Apparently, LucasArts has signed up Slant Six, developers of the SOCOM series, to make an online-only Star Wars Battlefront game. It's also apparently the source of voice actor rumours and of the "Battlefront IV" artwork that's appeared over the past couple of months.
Kotaku has a report on it. (http://kotaku.com/5458570/rumor-socom-devs-working-on-star-wars-battlefront-online)
Personally, I'd be highly disappointed and of course I would not be getting an online-only game.
Discuss.
I'm afraid I have already posted this:
http://www.mpcgamers.com/smf/index.php?topic=1681.0