Hey. There is this new mod for Battlefield 2 coming out called "First Strike." In one of their recent interviews they mentioned something about heroes. Let me post an excerpt.
http://www.totalbf2.com/features/interviews/firststrike1.php)
TotalBF2: Speaking of the lightsaber and given other such Star Wars games that use this feature, is a Jedi player mode/class planned for First Strike?
Yes! However, please do not expect to see dozens of Jedi/Sith running around the screen as you would see in the Jedi Knight games. That would be very innacurate as most of the Jedi were wiped out by the Galactic Civil War era, and there were only two Sith. We are not planning to just include Jedi/Sith, but Heroes/Villains, and Bounty Hunters as well. These special classes (Jedi, Sith, Heroes, Villains, Bounty Hunters) will not be playable by everyone, but a few players on the map will be chosen to play the special class. So for example, on Hoth, we can have the Sith for the Empire as Darth Vader, the Villain for the Empire as General Veers, the Jedi for the Rebel Alliance as Luke Skywalker, and the Hero for the Rebel Alliance as Wedge Antilles. Obviously not everyone will be able to play them, but 4 players will be chosen to play these special classes. When one of the special classes dies, another player gets to control the special class. Depending on the map, there might be less or more than 4 special classes. So for example, the Tantive IV will have 2 special classes instead of 4, Princess Leia and Darth Vader. We have not determined how a person gets chosen for a special class, but it will probably be random.
Isn't that copying the hero feature from Battlefront 2? I think they're copying it. And also I don't think modifications can use copyrighted Star Wars names such as Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker can they? I thought all mods are forbidden to use copyrighted characters. By the way this is the mod's website.
http://www.totalbf2.com/firststrike/)
Your thoughts on this please.