Appearances

An Appearance is a type of cosmetic in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront and Star Wars Battlefront II that determines the look of the player's character. Appearances are based on and inspired by outfits and armor worn by characters in the Star Wars universe. In Battlefront and Battlefront II, Appearances are purchased with Credits.

Overview
In Star Wars Battlefront, players have a separate character in the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire whose head and outfit they can customize with head and body Appearances.

Head and body Appearances can be bought with Credits. More head and body Appearances become available for purchase as the player increases in Rank.

The player can mix-and-match heads and outfits to create their own unique character, but some head options can only be used on certain outfits and by certain factions. The Rebels can choose from a total of 67 human heads and eight alien head options. A majority of these head options can be used with any of the four Rebel outfits. For the Galactic Empire, the player can select 18 different heads for their Imperial character if they are using the Death Star Trooper or Imperial Officer outfits. Outfits such as the Scout Trooper and Shock Trooper are helmeted and thus only allow the player to choose if their trooper is male or female.

History
At launch, the character customization system was more limited. It did not allow for the use of different heads with different outfits. Players could only customize their Rebel or Imperial character by changing the head on the faction default outfit. For the Imperials, this system allowed for "helmet-less stormtroopers", or stormtroopers that did not have a helmet on. At the time, the only unlockable body outfits for the Empire were the Scout Trooper and Shadow Trooper; they did not have helmet-less options. The Rebels did not have any additional outfits.

The Outer Rim Update added the Weequay head Appearance for the Rebels that changed the head of their Rebel soldier to that of a male Weequay.

The Bespin Update added the Shock Trooper outfit as a customization option for the Galactic Empire and the Bespin Wing Guard outfit for the Rebel Alliance. The Wing Guard was the first outfit added for the Rebels. At this point, the customization system still did not allow for dynamic pairings of different heads with outfits. For the Rebels, this meant that when players selected the Bespin Wing Guard outfit, the human face would always be that of Human 8. The Bespin Wing Guard outfit highlighted the limits of the old customization system: an outfit that featured a visible human face would make multiple players with the same outfit look like clones of each other.

The customization system was greatly expanded with the subsequent Death Star Update, which added the ability for players to pair different heads with different outfits. This new customization system allowed for the Bespin Wing Guard to exist as a body Appearance that could be paired with any of the heads that the player has unlocked (such as Human 1 or the Zabrak). The Death Star Update also added more outfits for the Rebel Alliance, including the X-Wing Pilot and the Rebel Officer body Appearances. The Empire also received the Pauldron Stormtrooper, Death Star Trooper, and Imperial Officer outfits. With the increase in customization options for the Empire, the option for the player to be a helmet-less stormtrooper was removed in this update.

On October 31, 2016, the Cybernetic Female head Appearance was made available to all players for free via a server-side update, having been originally added to the game in the Bespin Update.

The Rogue One: Scarif Update added the final skin to the game: the Shoretrooper Captain body Appearance for the Empire, unlocked at Rank 100.

Overview
In Battlefront II, there are Appearances for both the four trooper classes&mdash;Assault, Heavy, Officer, and Specialist&mdash;as well as most heroes and villains. Appearances can include different human heads and alien species for soldiers and iconic outfits and armors worn by the troopers and characters in the Star Wars canon. Legendary Appearances, the rarest and most expensive of Appearances, can also change other parts of a hero or villain, such as their voice, to match their appearance. Appearances are the only items in the game that can be unlocked with Crystals, though they can also be purchased with Credits at a higher amount. You can also get all appearances (not including pre-ordered skins and event skins) with the Celebration Edition of Battlefront II.

Appearances come in five tiers, the first four in order of rarity and cost: Common, the cheapest at 5,000 Credits or 150 Crystals with only small changes to the trooper or hero, at 20,000 Credits or 500 Crystals,  at 40,000 Credits or 1,000 Crystals, and, with the rarest and most expensive skins due to their extensive changes, at 80,000 Credits or 2,000 Crystals. A fifth tier,, was later added and is tied to Appearances that can only be unlocked exclusively during certain in-game special events, and thus cannot be purchased with Credits or Crystals.

Hero and Villain Appearances

 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Jedi Knight
 * Jedi Robes
 * General Skywalker
 * Chewbacca
 * Wookiee Smuggler
 * Wounded
 * Vandor Heist
 * Count Dooku
 * Sith Lord
 * Dark Ritual
 * Exquisite Pajamas
 * Darth Maul
 * Sith Apprentice
 * Old Master
 * Emperor Palpatine
 * Emperor
 * Sith Eternal
 * Finn
 * Big Deal
 * Resistance Hero
 * General Grievous
 * Jedi Hunter
 * Battle Damaged
 * Shattered Armor
 * Han Solo
 * Captain
 * Smuggler
 * Hoth
 * Endor
 * Yavin Ceremony
 * Beckett's Crew
 * Corellia Escape
 * Iden Versio
 * Special Forces
 * Commander
 * Kylo Ren
 * Masked
 * Unmasked
 * Scarred
 * Supreme Leader
 * Reforged
 * Lando Calrissian
 * General
 * Administrator
 * Skiff
 * Professional "Sportsman"
 * Raconteur
 * Leia Organa
 * Adventure
 * Hoth
 * Endor
 * Boushh
 * Princess
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Jedi
 * Hoth
 * Yavin Ceremony
 * Farmboy
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Jedi Master
 * Jedi Robes
 * General Kenobi
 * Rey
 * Scavenger
 * Jedi Training
 * Ahch-To
 * Jedi
 * Resilient
 * Rey Skywalker
 * Yoda
 * Grand Master
 * Hooded

Assault

 * Galactic Republic
 * 104th Battalion (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 181st Armored Division (Phase II )
 * 212th Attack Battalion (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 212th Recon Division
 * 327th Star Corps (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 41st Elite Corps (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 41st Ranger Platoon (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 41st Scout Battalion
 * 501st Legion (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 87th Sentinel Corps (Phase II )
 * 91st Recon Corps (Phase I, Phase II )
 * Coruscant Guard (Phase I, Phase II )


 * Separatists
 * Geonosis
 * Pilot
 * Jungle
 * Training


 * Rebel Alliance
 * Human Rebel 01
 * Human Rebel 02
 * Sullustan Rebel 01
 * Nikto Rebel 01


 * Galactic Empire
 * Default Appearance
 * Snowtrooper
 * Shoretrooper
 * Resistance
 * Human Resistance 01
 * Human Resistance 02
 * Sullustan Resistance 01
 * Nikto Resistance 01
 * First Order
 * Default Appearance
 * Snowtrooper

Heavy

 * Galactic Republic
 * 104th Battalion (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 181st Armored Division (Phase II )
 * 212th Attack Battalion (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 212th Recon Division
 * 327th Star Corps (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 41st Elite Corps (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 41st Ranger Platoon (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 41st Scout Battalion
 * 501st Legion (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 87th Sentinel Corps (Phase II )
 * 91st Recon Corps (Phase I, Phase II )
 * Coruscant Guard (Phase I, Phase II )


 * Separatists
 * Geonosis
 * Pilot
 * Jungle
 * Training


 * Rebel Alliance
 * Human Rebel 01
 * Human Rebel 02
 * Quarren Rebel 01
 * Zabrak Rebel 01
 * Weequay Rebel 01


 * Galactic Empire
 * Default Appearance
 * Sandtrooper
 * Snowtrooper
 * Shoretrooper
 * Resistance
 * Human Resistance 01
 * Human Resistance 02
 * Quarren Resistance 01
 * Zabrak Resistance 01
 * Weequay Resistance 01

Officer

 * Galactic Republic
 * 104th Battalion (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 181st Armored Division (Phase II )
 * 212th Attack Battalion (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 212th Recon Division
 * 327th Star Corps (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 41st Elite Corps (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 41st Ranger Platoon (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 41st Scout Battalion
 * 501st Legion (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 87th Sentinel Corps (Phase II )
 * 91st Recon Corps (Phase I, Phase II )
 * Coruscant Guard (Phase I, Phase II )
 * Navy Officer


 * Separatists
 * Geonosis
 * Pilot
 * Jungle
 * Training


 * Rebel Alliance
 * Human Rebel 01
 * Human Rebel 02
 * Rodian Rebel 01
 * Duros Rebel 01
 * Abednedo Rebel 01


 * Galactic Empire
 * Human Imperial 01
 * Human Imperial 02
 * Human Imperial 03
 * Human Imperial 04
 * Human Imperial 05
 * Shoretrooper


 * Resistance
 * Human Resistance 01
 * Human Resistance 02
 * Rodian Resistance 01
 * Duros Resistance 01
 * Abednedo Resistance 01


 * First Order
 * Human First Order 01
 * Human First Order 02
 * Human First Order 03
 * Human First Order 04
 * Human First Order 05

Specialist

 * Galactic Republic
 * 104th Battalion (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 181st Armored Division (Phase II )
 * 212th Attack Battalion (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 212th Recon Division
 * 327th Star Corps (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 41st Elite Corps (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 41st Ranger Platoon (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 41st Scout Battalion
 * 501st Legion (Phase I, Phase II )
 * 87th Sentinel Corps (Phase II )
 * 91st Recon Corps (Phase I, Phase II )
 * Coruscant Guard (Phase I, Phase II )


 * Separatists
 * Geonosis
 * Pilot
 * Jungle
 * Training


 * Rebel Alliance
 * Human Rebel 01
 * Human Rebel 02
 * Human Rebel 03
 * Human Rebel 04
 * Twi'lek Rebel 01
 * Mirialan Rebel 01
 * Aqualish Rebel 01
 * Zabrak Rebel 01


 * Galactic Empire
 * Default Appearance
 * Shoretrooper
 * Resistance
 * Human Resistance 01
 * Human Resistance 02 (Common)
 * Human Resistance 03
 * Human Resistance 04
 * Twi'lek Resistance 01
 * Mirialan Resistance 01
 * Aqualish Resistance 01
 * Zabrak Resistance 01

Aerial

 * Galactic Republic
 * Jet Trooper
 * Default Appearance
 * Legacy Default (Phase I)
 * Legacy Default (Phase II)
 * Galactic Empire
 * Rocket Trooper
 * Default Appearance
 * Commander
 * Legacy Appearance

Enforcer

 * Galactic Republic
 * Clone Commando
 * Default Appearance
 * Urban Fighter
 * Jungle Striker
 * Wookiee Warrior
 * Default Appearance
 * Legacy Appearance


 * Separatists
 * Droideka
 * Default Appearance
 * Training

Infiltrator

 * Galactic Republic
 * ARC Trooper
 * Default Appearance
 * Lambent Seeker
 * Cobalt Hero
 * Umbra Operative


 * Separatists
 * Commando Droid
 * Default Appearance
 * Captain
 * Citadel
 * Diplomat
 * Training

Trivia

 * Character customization was a major feature in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront, though purchasable skins were not publicly reintroduced into their sequel, Star Wars Battlefront II, until the 2.0 Patch.
 * Prior to the 2.0 Patch, which featured the progression and economies update, some skins were obtained through timed challenges and milestones.
 * Appearances are one of the only few items in the game that can be unlocked with the premium currency, Crystals. They are also not available in Loot Crates but instead are purchased directly. Other cosmetics, those being emotes and Victory Poses, can also be unlocked with Crystals.
 * At launch, when there were little to no Appearances for the various trooper classes, a mod allowed players to equip unreleased Appearances found in the game files, such as various Clone Trooper legions, that were hidden by accessing the, at the time, secret Appearances menu. The method that the mod used to access the secret menu was, however, patched in the 1.0 Patch.
 * Before the Battle on Scarif Update, Ben Walke hinted on Twitter that more Dark Side appearances were coming to Battlefront II. These came in the form of the Old Master appearance for Darth Maul and the Sith Eternal appearance for Emperor Palpatine.