Total Video Games has the latest Lucasarts production diary on Battlefront 2. Here's an excerpt:

That statement didn?t really sink in for me until I saw it in the trailer projected on the LucasArts big screen at E3. I watched along with hundreds of gamers that had gathered around like moths to the fanboy flame. This was no ordinary game trailer; it was an overture to the finale of a great space opera. See, E3 this year also happened to fall on the same date of another E3? the movie premiere of Star Wars Episode 3. That?s when it really hits. At that moment, the epic Star Wars saga that has hovered over my entire life has transcended from big screen to reality. Somehow I was a part of bringing this excitement to the legions of Star Wars fans. Hi, my name is Phillip Hong and I?m one of the producers at Pandemic Studios working on Star Wars Battlefront II.

There are a handful of Pandemic producers dedicated to Star Wars Battlefront II. They are Chris Williams, Dave Baker, myself, and Jim Tso, who is the Senior Producer on the project. All of us, along with the majority of the Battlefront II team, worked on the original Star Wars Battlefront. We?re really honored that LucasArts has given us the opportunity to expand the Star Wars Battlefront franchise into exciting new areas.

We?re putting in space combat with ships that you can board and fight in. We?ve added a bunch of playable Jedi that you activate as a reward for objectives you complete. We?ve designed an engaging single player campaign that?s based on the 501st Legion (the Star Wars uber-fans that dress up as stormtroopers). We?re also taking you to the battles of Episode 3; so the major battle scenes that had only minutes of screen time can be played for hours and hours. Star Wars Battlefront II is practically an encyclopedia on Star Wars covering the wide range of action you?ve seen from Ep 1 to Ep 6. In addition Battlefront II is releasing on PS2, Xbox, PC, and PSP; and will be localized in multiple languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese.