“Normally when you see the Empire on planets in Star Wars so far, there’s a lot of occupation and a lot of force used to get onto those planets,” said Steve Blank, a creative executive at Lucasfilm. The Imperial rule on Vardos is also described as “peaceful” because the planet is willingly under the Empire’s control. “Vardos was actually brought into the Empire by Iden’s father,” said the writer of Inferno Squad’s novel, Christie Golden, during the Battlefront II reveal. Brand new to the Star Wars saga, this planet has deep ties to the Empire. The Imperial planet Vardos is the homeworld of Iden Versio, the protagonist of Battlefront II’s campaign and commander of the Inferno Squad. Battlefront II Vardos concept art ( Source).
