User blog comment:Alienation999/READ THIS. THIS IS REGARDING THE NEWER ARTICLES./@comment-2129700-20151124021325

As Anakin stated below, this is a complete relaunch of the franchise, and a lot has changed. The Rebellion games, however, aren't too different from the original two games when it comes to core game mechanics, aside from character customization, of course. Hell, they even use many of the same 3D models.