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Stop by and check out the latest releases from Gentle Giant: A New Hope Darth Vader Mini Bust, and The Clone Wars Bo-Katan Premier Collection Statue. Both are now available for pre-order.

The next two cards from the weekly Topps Star Wars Living Set are now out. Featuring the iconic blue starfield and the impressive artwork of Kris Penix, check out Therm Scissorpunch (#181) and Seventh Sister (#182). Each Tuesday, two new cards will be released and be only available for one week. Click here to view the entire Star Wars Living archive, including individual print runs.

Society6 extended their Star Wars art selection with a new range available today. Click through to check out their entire line-up for some fun art to decorate your Star Wars rooms.

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The next two cards from the weekly Topps Star Wars Living Set are now out. Featuring the iconic blue starfield and the impressive artwork of Kris Penix, check out Loth-Cat (#179) and Beru Lars (#180). Each Tuesday, two new cards will be released and be only available for one week. Click here to view the entire Star Wars Living archive, including individual print runs.

Hot Toys is also releasing a Deluxe Version of Boba Fett from The Mandalorian, complete with a second figure featuring Temuera Morrison’s portrait. Click through for the complete gallery!

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Hot Toys officially reveals Boba Fett as he appeared in his ‘vintage’ armor in season 2 of The Mandalorian. Click through for complete details and gallery images!

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New Zealand Mint’s popular Guards of the Empire Silver Coin Collection continues for 2021 with the fearsome Knights of Ren.

The Knights of Ren were an enclave of masked warriors wielding distinct weapons for ranged and close quarter combat. They were elite, merciless enforcers of Kylo Ren’s dark will. Each one dressed all in black but wore a unique helmet and wielded their own signature weapon. They first appeared in a vision during the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens™ and made their formal debut in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker™, the final instalment of the Skywalker saga.

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Hot Toys dropped another teaser post, this time giving us a glimpse at their upcoming Bo-Katan sixth scale figure. Look for the full reveal coming soon!

Her armor may have been with her family for three generations, but this collectible figure of the gifted warrior and legendary Mandalorian heiress will join Hot Toys’ Star Wars™ The Mandalorian™ collectible series shortly!

Tonight we are adding The Black Series [Phase IV] Moff Gideon (TM08) to our Visual Guides. Click below for the full Visual Guide page. You can also read our full review of this figure right here.

My wife was busy with her sister yesterday doing some Star Wars photography of her own and put together a fun little photo session combining one of my favorite things with one of hers. Enjoy some Star Wars Valentines from her and JTA!

Chuck and I had a great time decorating at Christmas with his Star Wars collection.  Since we both love Star Wars, it seemed fitting that we continued it with a Valentine’s holiday that celebrates LOVE.  Thanks to a fantastic Etsy seller, JurneyShop, I was able to find adorable Star Wars themed wooden beads and candles! Nothing says love like droids, Han and Leia, stormtroopers, clone troopers, and battle droids!

Jedi Temple Archives has literally been a part of my entire married life.  From concept to fruition, I could not be prouder of my talented husband.  I may not know all the characters or what movies they are from, but I know that they are amazing…and we both love them all!

Click through for some more fun photos, and if you are trying to talk your significant other into some Star Wars decor, maybe some of the subtle Star Wars stylings of JurneyShop will convince her. 

Courage makes heroes, but trust builds friendship.

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The next two cards from the weekly Topps Star Wars Living Set are now out. Featuring the iconic blue starfield and the impressive artwork of Kris Penix, check out The Armorer (#177) and Slowen Lo (#178). Each Tuesday, two new cards will be released and be only available for one week. Click here to view the entire Star Wars Living archive, including individual print runs.

Our friends over at Jedi News had a Q&A with the Hasbro team and asked the question about the Paploo card back that we brought up a few weeks back. Head over to the full Q&A to find out if any changes are coming… (spoiler alert: they’re not).

A new Boba Fett figure based on his appearance in The Mandalorian is a foregone conclusion, and Hot Toys is the first to make the announcement. While not an official announcement, they instead sent out a teaser image of him featured in his recovered armor. Look for the full announcement soon!

Don’t answer that. But, it’s worth pointing out that the solution seems to be quite simple: Don’t offer pre-orders for your exclusives. When you have your exclusives ready to go, put them live on the website ready to ship! The one thing in common for all of the 2020 exclusive mishaps with ordering has been they were all pre-orders. We’ve now seen it with almost all of the 2020 exclusives: plenty of availability once they put them up for ORDER, and NOT pre-order. As of this posting, there are STILL Incinerator troopers available, after all that angst. There is still the Holiday Edition Snowtrooper available, after many pre-order cancelations. And the wave of The Clone Wars TBS figures have been in and out of stock for weeks (The Mandalorian Loyalist is currently available). The TVC Mandalorian and The Child figure set is apparently sold out, but when it WAS finally put “In Stock” last month it was available for almost 2 days, so there was plenty of time to order it. 

So, is this what is happening with their 2021 wave of The Vintage Collection figures? Collectors have been waiting and searching for these to show up for pre-order. But, perhaps they HAVE figured things out and we won’t see these listed in-stock until the time comes that they are ready to ship. In case you missed any of them, here’s the list of 2020 exclusives, some of which are still available, and some that are still fluttering in and out of stock. 

Good friend and reader Trevor (lemon327th) has just finished with his Instagram give-away of a custom LEGO JTA trooper, and has officially launched his customs store where you can now pick one of these gems up for yourself. Whether you are a LEGO collector or not, a cool little JTA trooper will look good sitting on your desk! Click here to check out his full range of customs for your Grand Army of the Republic! Make sure to use code LEMONS for a site-wide discount.

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It looks like the Walmart exclusive The Black Series Snowtrooper (Holiday Edition) figure is also back in stock.

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Go Now! The Walmart exclusive Incinerator Trooper is IN STOCK as of this posting!

UPDATE: It’s flashing in and out of stock, so don’t give up and keep checking back! I was finally able to get an order in!

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If you are looking for a chance to pick up an extra set or two of the Special Action Figure Set Skiff Guard 3-Pack, head over to GameStop.com! They currently have this for $18.99!

This is part of their $18.99 DAILY DEAL, where they have select figures, all for $18.99. Check out the full selection here!

UPDATE: After many were able to order this set at that price, it seems GameStop.com has now readjusted the price back to $44.99. Let’s hope they honor the sale price for all of us who were able to take advantage of it.  

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The next two cards from the weekly Topps Star Wars Living Set are now out. Featuring the iconic blue starfield and the impressive artwork of Kris Penix, check out Bantha (#175) and Tusken Raider (#176). Each Tuesday, two new cards will be released and be only available for one week. Click here to view the entire Star Wars Living archive, including individual print runs.

LEGO customizer and JTA reader Trevor (lemon327th) has made in our honor a custom-designed LEGO JTA Clone Trooper and is giving one of them away via his Instagram account. Head over to give him a follow and see what you need to do to get ahold of this cool trooper design! And, on Friday he’s launching his store page to showcase all of his work, including the unique JTA trooper. So, if you don’t win, you can certainly still army-build a JTA Clone Trooper Legion (I know what will be going on my desk soon). Great job Trevor! We love it!

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Walmart has marked down the LEGO Star Wars 501st Legion Clone Troopers. It’s not a huge price drop but if you need to army build some 501st troopers and Battle Droids for about $4 each (plus the vehicles) then it helps!. Thanks to JTA reader Mike for the alert!

Hasbro added a new segment to their livestream this time: Pipeline reveals. There’s no product to show, but just giving us a look at what’s coming this fall and into 2022. For The Vintage Collection we were shown two upcoming figures: 

• IG-11 (The Mandalorian)
• Lando Calrissian (The Empire Strikes Back)

It looks like we are FINALLY getting the sixth scale Assault Tank Commander from Hot Toys! Hot Toys first revealed this figure in 2017 at Star Wars Celebration Orlando, but never officially announced it. With the recent addition of the Rogue One Shoretrooper Squad Leader, and now the Assault Tank Commander, could the long-awaited Baze Malbus be next?  Click through for complete details and gallery!

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Tonight’s Visual Guide update features one of the first basic figure releases from the Disney Parks Droid Depot line. Click below to check out 4-LOM. Make sure to also stop by and check out our full review of this figure.

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The next two cards from the weekly Topps Star Wars Living Set are now out. Featuring the iconic blue starfield and the impressive artwork of Kris Penix, check out DJ (#173) and Greez (#174). Each Tuesday, two new cards will be released and be only available for one week. Click here to view the entire Star Wars Living archive, including individual print runs.