Our friends from Imperial Shipyards have asked us to get our readers to partcipate in getting back Karen Traviss to finish the Republic Commandos novels via a petition. One of the best EU writers of our time, we think this is a worthwhile cause. Click through for more information.

Clearance seems to be taking center stage for Star Wars collectors and we want our readers to be made aware of any deals that we find. This morning in ROSS (in Lawrenceville, NJ) we found the Joker Squad (former Entertainment Earth exclusive) for a mere $14.99. If this is old news, we apologize in advance, but this is the first we have heard about this. And if you're interested, you can catch our thoughts of this set HERE in our Research Droids Reviews archive too. Special thanks to my good buddy Gary Oravsky, Jr. for the tip!

JTA is updating our links page! If you have a collecting or fan site that's not already on our links page, send us your link and a 100x36 banner! And, if you want to be in our front page affiliate rotation, post a reciprocal front page link on your site. Send me an email and we'll get you listed!

Today at 9 a.m. PST one of the most limited prop replicas made in the past 10 years will go on sale--eFX Collectibles' Studio Scale McQuarrie Concept Darth Vader helmet. This piece, based on the original Ralph McQuarrie concept art for Darth Vader, is limited to 250 pieces. A small amount put up for pre-order at Entertainment Earth sold out in a number of hours, and fans are sure to be nervous about getting their hands on this extremely limited, gorgeous piece. This week on the Star Wars Action News podcast, Marjorie and Arnie catch you up on the history of this piece, including its appearances at San Diego Comic Con in 2008 and 2009. Then they are joined by Barry Jones of eFX Collectibles who tells some stories of the making of this fine piece. He also updates us on what Star Wars products are coming soon from eFX Collectibles, including an announcement of an extremely limited item to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back! What is it? Listen to find out!

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Yesterday we looked at the MagnaGuard and today's Research Droids Reviews looks at the MagnaGuard Fighter, a vehicle that is much too nice for such an expendable droid. But we are not here to judge. Um, yes we are. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us and be sure to vote in our poll at the bottom of the review with your opinion before leaving!

Bargain hunters take note! Target stores have begun to clearance THE biggest Star Wars item in their inventory. Want to know more?

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General Grievous has hired guns because he is a coward (well, at least Mace Windu claimed he was a coward) and we look at them in today's Research Droids Reviews entry. See what we think about the early IG droid models seen in the prequels as well as The Clone Wars. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us and be sure to vote in our poll at the bottom of the review with your opinion before leaving!

The Iron Man, the Iron Man can, the Iron Man can cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good! Wait... that's not right?  Well, atleast we have Iron Man 2 action figure pre-orders up!

Also, Brian's Toys has the 2010 Clone Wars Waves 1 and 2 and Legacy Collection Wave 7.  The gang is all back, Willrow Hood, Zuckuss, R2-X2, and yes even Snowtrooper (he brought his cousin too).

Don't forget to complete your figure collection with the Qui-Gon and Eopie.  Some individuals didn't take the effort to buy all the figures, rip open the packaging, send in your proof-of-purchases, and wait weeks for your Qui-Gon to arrive.  So we are saving a step for you!  You can thank us later.

Some other highlights: New Transformers Revenge of the Fallen toys, reduced prices on select MOTU classics, and bronze statues.  It all awaits you at Brian's Toys!

We look at the first animated action figure of Padmé Amidala in today's Research Droids Reviews entry. Basically an animated version of an outfit she wore in Episode II, the animated version came out pretty good too! Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us and be sure to vote in our poll at the bottom of the review with your opinion before leaving!

Here is a quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a variety of new arrivals and more new preorders!

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German site Star Wars Republic sends us a tip that they have a new image of the Anakin SKywalker Jedi Starfighter packaged. This vehicle is a repack, but you get another view at the new line look!

We have a pretty awesome image of the new AT-AT to share with you! JTA German reader Andreas Grabosch has a little Star Wars site of his own and managed to score an awesome picture of the beautiful new BAT-AT which he sent in to us to share! What are you waiting for? Click through!

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Send in the clones! Research Droids Reviews looks at an older Clone Trooper, but one that never saw production in the movie-based line. Actually, if it were to be made in the realistic line, it would have to be considered and EU figure, because the orange clone trooper officer was never seen in the films. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us and be sure to vote in our poll at the bottom of the review with your opinion before leaving!

We hope you have checked out all the Hasbro Q&A in our Roundup Report located in our forums HERE. But we especially hope you paid close attention to the YodasNews.com answer about the mail away figure! Click through to check out our interpretation (and we are really reading in between the lines here) of Hasbro's answer by clicking the thumbnail below.

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It's all official now folks! Click the thumbnail below to read the OFFICIAL Hasbro Toy Fair 2010 PRESS RELEASE! Trust us, you'll want to read this for sure!

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Hasbro has sent out their responses to your questions in the first Q&A session of 2010. But what newsworthy items came from this most recent session? We've sorted through it all for you right here in our Q&A Headline Report!

-What's the news regarding the Super Deluxe AT-AT?
-Which characters from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK were just confirmed as new figures?
-Which comic 2-packs have been cancelled and which are still bound for retail?
-What will the cardback look like for 2010's Saga Legends line?
-And which video game may be the source for another exclusive multipack?

Check out all of this and more in the Q&A Headline Report, as brought to you by JTA with every Hasbro Q&A session!

Check out the latest from Hasbro's first Star Wars Q&A session of 2010 as we round up all of the questions and answers from around the Star Wars collecting community for your reading pleasure! It's all right here in our forums.

And be sure to check back soon for our Q&A Headline Report, where we sift through all of the Hasbro Star Wars Q&A sessions for the news that you can use!

The Clone Wars movie showed us our first animated version of the Clone Pilot we saw in Attack Of The Clones. Research Droids Reviews looks at Odd Ball, the most generic clone pilot we will probably ever receive. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us and be sure to vote in our poll at the bottom of the review with your opinion before leaving!

Hasbro officially announces the BAT-AT (first reported here at JTA)! Click HERE to read the confirmation!

Wave 13, the Expanded Universe wave, the last wave of the Legacy Collection? Not if you're living on this planet. The last official wave would be The Empire Strikes Back wave. Hasbro announces in Sir Steve's Guide's Q&A that the EU wave will be a Toys R Us exclusive....in May 2010! Can this really be? Click through for their detailed answer!

The Mandalorians continue their fight this week! Click here for information on this weeks episode: Voyage of Temptation...

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Here is our Wednesday recap of the past week's Research Droids Reviews in an effort to let you know which Star Wars products have been added to our database. In case you may have missed any, simply click on each thumbnail below to take you directly to that specific review! And don't forget to put in your own two cents by voting in the poll found at the bottom of each review now!

The Hasbro Q&A is back for 2010! But, we get one less question, and only one Q&A per month! Well, click here to find out what our first questions (and answers) of 2010 are!

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Check out the latest arrivals at Entertainment Earth...

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We visited three (3) NJ Walmart stores between yesterday and this morning and it looks like the exclusives are finally being marked down (from being full price up to this point). This is what we found: AT-ST ($27.00), Droid Factory ($13.00), Unleashed Battle Packs ($17.00), and the Blockbuster Value two-packs ($5.00). We are not claiming that this is happening at every store, but we do want to make our East coast readers aware of what is happening in their back yard. (But we do advise all of you to check your local stores because you never really know what is or isn't happening across the board.) Good luck to all!

eFX Collectibles has posted pre-order information for the incredible McQuarrie Darth Vader helmet. Be sure to check this amaxing piece out and for all of the details!

ACME Archives has a beautiful new Boba Fett portfolio set for order. Retailing for $495, it is signed by Joe Johnston. Click the thumbnail below to check out this beautiful set!

The Clone Wars is rich with cool mid-sized vehicles and Research Droids Reviews looks at one of the sleekest the series has ever seen. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us and be sure to vote in our poll at the bottom of the review with your opinion before leaving!

Don't forget that Jedi Temple Archives has our own page on Facebook. Check us out here. Read about all of our exciting updates there (and be sure to add yourself as one of our fans)!

We love female Imperials don't we? The toy line isn't loaded with them yet, but Research Droids Reviews looks at one of the finest ones our collections have seen to date. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us and be sure to vote in our poll at the bottom of the review with your opinion before leaving!