Most heroes have a theme song, with the exception of heroes like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Darth Vader. All in all, heroes and villains are very effective to have in battle as they can tip the balance in your favor, and one may feel very powerful when playing as one. When a hero is on the battlefield, the music will change to a hero-specific song that plays until the hero is defeated. Instead of having a health bar like normal infantry, the heroes have a lightsaber of health that slowly goes down, but can be recharged by killing adversaries. Lightsabers requires on average two strikes to kill a unit.

The majority of heroes and villains carry a lightsaber for primary weapon, however some will carry powerful blaster variants. Lightsabers) and are harder to kill than normal enemies. The heroes have very powerful weapons (e.g. Only one player per team may control the hero (usually the best, unless the distribution is set on random), except for those playing on Assault Mode on Mos Eisley. On maps with fatal drops, such as Bespin: Platforms, players can knock them off the map to their deaths.įrom Star Wars: Battlefront II onward, heroes and villains are unlockable during matches by attaining a certain kill or point total.On maps with starfighters, players can land on top of them.On maps with speeder bikes, players can run them over.However, despite this, there are several ways in which players can kill a hero or villain: They are also invulnerable, as they deflect all projectiles aimed at them. They do not exhibit any Force powers, and their lightsaber attacks instantly kill their targets. In Star Wars: Battlefront, each faction has one hero, which spawns as an NPC. In the Star Wars: Battlefront Series, major heroes and villains appear as additional units on each map.

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