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Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron for PSP
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron for PlayStation Portable lets battles continue from a planet's surface into space and the interior of an enemy capital ship. You fight on foot for command posts, control vehicles and use a starfighter to leave the atmosphere. A captured ion cannon can disable the enemy capital ship's shields. You then land aboard to destroy systems from within and return in an escape pod.
The campaign contains twelve missions and follows clone brothers X1 and X2 from the Clone Wars until after the fall of the Empire. X2 eventually sides with the Rebel Alliance and faces his brother. Familiar characters including Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and Rahm Kota appear along the way. Unlocked parts let you customise the appearance, species, armour, weapons and abilities of your own soldier for later battles.
Alongside the story, Instant Action and Galactic Conquest are playable from the UMD. Galactic Conquest combines turn-based strategy on a star map with separate battles and can be played by two people taking turns on one PSP. Local ad hoc play supports up to six PSP systems; every participant needs their own game. The original infrastructure matches for up to sixteen players and statistics servers are not promised as currently operational. Solo play, shared Galactic Conquest and local ad hoc remain independent of them.
Region and language
Our PSP games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron uses the standard PSP controls. Campaign, Instant Action and Galactic Conquest are stored on the UMD; two players can take turns playing Galactic Conquest on one PSP. Local ad hoc play supports up to six PSP systems and requires every participant to have their own game. The original infrastructure and statistics services for sixteen players are not offered as available.
Manual
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron for PSP includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
LucasArts announced Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron for PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS on 26 May 2009. Rebellion Developments made the PSP version, which was released in Europe on 6 November 2009. The studio had previously developed Battlefront: Renegade Squadron for the same handheld. Elite Squadron became the third Battlefront game on PSP and chose a new story alongside battlefields that connected ground, space and capital ships.
The campaign's twelve chapters follow X2, a clone made from the DNA of a Jedi Master, and his brother X1. Their opposing choices connect the Clone Wars, the rise of the Empire, the Galactic Civil War and the New Republic. This story is now part of Star Wars Legends and sits outside the later official continuity. Rebellion combined familiar film locations with characters from Renegade Squadron and The Force Unleashed.
Technically, the PSP release revolved around layered maps. Players could take a starfighter on the ground, fly into a simultaneous space battle and land inside a capital ship after disabling its shields. At the time, the online infrastructure offered matches for up to sixteen players and the local ad hoc connection for up to six. The original GameSpy services are no longer regularly available; unofficial restoration projects do not change that product promise. The UMD keeps the campaign, Instant Action, Galactic Conquest, customisation and local features independently available.
Similar games for PSP
Renegade Squadron is the direct PSP predecessor from the same developer and introduces extensive soldier customisation. Elite Squadron expands that system and connects ground battles with space and the interior of capital ships for the first time. Both have their own portable story, Instant Action and Galactic Conquest; Elite Squadron follows clone brothers X1 and X2 over a longer period.
Battlefront II on PSP offers familiar battles, heroes, vehicles and a campaign centred on the 501st Legion. Space battles and ground maps remain separate components there. Elite Squadron makes the transition part of a single battlefield: you take off, invade a capital ship and return. Battlefront II follows the films more closely, while Elite Squadron tells a Legends story about two clones.
The Force Unleashed revolves around one powerful apprentice of Darth Vader and uses lightsaber combat, Force powers and linear action levels. Elite Squadron has large armies fight for command posts and switches between soldier, vehicle and starfighter. Both feature Rahm Kota and explore events between the film trilogies, but Battlefront focuses on large-scale battlefields and a customisable warrior.
Fireteam Bravo 3 likewise uses a third-person camera, squad combat and wireless multiplayer on PSP, but takes place in a modern military setting. Elite Squadron adds science-fiction vehicles, space flight, heroes and capturable command posts. SOCOM places more emphasis on tactical missions with a small team; Battlefront simulates larger fronts where several areas earn points at the same time.
Medal of Honor Heroes brings historical first-person combat to PSP with three campaigns, conventional firearms and separate multiplayer maps. Elite Squadron uses a third-person perspective and lets one battle run from planet to space and capital ship. Both offer offline battles and local ad hoc play, but Medal of Honor stays with Second World War infantry while Battlefront mixes soldiers, Jedi and vehicles.
