Not too much else is cooler than the ladies of the Jedi Order. Aayla Secura may be the most popular, but Gentle Giant's mini bust interpretation is a littl off. See what we think in Research Droids Reviews with today's focus on it. We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

Vader's Fist! The 501st Legion made a name for itself by sacking the Jedi Temple along side Darth Vader. Click below to check out this popular Clone Trooper from Revenge of the Sith: The 501st Legion Clone Trooper! And, as always, make sure to stop by and check out our Research Droids Review for a complete commentary on another great Sideshow Figure!

The Episode I commemorative Blu-ray Battle Droid figure has hit eBay from famed seller tunghori. This is technically the only "new" figure in these multipacks. But the best way to army build this figure is by getting it on eBay for a very reasonable price, less than $6!

The Episode IV commemorative Blu-ray Luke Skywalker figure has hit eBay from famed seller tunghori. I cannot figure out what looks different about this Luke when compared to the Resurgence Of The Jedi figure, but something is definitely "newish". What do you think? Leave your comments!

Emperor Palpatine is the epitome of evil and Research Droids Reviews determines that one of the best representations of him is Sideshow Collectibles' Life Size Bust! See what you think. We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

Our good buddies at Yakface.com have been fortunate enough to attain a sample of the late-released Wedge Antilles from wave 3. We suggest taking some time to check out the thorough Toyguide entry because Lord knows if/when we find ours. We just will NOT pay more than $10 for this figure and right now that seems very unlikely.

As we enter the third week of our Sideshow marathon we continue with the Militaries of Star Wars line. We didn't get to see these clones in action, but Sideshow Collectibles surely brought the 41st Elite Corps Clone Trooper (better known as the Coruscant Clone) to life with an awesome paint application on top of the Phase II armored body! Click below to check him out, and stop by our Research Droids Review to read about all the finer points!

Q&A With JTA continues! Click through to access the Q&A database with our latest batch of questions!

Hot Topics: Episode IV Princess Leia Organa, play-sets and Jocasta Nu (again & again)!

Here is a doowacky of a figure: the absolutely awful Sith Training Darth Maul! Action figures should not have rollers people, but this one does! Although this figure has a cool metal lightsaber hilt and a magnet to hold it in place in his hand, this Darth Maul may be better left in a bargain basement. See why Research Droids Reviews sees this figure as a setback in The Saga Collection! We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

JTA hope you and your family enjoy Memorial Day together. Remember those who fight for your freedom. Click the image below to see Stephen Hayford's Memorial Day inspired diorama!

There is a new Q&A With JTA posting tomorrow morning, but please send in your questions for next column please. We are dangerously low and need some questions to discuss. So send them on in for us if you want to see another column (we are saying that with a smile). Thank you!

Sideshow is slowly rolling out our favorite Attack of the Clones clone troopers. Click below to check out the one that got the least screen time: The Clone Sergeant. When you are done checking out the Visual Guide be sure to stop by our Research Droids Review for a detailed write-up on this figure!

Our good friends at Rebelscum.com have a great rumor report that there might be a new BMF styled Original Trilogy vehicle. Click through for the juicy tease!

Here's a figure that is hard to dislike! The Electronic C-3PO is really the star of this set, so much in fact that many collectors consider it to be the modern update to 1982's C-3PO (Removable Limbs) figure! Sure, Chewbacca is a little awkward and limited in articulation, but between the realism of C-3PO and the awesome soft-goods cargo net (and electronics), there is a lot to enjoy here! See the positives Research Droids Reviews points out! We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

Hurry! The Vintage Collection Rebel Fleet Trooper is back on eBay (no doubt for a short while). Click either image below for a direct link to the auction!

Next up from the Militaries of Star Wars line is arguably the best figure to-date that Sideshow has produced: Commander Cody! Not only do we get our favorite clone commander from Revenge of the Sith in awesome detail, but we also get enough gear to portray him from The Clone Wars! Click below to check out this work of art, and check out our Research Droids Review to read about all the finer details!

Love them or hate them, holographic figures were incessant from 2004 through about the end of 2008. We haven't had many (if any) since (we'd have to double check to be sure), but Holographic Commander Cody was one of the better ones. See why Research Droids Reviews thinks this particular sculpt of Clone Commander Cody works much better as a hologram than as a realistic figure. We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

JTA sponsor Brian's Toys reveals more nice large sized visual confirmations of new figures, most that were first rumored here at JTA in our Research Droids Rumor Report! Click through to check them out! Those original rumor reports? Rumor Report 1: HERE, Rumor Report 2: HERE and Rumor Report 3: HERE.

The Vintage-Style Wave 3 is back in stock! Unfortunately, the Wedge sold too quick, but there are plenty of other hard-to-find figures from the set available. Also in stock is the G.I. Joe Wave 5 set!

The new pre-orders for the Clone Wars and Vintage-Style figures have images up, so check out what to expect from the new waves.  If that doesn't get your Wookiee growling, then make sure to pick up the Vintage-Style 3-Pack exclusives, now available for sale at Brian's Toys.

For more great stuff, go to www.brianstoys.com.

The Sideshow Visual Guide marathon continues today as we start a mini-marathon of Militaries of Star Wars figures! The armored figures seem to get better and better, and Captain Rex was one of the best! Click below to check out this awesome figure, and check out our Research Droids Review to see how he fared in our detailed analysis!

Here is a quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about some new arrivals and another huge batch of new preorders!

We've received some unsettling news about how difficult the new STAR TOURS exclusives may be for collectors to secure for their collections. Click through for more!

You know that if Hasbro made a camouflage Super Battle Droid, regular B1 Battle Droids were right around the corner too, so close around the corner in fact that they were in the same wave! See how this 2-packs stack up in our Research Droids Reviews today! We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

Next up in our Sideshow Collectibles Visual Guide marathon is Obi-Wan Kenobi (Jedi Master). Click below to check out the Revenge of the Sith version of Obi-Wan. And don't forget to stop by our Sideshow Collectibles page to check out the rest of our guides, including quicklinks to all of our SSC reviews!

The Sideshow Collectibles Premium Format Stormtrooper is now available for pre-order! Click here to place your order!

Sideshow Collectibles has the Deluxe Sandtrooper and Dewback Environment up for pre-order! Click below for direct links to these pre-orders!

How cool were Hasbro's own conceptual Kashyyyk Super Battle Droids? Too bad they only could use an inferior sculpt to make it. One of the few "Hasbro Universe" figures we'd love to see updated with a superior sculpt, it's unlikely it will ever happen. See how this figure fairs in our Research Droids Reviews today! We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

Hasbro and HunterPR have let us know that due to some technical difficulties JTA's answers are not yet ready. We are hoping they get them to us in the near future! We'll post them as soon as they can get them to us! Thanks for everyone who stopped by looking for todays Q&A update!

As much as I hate to ruin an awesome number for our Facebook page, stop by 'Like' us for sneak peaks of upcoming Visual Guides from our Sideshow marathon, as well as advanced looks at upcoming Research Droids Reviews!

I have waited a long time for this moment, my little green friend... Click on the guide below to check out the awesome Sideshow Collectibles Yoda (Jedi Mentor) Visual Guide! And, for even more details stop by our Research Droids Review for and in-depth look at this 1/6 scale figure.

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!

Special thanks to JTA reader Bryan who contacted the seller of that eBay auction for the Y-wing Fighter and per the seller, this will be a Toys R Us exclusive. It's not official until Hasbro announces it. Keep that in mind!

Poor little Clone Trooper Sergeant, Hasbro really didn't like you too much. Research Droids Reviews discovers this often overlooked clone trooper officer and determines why it needed to be fixed before being deemed definitive. We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

There is scandal in the air! The Vintage Collection Y-wing Fighter has hit eBay (in an Australian auction) but there is some controversy on how legitimate it is. Click through and see what you will decide!

The Wedge Antilles revision case (3.5) is now IN STOCK at JTA sponsor Big Bad Toy Store! Click link below to order yours! UPDATE: Status now shows pre-order.

Yeah, our obsessive-compulsive behavior wouldn't allow us to stop thinking about what the actual status of that 12" scaled Dewback is actually going to be considered. We spoke with Sideshow Collectibles just moments ago and they confirmed that the Dewback is actually falling under the 12" Figure Environment banner and will contain no articulation (as of this moment). This is utterly upsetting. Why they can't even give this thing articulated legs is beyond us. Click HERE to see the full production gallery and be sure to check back on Thursday for a direct pre-order link!

Our friends at Sandtroopers.com received a carded image of the Stealth Ops Clone Trooper Click through to check it out!

Celebration VI is officially teased! Click through for more information!

The Buboicullaar Creature Pack was one of those releases that left you scratching your head and asking "why?". But, with all of the Jabba's Palace items rolling out at the time I guess it made a bit more sense to create some creatures to populate the area around Jabba's throne. Click below to check out this Scum & Villainy accessory set.

Here are the details and full photo gallery for the Sideshow Collectibles Premium Format Stormtrooper figure! Click through for more!

Here are the details for the Sideshow Collectibles 12" Dewback With Desert Sands Detachment Sandtrooper! We honestly don't like how they're referring to the Dewback as a "12 Inch Related Product". That to us means it's a statue.Click through for more!

We've reached a landmark today that wouldn't have been possible without you. Please click through for more.

Our "7 Days of Darth Maul" Research Droids Reviews marathon finishes up today with a look at probably the coolest Darth Maul collectible ever made. This bust is so realistic it's scary. And with the publishing of this review we have reached an amazing 2 year anniversary in our RDRs (more to follow on this)! We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

Sideshow is offering up enough cantina patrons to fill up a... cantina! So why not give them a place to sit? Todays Visual Guide update features the first Cantina Environment offering: Mos Eisley Cantina. Featuring a light up table, a few drinks and a few chairs to sit in. Han shooting first never looked so good! After checkign out the Visual Guide below, be sure to swing by our Research Droids Review for all the details on this cool collectible accessory.

Jedi Insider has received images to all those new official figure announcements listed at Entertainment Earth (and first rumored here at JTA)! Click through to check them out! Clone Wars Wave 4&5, and The Vintage Collection wave 8.

Our friends at EchoBaseNews.com have put together a wonderful interview with The Clone Wars voice actor Tom Kane, the man who performs Yoda. Click here to access the link to their interview.

Our very special "7 Days of Darth Maul" Research Droids Reviews marathon is starting to wind down. Each day for one week we will be taking an in-depth look at one unique Darth Maul collectible. Now it's time for the Real Action Heroes line. This figure has an awesome portrait, but fails in a few key areas. We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

Check out this relatively new cool thinkgeek.com gift idea for your beloved Star Wars collector as reported by nbc.com!

He'll always be just Hammerhead to some of us. Click below to check out how well Sideshow Collectibles captured cantina alien "Momaw Nadon" in another update from the Scum & Villainy line.When you are finished browsing through the Visual Guide, stop by our Research Droids Review page for complete details on this figure.

Our very special "7 Days of Darth Maul" Research Droids Reviews marathon continues! Each day for one week we will be taking an in-depth look at one unique Darth Maul collectible. It's time for a line that is already dead in the water, but had offered collectors some pretty cool extra large size action figures! We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

We're going to switch over from the Empire to Scum & Villainy for the next few days of our Sideshow Visual Guide marathon. First up is Greedo, that green bounty hunter we love to hate! Click below to check out our fully detailed Visual Guide, then hop on over to our Research Droids Review page to read our thoughts on this figure!

Just received! Bryan Mark German sends us images of the card backs to share with our readers! Miraculously, it seems that Hasbro has gotten all of the historical references correctly (for the very first time?) with every figure in the wave! And more importantly, Hasbro managed to squeeze in the words "Captain Fordo" on the back of the ARC Trooper Commander card! Yes! Hopefully Lucasfilm, Ltd. is too lazy to turn this figure over and see this! (Again, we're being sarcastic!) Click through for more! Enjoy!

Well, it's official! Wave 7 of The Vintage Collection has hit the Philippines. This means two things. First, you can check out close-up carded images of the figures NOW by clicking through thanks to JTA friend Bryan Mark German and second, these will likely hit the USA in 2-4 weeks! More pictures coming soon, but enjoy what we've received thus far. Remember, these are not production samples, these are the actual figures you and I will be buying once we find them at retail! Enjoy!

Our very special "7 Days of Darth Maul" Research Droids Reviews marathon continues! Each day for one week we will be taking an in-depth look at one unique Darth Maul collectible. It's time for Sideshow Collectibles' Premium Format version of Darth Maul! We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

They're here! They are finally here.  The famous smuggler and Wookiee tandem have come back from the Vintage era in an all new 12" form!  Check out the special Gentle Giant 12" Vintage Jumbos of Han Solo and Chewbacca over at Brian's Toys!

Plenty of new 2011 Clone Wars figures are up for pre-order as well. Make sure you place a pre-order because they will not stay long on the Brian's Toys come August.  

For more great stuff, check out the Brian's Toys newsletter http://www.brianstoys.com/nl.

The latest Visual Guide in our Sideshow Collectibles marathon features the highly detailed Imperial Throne Figure Environment. You can also read our full review on our Research Droids Review page to find out all the information you need to know about this collectible! Click below to check it out!

Our very special "7 Days of Darth Maul" Research Droids Reviews marathon continues! Each day for one week we will be taking an in-depth look at one unique Darth Maul collectible. We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

Here is a quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a TON of new preorders and some more new arrivals. There are so many items this week that we are going to skip written descriptions and just give you the title and links!

The Vintage Collection Wedge Antilles (VC28) has hit the USA! Samples have been found in CA and are eBay right now. Click the image below for the proof and get ready to scoff at the ridiculous price this figure is already commanding! Give this figure a chance first folks before being scalped!

UPDATE: As of 3 o'clock EDT, this figure is now up to $61.00. Can someone talk some sense into these people?!

Q&A With JTA continues! Click through to access the Q&A database with our latest batch of questions!

Hot Topics: Teek, the Vintage Collection Gamorrean Guard and what character do you want to see revisited?

Time for variation hunters to wake up from hibernation! You should know by know that Hasbro wants you to remain busy! Our friends at Yakface.com are reporting a card back change to R2-D2 (VC25) which "corrects" the photo by removing the [incorrect] historical reference and replacing it with a scene in the film. But this technically is still wrong. And Hasbro may NEVER get this right. They had an opportunity to put the 2004 SW Sail Barge R2-D2 as the historical figure and they goofed that up again! Click through to see this report!

Every Sith Lord needs a Sith Master to bow to. Today's Visual Guide update features the top baddie in the Universe: Emperor Palpatine. Click below to check out this addition to the Sideshow Collectibles Lords of the Sith line, and stop by our Research Droids Review to get our opinion on him!

It is evident that Sideshow Collectibles is extremely proud of their upcoming 12" Deluxe Sandtrooper and Dewback one-sixth scale figure set. (They should be.) Click through to see this unbelievable product tease and be sure to check back with us on May 24th for the full product reveal and again on May 26th for the pre-order with the launch of the newsletter.

Sideshow Collectibles finally comes through for longtime Premium Format collectors! The Stormtrooper, unofficially announced quite a while ago is officially announced in tonight's newsletter. Click through to see the preview and check back with JTA on May 24th for the full product reveal and again on May 26th for the pre-order with the launch of the newsletter.

Happy birthday to Episode I and Episode III who turn 12 and 6 years old respectively today, May 19th!

Welcome to our very special "7 Days of Darth Maul" Research Droids Reviews marathon! Each day for one week we will be taking an in-depth look at one unique Darth Maul collectible. We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

Everything is set for registration to open tomorrow (May 19th) at 9am PST for Nick Gillard's Jedi Fighting class at Combat Con. Prices and times have been updated on the page at http://thecombatcon.com/jedi-fighting. Based on the response to this class it will sell out quickly. Click through for more information.

From Clone Wars hero to enemy of the Galaxy, Anakin's fall to the dark side is represented in awesome fashion in one of the most anticipated Sideshow figures released! Check out the A New Hope version of Darth Vader by clicking the guide below! And, stop by our Research Droids Review to see why we gave this 5-star figure, well, five stars!

Our friends at Sandtroopers.com have images of the next upcoming mail-away figure, Proto-Fett! Click through to check it out!

We can't believe we haven't heard about this until now, but apprently some Walmart stores are clearancing out their Saga Legends figures for $5.00. The Walmart in Princeton, NJ had them for this price. Your mileage may vary. Click through for the proof.

I had to cross state lines into NJ to find them, but I found them! Repeat: I found them! A very friendly TARGET employee with about 99% less attitude and misery than the TARGET employees in PA went to the back and pulled me a case of the new The Vintage Collection Special Action Figure Sets. Yup, new RDRs start tomorrow!

So you love them or hate them, but how do you handle it when Gentle Giant, Ltd. includes the same imperfections of the vintage figures from the 70s and 80s brought right over into their high-end counterparts? Research Droids Reviews isn't too sure either. Gentle Giant, Ltd. also brings back the annoying "one per case" variant in the mix too! Want to learn more? We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

We're gearing up for an awesome Sideshow Collectibles Visual Guide marathon! To help tease it a little bit, we have made some enhancements to our Sideshow Collectibles Visual Guide page! And be sure to check out our Facebook page because our Facebook fans will be getting a premier look at what's coming to the front page (shortly - so keep checking back). In the meantime, be sure to check out our newly improved Sideshow Collectibles Visual Guide page where we have reorganized the product license into clearer categories and also have provided links to the figures that have corresponding Research Droids Reviews! (We will also be updating the other licensees.)

If you read our Research Droids Review on the Aqua Droid, you know that we were quite disappointed about the extraordinarily loose joints (to the point where posing it and making it stand were nearly impossible). Once again, JTA correspondent Chad Cobain comes through with an amazing discovery! Hasbro has corrected the joints and tightened them up significantly and Chad has sent in a video proving this trying to do anything he can to make the droid collapse! You have to see this! Want to see the proof? Then click through!

Well, you know the updated The Vintage Collection Stormtrooper with updated helmet and deco (our original report HERE) is now hitting retail with the new and improved helmet, right? But JTA correspondent Chad Cobain sends us in a report of the updated figure and the final result may not be perfect. Do you want to know more? Then click through for a video demonstration to descibe what we mean.

The TARGET exclusive The Vintage Collection 3-packs may be leaking out in your area as we speak, but we thought you'd like to know that these are part of a new reset date beginning May 15, 2011. This doesn't mean that your TARGET will have them out then, but it is on that date that TARGET employees should be helpful and go in the back for you if they're not out yet. We had no luck today at 5 TARGET stores in the Philly area. No one would go back and get them for us. Or maybe they're catching on to this reporter....

In the meantime, check out sneak peeks from our friends at Yakface.com as those lucky stiffs were able to secure them!

The Riot Control Clone Trooper doesn't seem too harmless, but the Coruscant Guard had an important role in season 2 of The Clone Wars. Research Droids Reviews checks out this newly flavored clone and discovers it's much more likeable than originally thought! We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

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

Another great figure in the latest wave of The Clone Wars figures being found is Eeth Koth. See what assessment Research Droids Reviews gives this great Zabrak character. In a nutshell Eeth Koth rocks! We hope that you'll also leave comments in our new and fun comments section as well as placing your opinion of this item by voting in our poll. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! Don't forget we accept requests so e-mail us.

Our friends at Yakface.com are reporting that the new TARGET exclusive The Vintage Collection 3-packs are now being found! Click through for the proof and a direct link to their article with DPCI information!

Here they are! Ugh! This set is going to set collectors back. Look for these to go up for pre-order on May 12th and look for a full product reveal at Sideshow's production blog on May 10th! Click through for more information!

You knew it was coming since 12 Days of Sideshow, but Sideshow officially teases their Figrin D'an Life Size Bust now! This item goes up for pre-order with next week's newsletter! It looks like the Bith DO have pupils! Amazing how you learn something new every day! Click through for more information!