AT-TE is more of a medium tank/APC combination that can be utilized in areas where the AT-AT has trouble operating (i.e narrow city-streets and jungle). The only vehicles we've seen the Empire use for those purposes (A9 Floating Fortress, Sabre-class tanks) have been repulsorcraft and would be useless if encountering shields in those areas. Even the wheeled A5 Juggernaut would be big and bulky and might have some problems manouvering.

I never said anything about the CW, just the AT-TE.

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WW II wins it out for me, due to the increase in and advancement of armored warfare. Which is why I liked that they stuck in all those different units in ROTS. The AT-AP reminds me of asymmertically turreted tanks like the M3 Lee combined with a big main cannon like some of the Soviet designs. The AT-OT is like a halftrack and seems highly adaptable (just exchange all those seats with mortars or a gun). The AT-RT is like one of those quirky, vulnerable transports (like the SdKfz2 Kettenkrad or the universal carrier). Yep, nice to see the continued WW II influence on SW. ;P

The AT-TE, UT-AT, AT-OT, LAAT and even the AT-RT in the Galactic Civil War. Because I like most of those designs esthetically and I think it would be a shame for the Empire to just throw them away. Even if they're free-for-all vehicles like the ISP and AT-AP already in the game.

In other words, like a more strategic Battlefield 2.

The Bulwark battlecruiser is one of several ships from Rebellion ever referenced outside of that game. The Bulwark Mk. I was mentioned in The New Essential Chronology and I believe Dan Wallace (the author) said that he intentionally named it with a Mk. I tag, because the ship in Rebellion is much, much bigger (being able to challenge an Executor Star Dreadnought or at least be a Rebel commandship like that). So that would have to be either a Mk. II or Mk. III model. Even the Mk. I, being only 1,000 meters long, was quite impressive at the time (since it's shaped like one of those exotic fish-species that are as tall as they are long, it adds greatly to the volume of the ship, giving it more space to put guns, than on those other thin, skeletal vessels in the CIS Navy).

I'm also tempted to call the MPTL-2a artillery "Yosemite Sams", since they both shoot with their guns pointing in different directions. >P

"Quadgun", because it has four barrels?

Ah, thanks for the info.

I've seen screenshots of both Imperials and Rebels using the AT-AP walker and the ISP speeder. Can they be accessed by both factions in-game, then?