Just look at the original Star Wars trilogy: you’ll notice that when Leia shoots at stormtroopers, she kills them quickly. That said, she’s got a lot of offensive output as well. Furthermore, players spawning close to her will spawn as Alderaan Honor Guards. It’s clear that Leia is a leader, so in Star Wars Battlefront she’s very much about support play, buffing team members, and holding positions. Leia was trickier in that regard since she doesn’t have a specific, favorite weapon, so we had to represent her in another way. Doing that is more straightforward with characters wielding Lightsabers and Force abilities it’s obvious how to build gameplay around those things. Our goal for all the Hero characters has been to capture their essence and spirit from the original Star Wars film trilogy, and then convey that through gameplay. We can all remember moments when her quick-thinking blaster fire helped the Rebels out of trouble.
Leia is a character that succeeds through her fearless, strategic mind.
