The Star Wars Battlefront series is completely up in the air. The last entry was released in 2017 and had a catastrophic launch, notably due to its obscene microtransactions and loot boxes, in an era when legislation for them was ramping up, and players were starting to get sick of them.
Although EA eventually disabled them and revamped the game, the damage was done. The Star Wars license did a lot of heavy lifting, but we haven't seen any follow-ups since, despite the Star Wars Battlefront series being in a fairly healthy place for over a decade. This was once a generational series, but now it seems to have stopped dead in its tracks.
On Reddit, fans are both celebrating and lamenting a return to the Star Wars Battlefront franchise. Some don't trust EA to pull it off, but others are willing to give a new entry another chance. Whatever side of the fence you're on, there are a lot of folks in the middle.
Right out of the gate, select folks are ready and willing to see this franchise return, but are skeptical overall: "Oh, I do dream of Battlefront 3! But unfortunately, I don't expect anything except...
