That sounds like a pretty tenuous connection to me but hey, that's Hollywood for you: no respect for video games. Apparently the new movie assumes a rebel victory on the map and is set thirty years after that. The Battle of Jakku introduces the new forty-player mode Turning Point, EA explain, which sees the rebels trying to capture control points and, ultimately, a wee base the Empire have built. That inspiring level, The Battle of Jakku, has sorta arrived, with EA unpleasantly holding it back from people who didn't pre-order Battlefront.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits the silver screen later this month, and fans are going wild even though the only connection is the movie's inspired by a level that wasn't even in Battlefront at launch. Surprisingly, for a fanbase usually so discerning and wary of merchandising, they're worked up about a new Hollywood movie adaptation of EA's video game. Star Wars fans seem awfully excitable lately, and it's not just about Star Wars Battlefront.
