Sideshow 'Revenge of the Jedi' Diorama Preview

Just a reminder that Sideshow Collectibles' 'Revenge of the Jedi' Polystone Diorama will be available for priority pre-order through the Sideshow Newsletter on Thursday, December 2nd (typically between 6PM and 7PM Pacific). To whet your appetite, Sideshow has posted the product image gallery a bit early!

Shipping From Dark Horse This Week

Arriving at your local comic shop this week is Star Wars: The Old Republic #6 from Dark Horse Comics. Can't wait to read it? Well then check out Dark Horse's website for a preview to tide you over!

Irvin Kershner Remembered at StarWars.com

In memory of the late Irvin Kershner, director of The Empire Strikes Back, StarWars.com has posted a pair of tribute stories. First, George Lucas shares his thoughts on working with Kershner. Second, there's a reposting of a recent interview with the director from the August/September 2010 issue of Star Wars Insider magazine.

More Williams-Sonoma Star Wars Products

New at Williams-Sonoma is a pair of Star Wars Cupcake Decorating Kits. For $12.00, you can choose either the Rebel Alliance or Galactic Empire to adorn your cupcakes. In addition, there's a nifty Star Wars Apron that comes in adult or kid sizes to wear while you bake!

On Sale This Week at Toys R Us

This week at Toys R Us, you'll find a great "2-for-$9.99" deal on the Clone Wars and Saga Legends basic figure lines. Once again, the sale does not appear to include the Vintage Collection but I'm sure someone somewhere will convince a TRU employee that it does.

On Sale This Week at Walmart

This week at Walmart, you'll find all three basic figure lines on sale for just $6 each. Maybe not as cheap as the TRU sale (above), but the sale includes the Vintage Collection and Clone Wars Waves 4 and 5 have been turning up at Walmart, so it may be the better stop this week.

On Sale This Week at Target

Following up on Hasbro's press release from last week, Target's Vintage Collection Collector 9-Pack (087-06-1620) hits stores today. In fact, it's featured in the Target ad this week. Click on the thumbnail to check out the ad and good luck to all those heading out to buy one!

Star Wars: The Old Republic - Inhabitants Update

LucasArts has updated the Inhabitants section of the Star Wars: The Old Republic website. Click on over to check out five more galactic inhabitants that will entertain and challenge you in-game.

Another Excerpt from Star Wars: Red Harvest

For those fans of the Star Wars & Horror mash-ups, The Official Star Wars Website has posted another excerpt from Red Harvest from Del Rey Books. Click on over to check out Chapter Four of the book, which is due in out in hardcover in December.

Star Wars Action News - Podcast # 272 Available

Star Wars Action News has posted their latest podcast episode, their yearly Star Wars Black Friday and Holiday Shopping Guide. In this episode, the SWAN team rounds up the Star Wars toy and video game sales in stores and online this weekend and then offers up their thoughts on Star Wars Holiday gift ideas.

Sideshow Give-Away - 12" Blackhole Stormtrooper!

Sideshow Collectibles is giving collectors a chance to win an awesome Star Wars prize during their Black and White Friday event! Follow the link to learn how you can be one of two lucky winners of a Sideshow exclusive 12" Blackhole Stormtrooper!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers and good luck to all you brave souls planning on shopping tomorrow! Don't forget to check out all the Black Friday Ads tonight to plan your trip.

More Williams-Sonoma Star Wars Pancake Molds

Williams-Sonoma is now offering another set of Star Wars Pancake Molds. For $19.95, you get a set of three molds - X-Wing, Millennium Falcon, and Vader's TIE Fighter. In addition to the new molds, they've also got a new Darth Vader Spatula. Nothing says breakfast fun like Star Wars!

Drawing the Clone Wars: Ahsoka Tano's New Look

All the aspiring artists out there can head on over to StarWars.com for a lesson on how to draw Ahsoka Tano's new look from the latest episode of The Clone Wars animated series! Star Wars illustrator Grant Gould explains how with an easy-to-follow step by step process.

Star Wars Soundboards Update - Droids

The Official Star Wars Website has added thirty sound clips of the droids in the Star Wars Universe to the Star Wars Soundboards. Follow the link and have some fun mixing and mashing the sounds of your favorite droids!

JediDefender's "Collect All 92" - Cloud Car Pilot

Scott has posted another new entry in JediDefender's Collect All 92! forum. Click on over to check out the comparison pics for the first figure from Bespin, the Creamsicle decoed Cloud Car Pilot!

Sideshow 'Revenge of the Jedi' Diorama Announced

Sideshow Collectibles has posted a new teaser image to announce the pre-order details for the 'Revenge of the Jedi' Polystone Diorama. Priority Pre-Ordering will begin Thursday, December 2nd, with the launch of the weekly Sideshow Newsletter!

Clone Wars: Air Strike Mini-Game

StarWars.com has posted a new Clone Wars mini-game to the site's game section. Clone Wars: Air Strike allows you to take control of a heavily armed Republic Gunship as you wage war against a storm of Separatist invaders over Felucia!

Shipping From Dark Horse This Week

Arriving at your local comic shop this week is Star Wars: Blood Ties #4 from Dark Horse Comics. Can't wait to read it? Well then check out Dark Horse's website for a preview to tide you over!

Hasbro Star Wars Q&A - Session 32

On October 29th, we sent our thirty-second batch of questions to Hasbro to once again take part in their Star Wars Question and Answer sessions. Today, we've got the answers to our two questions!

1) What happened to the Vintage Collection Yoda that was shown this summer? He was shown with the RotJ wave, but hasn't been listed in any of the case assortments for either the RotJ wave or the AotC wave. Was he postponed into 2011 like Wedge or was he dropped altogether?

** We actually pulled him out of the waves to redo the card art to be reflective of the Senate Battle Yoda from Episode III that we first envisioned. He will find his way back into the line in early '11.

2) Ooh look - Han! We were happy to hear that our favorite made the cut for 2011 Wave 1. Then, we were a bit sad when we saw what we were getting... it's just the recent Death Star Escape Han with a different belt and a medal. Why no leg strap for the holster? Why no upgrade to the torso to give us a screen-accurate buttoned-up shirt? We appreciate the effort to give us a 'new' Han, but we have to admit that we're a little disappointed with the end result.

** Sorry that the end-result did not measure up to what you had hoped to see for this figure. We cannot get to all of the tooling we want to every year, and we felt we could do a great version of Medal Ceremony Han with the tooling we had available.

Target's Vintage Collection Collector 9-Pack

Hasbro's Derryl DePriest has passed along a note to share with our readers regarding Target's Vintage Collection Collector 9-Pack, which will hit shelves this weekend!

"It's a very exciting time for Star Wars as the extraordinary Target exclusive Vintage
9-pack will be going on sale soon (Nov. 28th). There are two important things to note with this set. First, this set will be more limited than some of our other recent exclusives. Second, Target (and we) are so excited about the Vintage collection overall and these 3-packs that we have decided to keep this "collection within a collection" idea going at Target. Another wave of three 3-packs will be coming in Spring and like these, they follow the Vintage character lineups. We think this an exciting development, and thanks to Target's support, hopefully fans will be treated to even more in this series. Thanks again for the support and be sure to get to Target soon.
Happy Holidays - the Hasbro Star Wars team."

Entertainment Earth's Black Friday Early Bird Deals

Entertainment Earth is now offering a few Early Bird deals to kick off their Black Friday 2010 Sale! In addition to the sale, EE is offering free shipping for all orders of in-stock items totaling $99.00 or more until December 8th!

Clone Wars "Army of the Republic" Battle Pack Revealed

Entertainment Earth has updated their site with a pre-order for a new Clone Wars Army of the Republic Battle Pack. It's not 100% clear what is included in the set, but it looks like Clones and/or Droids. Look for this one to ship in early 2011.

On Sale This Week at K-Mart

This week at K-Mart, you'll find a fantastic deal on Star Wars figures. All three of the basic figure lines are "Buy One, Get One Free"! In addition to Star Wars, you'll also find the same deal on 3.75" Iron Man 2, Spider-Man, and GI Joe figures. The sale only lasts through Wednesday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

On Sale This Week at Toys R Us

This week at Toys R Us, you'll find a "2 for $10.99" deal on the Clone Wars and Saga Legends basic figure lines. The sale does not appear to include the Vintage Collection, but I'm sure someone somewhere will convince a TRU employee that it does. Again, a reminder that the sale only lasts through Wednesday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Mail-Away Rocket Fett Now Arriving Double-Boxed

Hasbro's Vintage Collection Rocket Firing Boba Fett mail-away figure is once again arriving in mailboxes across the country. The even better news is that the Fetts are now being shipped double-boxed in an effort to help them arrive safely. Hopefully the improvements mean we'll be hearing less reports of figures arriving damaged!

EE Exclusive Comic Packs Reveal a Lost Opportunity

Adam Pawlus over at Galactic Hunter has posted a bit of info on a previously unannounced Star Wars Comic Pack. Sure the line is probably dead now, but it's a nice peek at what could have been one of the sets we'd be buying if it had continued!

Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG Update

LucasArts has updated the Star Wars: The Old Republic website with a new Studio Insider article. Click on over for a look at the creation process for the Flesh Raiders, as well as answers to some of the questions posted in the game's official forums.

Another Excerpt from Star Wars: Red Harvest

For those fans of the Star Wars & Horror mash-ups, The Official Star Wars Website has posted another excerpt from Red Harvest from Del Rey Books. Click on over to check out Chapter Three of the book, which is due in out in hardcover in December.

New Gentle Giant Pre-Orders at Entertainment Earth

Entertainment Earth has updated their website with pre-orders for two new Star Wars products.

The Aurra Sing Mini Bust retails for $67.99 and is expected to ship in May 2011.
The Clone Wars Pre Vizsla Animated Maquette retails for $84.99 and is, you guessed it, expected to ship in May 2011.

JediDefender's "Collect All 92" - Zuckuss

Scott has posted another new entry in JediDefender's Collect All 92! forum. Click on over to check out the comparison pics for the final ESB bounty hunter, 4-LOM... er, wait - I mean Zuckuss!

Sideshow Darth Sidious Legendary Bust Pre-Order

Sideshow Collectibles is now taking pre-orders for the Darth Sidious Legendary Scale Bust! Click here to pre-order your evil Palpatine bust or click here to take advantage of the FLEXpay option.

New Clone Wars 2-Packs Coming to Target

The gang at Sandtroopers.com have posted what appears to be a preview of two more Clone Wars Episode 2-Packs coming to Target. Based on the Second Battle of Geonosis episodes, the wave includes a Special Ops Clone Trooper & Geonosian Drone set and an ARF Trooper Waxer & Battle Droid set. No word yet on when they'll hit Target.

Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner Released

THQ Wireless has announced the release of Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner for iPhone 3GS and 4, iPod Touch 4G and iPad. The game, which is available for download on iTunes for $4.99, features the option of switching between rendered backgrounds and AR scenery from your device's camera.

New Exclusive Comic Packs at Entertainment Earth

Entertainment Earth has started shipping the first batch of their exclusive Legacy Collection Comic Packs - Baron Fel & Ysanne Isard, Darth Nihl & Deliah Blue, Jarael & Rohlan Dyre, and Jaster Mareel & Montross. The packs are available individually, in sets of four, or cases of eight and should be listed as "in-stock" soon!

A New Look for The Clone Wars Heroes

Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka are all getting new outfits beginning with Heroes on Both Sides, this week's all new episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network. The new character models were designed to get the characters a step closer to the looks we see in Revenge of the Sith.

Drawing the Clone Wars: Sy Snootles

All the aspiring artists out there can head on over to StarWars.com for a lesson on how to draw the infamous Sy Snootles from Season Three of The Clone Wars animated series! Star Wars illustrator Jessica Hickman explains how with an easy-to-follow step by step process.

Clone Wars Fall 2010 Wave 5 Found at Retail

Wave 19 (aka Fall 2010 Wave 5) of the Clone Wars basic figure line has started to hit Walmart stores across the country. The wave includes four new figures - Undead Geonosian, Clone Trooper Draa, Quinlan Vos, and Cato Parasiti. Note that Clone Commander Jet (CW36), who was originally scheduled for this wave, doesn't seem to be shipping yet.

Star Wars Action News - Podcast # 271 Available

Star Wars Action News has posted their latest podcast episode entitled The Whole Galaxy In Your Hands. In this episode, the SWAN team looks forward to the potential early Black Friday deals at retail right now and offers up a review of the Uncle Milton Death Star planetarium.

2010 Vintage Collection Wave 3 Hits Retail

Wave 3 of the Vintage Collection figure line has been found at Target stores in the USA. The wave includes seven new figures from Return of the Jedi - Gamorrean Guard, Admiral Ackbar, Jedi Luke Skywalker, Wooof, Rebel Commando, R2-D2, and Wicket. Note that Wedge Antilles and Yoda, who were originally planned for Wave 3, have been delayed to 2011.

Entertainment Earth's Pre-Black Friday 2010 Sale - Week 2

Entertainment Earth is now running their Pre-Black Friday Sale! Items added for Week 2 of the sale include a couple of Clone Wars Deluxe Vehicle & Figure sets and some Gentle Giant Bust-Ups. In addition to the sale, EE is offering free shipping for all orders of in-stock items totaling $99.00 or more until December 8th!

Clone Wars Fall 2010 Wave 4 Found at Retail

Wave 18 (aka Fall 2010 Wave 4) of the Clone Wars basic figure line has hit Target stores across the USA. The wave includes five new figures - Mandalorian Warrior, R4-P17 (Obi-Wan's Astromech), Shaak Ti, Boba Fett, and Embo.

EA and LucasArts Join Forces on Star Wars: The Old Republic

Electronic Arts (EA) and Lucasfilm have issued a press release to announce an updated global publishing agreement between the two for the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG. With the new agreement, certain publishing, marketing and distribution responsibilities will shift from LucasArts to EA so they can be centralized for efficiency.

VC13 Anakin Skywalker Darth Vader Cardback

The gang at Yakface have a nice shot of the new "Darth Vader" card variant for the Vintage Anakin Skywalker from the Revenge of the Sith wave. Click on over to their Facebook site for the pic, which also gives us our first look at the cards for some of the Vintage Wave 5 figures!

Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG Update

LucasArts has updated the Star Wars: The Old Republic website with a look at the Crew Skills system. Crew Skills are a unique approach to a crafting system, built to suit the tastes of a broad range of players and to maximize your time spent adventuring! Follow the link for all the details.

Essential Atlas Extra: The Knight Errant Gazetteer

StarWars.com has posted another update to the Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion. The update serves as a companion to the Star Wars: Knight Errant comic series by introducing the setting and Star Wars history relevant for the series.

Another Excerpt from Star Wars: Red Harvest

For those fans of the Star Wars & Horror mash-ups, The Official Star Wars Website has posted another excerpt from Red Harvest from Del Rey Books. Click on over to check out Chapter Two of the book, which is due in out in hardcover in December.

The Clone Wars: The Valsedian Operation - Part 7

The Clone Wars online comic is back for Season Three of the animated series. Click on over to check out what Obi-Wan and Anakin are up to in Part 7 of The Clone Wars: The Valsedian Operation.

Sideshow Darth Sidious Legendary Bust Announced

Sideshow Collectibles has posted a new teaser image to announce their upcoming Darth Sidious Legendary Scale Bust. Priority Pre-Ordering will begin Thursday, November 18th, with the launch of the weekly Sideshow Newsletter! Look for a product preview early next week!

Dark Horse Star Wars for February 2011 and Beyond

StarWars.com has posted details on the Dark Horse comics scheduled to hit comic shops in February 2011 and beyond. Head on over for all the details and cover images!