Is Star Wars battlefront 3 the same as Star Wars elite squadron

Well, yes and no. Star Wars Battlefront will have four incarnations, 1, 2, Rogue Squadron, and Elite Squadron. There technically is no "Battlefront 3", because Rogue Squadron and Elite Squadron are not for the major gaming consoles (as in unportable) and therefore Lucas arts does not consider them as Battlefront 3, merely side projects or expansions if you will. That guy has it mostly right, but "Battlefront 3", the would be Lucasarts project, in some of the "leaked" footage you can find on youtube, looks alot like Elite Squadron gamplay on steroids.