<s>
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
II	I-Application
(	O
MBII	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
team-based	O
multiplayer	O
mod	O
for	O
the	O
2003	B-Application
third	O
and	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
game	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Knight	I-Application
:	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Academy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
mod	O
for	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Knight	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Outcast	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
two	O
teams	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
16	O
players	O
compete	O
either	O
to	O
complete	O
certain	O
objectives	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
eliminate	O
all	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
enemy	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
team-based	O
game	O
that	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
join	O
either	O
the	O
Lights	O
Side	O
of	O
the	O
Force	O
(	O
represented	O
by	O
the	O
Galactic	O
Republic	O
,	O
the	O
Rebel	O
Alliance	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
Resistance	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
)	O
or	O
the	O
Dark	O
Side	O
(	O
represented	O
by	O
the	O
Separatists/CIS	O
,	O
the	O
Galactic	O
Empire	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
First	O
Order	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lightsaber	O
combat	O
in	O
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
has	O
been	O
substantially	O
changed	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
to	O
games	O
like	O
Counter-Strike	B-Application
,	O
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
uses	O
an	O
objective	O
system	O
,	O
where	O
one	O
team	O
defends	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
one	O
attacks	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
objectives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
game	O
modes	O
in	O
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
II	I-Application
let	O
players	O
choose	O
between	O
multiple	O
character	O
classes	O
to	O
play	O
as	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
playing	O
as	O
Jedi	B-Application
or	O
Sith	O
,	O
players	O
can	O
also	O
customise	O
their	O
lightsaber	O
hilt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jedi	B-Application
/	O
Sith	O
-	O
Jedi	B-Application
and	O
their	O
Dark	O
Side	O
equivalent	O
,	O
Sith	O
,	O
can	O
use	O
lightsabers	O
and	O
the	O
Force	O
in	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jedi	B-Application
can	O
also	O
use	O
Force	O
Speed	O
and	O
Mind	O
Trick	O
,	O
while	O
Sith	O
can	O
use	O
Force	O
Choke	O
and	O
Lightning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBDs	O
can	O
also	O
have	O
several	O
unique	O
abilities	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
advanced	O
logic	O
(	O
making	O
them	O
immune	O
to	O
Jedi	B-Application
mind	O
tricks	O
)	O
,	O
advanced	O
targeting	O
(	O
giving	O
them	O
a	O
zoom-in	O
option	O
for	O
their	O
blasters	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
advanced	O
radar	O
(	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
see	O
enemies	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
HUD	O
when	O
in	O
low	O
power	O
mode	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	O
-	O
the	O
basic	O
game	O
mode	O
of	O
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
the	O
Jedi	B-Application
and	O
Sith	O
classes	O
are	O
playable	O
,	O
and	O
players	O
are	O
given	O
three	O
lives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
was	O
started	O
by	O
Richard	O
Hart	O
(	O
online	O
alias	O
RenegadeOfPhunk	O
)	O
in	O
2003	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
mixing	O
the	O
round	O
-	O
and	O
objective-based	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Counter-Strike	B-Application
with	O
the	O
lightsaber	O
and	O
gun	O
mechanics	O
of	O
Star	O
Wars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
mod	O
were	O
developed	O
for	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Knight	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Outcast	I-Application
,	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Jedi	B-Application
Knight	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
already	O
had	O
the	O
key	O
elements	O
of	O
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
in	O
it	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
modified	O
lightsaber	O
combat	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
man	O
standing	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mod	O
was	O
later	O
remade	O
for	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Knight	I-Application
:	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
Academy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spin-off	O
of	O
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
titled	O
The	O
New	O
Era	O
(	O
TNE	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
using	O
Source	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
which	O
would	O
have	O
allowed	O
for	O
improved	O
graphics	O
and	O
a	O
better	O
physics	O
engine	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
the	O
mod	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
closer	O
to	O
the	O
deathmatch	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
for	O
TNE	O
were	O
also	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
3	O
was	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
standalone	O
,	O
free	O
game	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
general	O
disinterest	O
among	O
developers	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
community	O
,	O
coupled	O
with	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
developers	O
willing	O
to	O
stay	O
on	O
board	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
begin	O
with	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
cancelled	O
after	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
developers	O
have	O
focused	O
on	O
expanding	O
and	O
improving	O
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
with	O
several	O
updates	O
being	O
released	O
every	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
Sky	O
News	O
mentioned	O
Movie	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
alongside	O
other	O
user-made	O
game	O
modifications	O
.	O
</s>
