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INTERVIEW

“The team at motive is working hard these epic capital ships that

we’re fighting in and over and
to tell a star wars story with a through. That’s the experience
that we want to give people with
this videogame.”
strong character...” matt webster
The Face Behind the
Imperial Mask
Along with the multiplayer and

comparison seems particularly At EA PLAY, Webster saw just starfighter battles, Battlefront
apt. The sensation of putting how strongly and positively fans II brings us a new story. Players
players at the controls of an reacted to the Assault on Theed will be able to experience the
X-wing or other iconic starship and was reminded of the impact campaign as Iden Versio, an

from the films is essential to that the Star Wars saga has on so Imperial special forces soldier.
making a game like this work. many people around the world. Along with her squad mates
“In much the same way we’d “I grew up with the original Gideon Hask and Del Meeko, she
do in Burnout or a Need For trilogy,” he said. “How I feel has to deal with the aftermath
Speed game, we want people about the original trilogy is of the destruction of the second
to feel like they can be a heroic how many people feel about Death Star. Her group works on
driver,” Webster said. “In my the prequel trilogy. So, when carrying out Emperor Palpatine’s
head, I can drift a Porsche we’re showing Darth Maul and wishes, even long after his death.
around a corner at 90 miles per the droids and clone armies, “The team at Motive is
hour. I can also pilot an X-wing that delivers that same hugely working closely with Lucasfi lm
through the narrowest gap. It’s excited, emotional response that to show a Star Wars story
the same fantasy.” I still have in my forties from the with a strong character from
Getting that fantasy right original trilogy. And we know a the Imperial perspective,”
was particularly important new generation of children are Webster said. “For the Empire,
because of the strong emotional getting that feeling now with the destruction of the second
attachment that fans have to The Force Awakens and I’m sure Death Star was not a moment of
the Star Wars galaxy. A preview will get it with The Last Jedi. celebration or triumph: it was
of Starfighter Assault debuted at “In our heads, we all go catastrophic. That was a really

the Gamescom industry event straight to those scenes from fresh and intriguing angle. The
in August, with players getting the movies that we most want teams at Motive and Lucasfi lm
the chance to see how the to play and that we have an looked at a wealth of interesting
customization and class-based emotional connection to. We ideas, like the Shattered Empire
systems translate to fast-paced can hear the scream of the TIE comics from Marvel, about what
space combat. fighters, feel the turns, and see would happen after the death

of the Emperor.
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To tell a new Star
Wars story from
that alternative
perspective is
really exciting.”
Fans can get to
know the members
of Inferno Squad
even more in
the novel of the
same name by
Christie Golden.
Published in July,
the book tells
the story of the
formation of the
elite Imperial team
before sending
them undercover
to try to tear apart
the partisans, Saw

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