EA video editor teases Battlefront II reveal as their “biggest trailer” ever

by Jared · April 2, 2017

Boba Fett in the Battlefront reveal trailer from 2015.

A trailer hasn’t even been released and the hype for EA’s Battlefront II is already building.

Randy Evans, who is a Senior Video & Media Director/Editor at DICE, just tweeted:

This is without question the biggest trailer we've ever produced. May the hype be with you. #StarWarsBattlefrontII pic.twitter.com/MM8BPAjCZr

— Randy Evans (@killat0n_) April 2, 2017

Fellow media team member Luke Mathews replied with:

Hype train be doing the choo choo thingy 🙂 https://t.co/Kg43A4h5Kd

— Luke Mathews (@Floppy_Ragdoll) April 2, 2017

EA has already confirmed that the Battlefront II reveal trailer will arrive on April 15 at Star Wars Celebration. The game itself is slated for a holiday release later this year (roughly November to December).

For Evans’ words to come true, Battlefront II has a tall order—based on YouTube numbers anyways.

Last year’s Battlefield 1 trailer—which Evans also worked on—has racked up nearly 53 million views since it was released last May. It also has a whopping 2 million likes to only 40,000 dislikes. According to TechnoBuffalo, that trailer was the most watch video game trailer of 2016, beating out Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s reveal by roughly 14 million views.

EA’s first Battlefront didn’t have shabby numbers itself when it came to trailers. However, Battlefront II needs to double the effort if it’s to come close to Battlefield 1’s numbers. The Walker Assault multiplayer gameplay trailer from E3 2015 clocked in at 25 million views, while the 2015 Battlefront reveal pulled in 23 million.

Evans previously teased the Battlefront II trailer in February with this tweet:

Today we our off to do some mocap for a very big upcoming trailer. @Floppy_Ragdoll seen here pondering the ways of the force. pic.twitter.com/gPCYByXTnK

— Randy Evans (@killat0n_) February 23, 2017

I speculated that Evans was likely teasing the Battlefront sequel’s trailer with the above tweet and—with the recent happenings—it surely was the case.

For those who can’t wait for the Battlefront II trailer, here’s the trailer that debuted at Celebration in 2015 for EA’s first Battlefront game to tide you over: