On September 29, 2006, Computer and Video Games claimed Free Radical Design was developing the game, but neither Free Radical Design nor LucasArts corroborated the claim.[2][3] In June 2008, Kotaku allegedly received information from a former LucasArts employee that Star Wars: Battlefront III was in the creation process.[4] On October 2, Activision Blizzard filed a classification with the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification listing Star Wars: Battlefront III for the Nintendo DS with a PG rating for mild animated violence.[citation needed] Also that month, Free Radical Design announced that they lost the rights to develop Star Wars: Battlefront III; the game at that point had been in development for two years.[5] On December 28, Star Wars character renders bearing a Battlefront III watermark surfaced from a laid-off Free Radical employee.[1]
On January 15, 2009, gameplay footage was leaked from a November 2008 Free Radical in-house showing of Battlefront III footage.[6] The footage was pulled from IGN after LucasArts demanded its removal.[7] Shortly thereafter, a former Free Radical Design employee said some of the technology planned for the game "is dying".[8] A Pandemic Studios spokesperson in March refuted speculation that Pandemic had taken over the project, saying "the title seems to be up in the air."[9] Later rumors suggested Rebellion Developments had assumed development of Battlefront III.[10] After this, Rebellion Developments announced Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron. On May 14, 2010, Battlefront III lobbies were found on GameSpy, leading to speculation that the game would be announced at E3.[11] However, the game was not revealed during E3 2010.
^Robinson, Andy (2009-03-10). "Pandemic: 'We're not making Battlefront III'". Computer and Video Games. Retrieved 2009-03-10. As of right now I can say Battlefront 3 is not currently at Pandemic. While I know the title seems to be up in the air from all the buzz around the web... LucasArts will be the only one knowing where the title is at right now.
