Trailer breakdown for Battlefront’s Rogue One: Scarif DLC

The full trailer for Battlefront’s Rogue One: Scarif contains a bevy of clues and hints for what we can expect of the expansion.

I figured it would be fun to take a deeper look at the trailer with some analysis and screenshots. Hopefully this will help pass the time until Season Pass holders can play the DLC next Tuesday, December 6! To keep things short, I’ll only post some new stuff I’ve found.

If you haven’t watched the trailer yet, head on over here before continuing on. It might also be helpful to check out some of the higher-quality images and videos from the expansion’s promo page.

Alright, let’s get to business!

The TIE Striker pick-up seems to function like when you activate a hero or flyable ship pick-up. I’m not really sure how aiming might work; I initially figured it might function like an Orbital Strike, but this might not be the case:

Shoretrooper possibly calling in a TIE Striker strafing run.

Strafing run from a TIE Striker.

There a two Rebel customizations shown in the trailer: a brand new outfit and then an outfit with a new cap, but the Tatooine body. It’s possible that the trailer was shot prior to the brand new outfit being fully complete. Other possible theories include that the different outfits may be map-specific on Scarif, or that one of them is now an unlockable skin:

Rebels with a Tatooine body and Scarif caps.

Jyn in front of a pair of Rebels wearing a Tatooine body with a Scarif cap.

The new mode, Infiltration, might work as follows (note the heavy emphasis on “might”; I could definitely be wrong):

• Stage 1: Space battle amongst wreckage and Star Destroyers above Scarif. Rebels must defeat the Imperials to allow the U-Wing to pass through the Shield Gate.
• Stage 2: U-Wing drops Rebels off on either the Scarif Jungle or Scarif Beach map (a random map is chosen like Battle Station’s second stage). The Rebels then must battle their way past a group of Walkers to get to Landing Pad 13. An Imperial Shuttle must also be destroyed.
• Stage 3: Always Landing Pad 13. Once here, the Rebels must then steal the Death Star plans.

U-Wing entering a space battle above Scarif (From a promo page video).

U-Wing in a space battle above Scarif. It appears as though there will be two Star Destroyers within the playable boundaries (From a promo page video).

U-Wing exiting the space battle above Scarif.

U-Wing preparing to go through the Shield Gate (From a promo page video).

U-Wing dropping off Rebels on Scarif’s surface.

Rebels entering a jungle.

An Imperial shuttle blowing up.

Most footage of what appears to be Landing Platform 13 seems later in the day.

Only one version of the shoretrooper is shown throughout the trailer—one with a red right-arm. This could indicate that the other varieties of shoretroopers won’t be seen in Battlefront:

Shoretrooper with the E-11.

Red-armed shoretrooper.

Shoretroopers are heavily featured in this trailer. However, you can see normal stormtroopers in various shots. I’m not sure it means anything (i.e., if stormtroopers are the default Scarif skin), but it is intriguing. Of course, note that normal stormtroopers were also present in the Outer Rim trailer, so things could change:

Regular stormtroopers spotted on Scarif.

Jyn’s baton (or truncheon) is an ability with limited use. From the footage, it can be used nine times. We don’t know for sure what her other abilities or trait may be just yet. However, it appears that one ability may involve the Sonic Imploder:

Jyn striking a shoretrooper with her truncheon.

Jyn also has a normal melee in addition to that baton ability:

Jyn using her melee on a shoretrooper.

We also get a close-up of her A180 in either blaster rifle mode or sniper rifle mode (note that this isn’t a new blaster; the grip is clearly the A180):

Close-up of Jyn’s A180 set into a secondary mode.

It looks like it might be in blaster mode.

Director Orson Krennic probably gets death troopers as bodyguards. They look like they carry a DLT-19:

Krennic with a pair of death troopers.

Just a cool shot of a death trooper.

Krennic has shield ability that might pertain to his trait. He also has something that relates to an R2 unit and another ability that looks like it could be called “Imperial Resources” (it appears to be a set of cards with the Imperial symbol):

Krennic using his shield.

This is a neat shot with a lot in it. First, the player is utilizing the gunner position on the U-Wing. Like the AT-AT, it’ll probably be on rails (which is referenced on the promo page). Next, it appears that this might be a top-down view of the Landing 13 map. Finally, the blue circle on the far left may just be the Sonic Imploder in action (shoutout to Owen Yard on Twitter for noticing the Sonic Imploder):

U-Wing gunner firing down upon Imperials. Notice how the Sonic Imploder differs from the Thermal Imploder currently in-game.

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