You could be forgiven for thinking we're back in the mid-2000s, because fans are once again demanding a Star Wars Battlefront 3. The series seems to have taken a page out of Valve's book and is incapable of reaching a third entry, but interest in the 2017 Star Wars Battlefront 2 has surged, and many think the attention justifies a third installment finally coming to fruition.
As reported by Game Rant, a Battlefront 3 petition is taking off, now reaching more than 3,500 signatures on Change.org. Star Wars Day on May 4 and the recent culmination of Andor's second season seem to have renewed interest in the aging first-person shooter series. Over on Reddit, r/StarWarsBattlefront is awash this week with posts and comments hoping for Battlefront 3 (and posts making fun of those posts). There are even reports that Battlefront 2 recently spiked at more than 100,000 concurrent players across all platforms; the info is unverified from the BattlefrontUpdates Twitter account, so take it with some skepticism.
Andor's incredible second season has renewed interest in Star Wars at large after the disappointment of the franchise's other recent television ventures, but Star Wars Day also likely had a...