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EA Star Wars Twitter account has been answering/confirming questions today, MakingStarWars.net rounded them up -
http://makingstarwars.net/2015/08/lots- ... red-today/
- Character customization includes males and females.
- Twi’leks, Sullustans, Zabraks, Quarrens & more are racial options.
- You can choose Empire or Rebellion as a your faction.
- At launch they will have 12 maps total.
- A few weeks later in December, Jakku will add two more maps making a total of 14 maps very quickly after the game’s release.
- The AT-AT will march towards its goal, but you can control the AT-AT’s weapons and you can call orbital strikes.
- EA will be revealing more player heroes and villains soon.
- Ships will include X-wings, A-wings, TIE Fighters, TIE Interceptors with 20 players online.
- Battlefront missions will be online and offline play. But multiplayer maps will be online only.
- Microsoft will offer digital pre-orders for the game a bit closer to launch.