Now at more than 4 million copies sold across all four available platforms (PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation Portable and PC), Star Wars Battlefront II was the No. 2 best-selling videogame of 2005, according to NPD Funworld. It?s also ? in less than three months of availability ? the new best-selling Star Wars game of all time. On Tuesday, January 31, LucasArts releases a large dose of premium content for owners of the Xbox version, downloadable via Xbox Live.

For only $4.99, Xbox players who purchase Battlefront II?s downloadable premium content gain two new playable hero characters (Jedi Kit Fisto and the evil Asajj Ventress) as well as four of their favorite maps from the original Star Wars Battlefront. Each of the downloadable maps ? including Yavin 4 (Arena), Bespin (Cloud City) and two on icy Rhen Var (Harbor and Citadel) ? boasts bonus modes of Conquest, Capture-the-Flag and Assault (a good-versus-evil hero free-for-all that includes the new characters and other heroes already in the game in one Force-ful battle royale). Assault modes have also been added to the preexisting maps on Coruscant, Mygeeto and Naboo, and Rhen Var?s Harbor map includes an additional Hunt mode featuring wampa ice creatures.




The new locations and heroes enable Star Wars fans to relive some of their favorite heroic confrontations, as well ? this time with entire armies backing them. On Bespin, Luke Skywalker takes on Darth Vader as seen in The Empire Strikes Back. Meanwhile, as depicted in Cartoon Network?s Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series, Anakin Skywalker goes up against Asajj Ventress in the jungles of Yavin 4. Count Dooku?s prot?g? even comes equipped with an exciting new weapon ? two lightsabers attached with a fibercord.

The breakdown of available heroes for the new maps is as follows:

Bespin: Cloud City (Conquest)

Rebel Alliance: Luke Skywalker

Empire: Darth Vader

Republic: Aayla Secura

Separatists: Asajj Ventress

Bespin: Cloud City (Capture the Flag)

Rebel Alliance: Han Solo

Galactic Empire: Darth Vader

Galactic Republic: Kit Fisto

Confederacy of Independent Systems: Asajj Ventress

Rhen Var: Citadel

Rebel Alliance: Han Solo

Galactic Empire: Boba Fett

Galactic Republic: Kit Fisto

Confederacy of Independent Systems: Darth Maul

Rhen Var: Harbor

Rebel Alliance: Chewbacca

Galactic Empire: Emperor Palpatine

Galactic Republic: Kit Fisto

Confederacy of Independent Systems: Asajj Ventress

Yavin: Temple

Rebel Alliance: Luke Skywalker

Galactic Empire: Boba Fett

Galactic Republic: Anakin Skywalker

Confederacy of Independent Systems: Asajj Ventress

To access this Xbox Live downloadable content, select the multiplayer menu option from the main menu on your Battlefront II disc. Once you are connected to Xbox Live, select Downloadable Content.