OK, let's just leave Battlefront somewhere there and stay with The Old Republic.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game by BioWare. This being a BioWare game, there is a huge emphasis on the story. The game is set in time 350 years after the Exar Kun war, 300 years after the Knights of The Old Republic and more than 3 500 years before Episode IV.
There are two factions, The Republic + The Jedi and The Sith empire.
Some of you seem to think TOR is only lightsabre hack & slash. This is definitely not the case. Player can of course be a lightsabre wielding Jedi or a Sith-inquisitor, but that's just a part of the game. You can join the republic army as a bad-ass Trooper with shiny armour and blaster rifle or fight for democracy and freedom as scruffy-looking nerf-herder.. no, I mean a Smuggler
And if you hate freedom and peace, you can play as a Sith warrior or an Imperial agent. And since some of you like Boba Fett, good news! You can also play as a Bounty hunter.
And yes, there will be droids. Maybe you can even purchase an astro-mech droid for your personal space ship.