Star Wars Battlefront looks so good that the first gameplay footage will break the Internet - according to the people who made it.

Star Wars Battlefront is a big deal. Even if EA phoned it in, the weight of the license and fan expectations would probably carry it home - and we've had no indication it hasn't thrown everything it has at the project.

The hype is almost certainly going to be through the roof when DICE finally unveils Star Wars Battlefront gameplay footage this week. But the developer isn't leaving anything to chance, whipping fans into a frenzy with a series of teases.

First up, here are some lovely shots from EA's Star Wars account. You can put them together for a whole image, as I've done above.

A photo posted by EA Star Wars (@eastarwars) on Apr 13, 2015 at 11:57am PDT

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A photo posted by EA Star Wars (@eastarwars) on Apr 13, 2015 at 12:20pm PDT

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Next, MP1st rounded up a number of tweets from DICE staffers suggesting the team is very, very confident in the product:

On the agenda next week: Break the Internet.

— Vincent V. Vukovic (@Vincent0K) April 12, 2015

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The destruction of the Internet: It will be as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in excitement. https://t.co/zmk1P9ANwD

— Christian Johannesén (@phatseejay) April 12, 2015

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I'm going to answer a question in advance: Yes, that is actually what the game looks like.

— Dennis Brännvall (@DICE_FireWall) April 2, 2015

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We know footage has been shown behind locked doors and even opened to external play testers. Alleged industry insider Tidux claims to have seen it, and was suitably imrpessed:

Omfg, #StarWarsBattlefront gameplay is just ridiculous. the internet will frikkin break

— Tidux (@Tidux) April 13, 2015

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just can not believe what I have just seen #StarWarsBattlefront

— Tidux (@Tidux) April 13, 2015

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Was there some sort of meeting where the phrase "break the Internet" was bandied about? Tune in later this week, assuming the world's largest network remains stable in the face of our undying interest in all things stellar and warlike.