Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005)

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is a first/third person shooter developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts in 2005. The game is set between Episode II and VI. In the story you play as a clone trooper of the 501st Legion, starting in the battle of Geonosis and ending in the aftermath of the destruction of the first Death Star.

In the multiplayer you can decide for which faction/era you play in the many different gaming modes. Also you can not only play ground battles, but also intense space battles.

Where can I get it?
Nowadays, you can get a new copy of the game from GOG or Steam. It is also recommended to buy the Steam or GOG version, since it's got the multiplayer update.

Multiplayer after 2014?
The first few year after the Gamespy shutdown, you had to use a VPN-Client like Gameranger or Radmin. That changed with the 2018 patch for the Steam/GOG version. Now you can use the ingame multiplayer browser to host and find games.

Trivia
Playing as Han Solo, Imperial Troopers occasionally say, "Hey! Solo shot first! That's not fair!". Which is of course a reference to the original verion of Episode IV. Another Trooper line mentions Luke Skywalker.

The son (Jamie Glover) of the actor who plays General Veers (Julian Glover) gives the character his ingame voice.

A few of the voice actors of the clone wars series already spoke their characters ingame like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Count Dooku, Mace Windu.

The X-Box version of the game got a DLC with additional characters, vehicles and maps.

The game code still includes some lost content like unused voice overs, skins and older versions of vehicles.

What mods can you recommend?

 * Battlefront Ultimate Commander: includes many unique modes, new units/maps and a better AI
 * Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Remastered Project: a true remastering of the entire game
 * Star Wars: Battlefront 3 Legacy: an amazing recreation of the cancel Battlefront 3
 * UnOfficial 1.3 Patch: necessary for many mods

Links

 * Star Wars: Battlefront 2 - Discord
 * Star Wars: Battlefront 2 - ModDB