This Saturday marks the last episode before the holidays for Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

After a comet damages their shuttle, R2-D2, Colonel Gascon and the other droids crash on a desolate planet where they must make their way across a bewildering expanse of emptiness to carry out their mission in “A Sunny Day in the Void,” airing this Saturday, December 8^th at 9:30am ET/PT on Cartoon Network.
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This Saturday marks the beginning of a new story arc on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. R2-D2 is part of a team of Republic droids chosen for an important mission led by the diminutive Colonel Gascon (voiced by Stephen Stanton) to obtain an encryption module from a Separatist dreadnought. The droids must overcome numerous challenging obstacles to succeed in this crucial assignment in “Secret Weapons,” airing this Saturday, December 1^st at 9:30am ET/PT on Cartoon Network. ...

The first 20 levels of Angry Birds Star Wars - Episode V: Hoth have already been released as an update to the iOS and Android versions of the game, and for the PC version later today. The game introduces the Princess Leia bird, who has an aimed tractor beam ability, adding a strategic twist to the regular Angry Birds pink bird's contact bubble ability.

Aside from the cute video above, Rovio also released a gameplay trailer, and includes a quick peek at the ...

General Grievous Attacks! In the conclusion to this four-part story arc, General Grievous launches a full-scale attack on the pirate base on Florrum in “A Necessary Bond,” airing this Saturday, November 24^th at 9:30am ET/PT on Cartoon Network.
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The third episode in this four-part story arc finds Ahsoka captured by Hondo’s pirates and the younglings working together to infiltrate the pirates’ den, using their wits and courage to launch a daring rescue. This episode also marks Obi-Wan Kenobi’s reunion with an old adversary, General Grievous, in “Bound for Rescue,” airing this Saturday, November 17^th at 9:30am ET/PT on Cartoon Network.

Trivia:

• The wide eyed Ithorian youngling named Byph is voiced

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David Tennant, best known as the tenth actor to play The Doctor on the hit series Doctor Who, will make his Star Wars: The Clone Wars debut this week in “A Test of Strength,” airing Saturday, November 10^th at 9:30am ET/PT on Cartoon Network.

Tennant will voice the character Huyang, a droid who greatly impacts the journey of a group of young Jedi, who were just setting out to build their first lightsabers in last week’s episode. The famed actor will continue to appear in the series for the following two ...

"Build your own lightsaber, you shall. But first, harvest your crystal, each one of you must."
Ahsoka escorts a group of younglings to Ilum, where they will learn from Yoda and undergo a crucial rite-of-passage: the construction of their lightsabers. They grapple with both physical and inner challenges as they face the dangerous task ahead of them in “The Gathering,” airing this Saturday, November 3rd at 9:30am ET/PT on Cartoon Network.

Episode Trivia:
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The Hollywood Reporter has been told by a Lucasfilm spokesperson that George Lucas plans to donate virtually all of the $4 billion he's getting from the sale of his privately-owned Lucasfilm LTD to an educational foundation. THR is reporting that this is a continuation of the pledge Lucas made in 2010 to commit the majority of his wealth to furthering the cause of education.

Online comic strip Chainsawsuit makes the interesting argument that Lucas' massive ...

Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy discussing in this video, in general terms, the future of Star Wars movies now that Disney has bought Lucasfilm. Lucas is once again playing with that "from a certain point of view" spin to the future of Star Wars, he personally isn't making them but it doesn't mean they won't be made.
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As a full-scale revolt embroils Onderon, the rebels strike a decisive blow against the planet’s Separatist-aligned king. Unfortunately for the rebels, such victory comes at a high price in the explosive conclusion to the Onderon story arc, “Tipping Points,” airing this Saturday, October 27^th at 9:30am ET/PT on Cartoon Network.
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Rebels Infiltrate the Heavily Fortified City of Iziz

Supervised by Ahsoka, the Onderon rebels infiltrate the capital and carry out a series of strikes on targets throughout the city. As the Separatist-aligned king comes under increasing pressure to deal with the growing rebellion, the rebels choose a new leader in “Front Runners,” airing this Saturday, October 13th at 9:30am ET/PT on Cartoon Network.

Episode Trivia:
- As is evident in this episode, the design of Iziz ...

UPDATE: A final pre-ship notice email on this piece has gone out, moving the charge date up a day to tomorrow, Thursday the 11th.
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Although the most recent shipping date for the 1:6-scale Tusken Raider Exclusive version was November, it appears Sideshow is going to deliver this piece early, with email notices going out today for a 17-day alert, a mid-October ship date. This is a very short turnaround for Sideshow, just 6 months after it was offered for preorder.

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Cartoon Network and Lucasfilm Animation present the Season Five premiere of Star Wars: The Clone Wars this Saturday, September 29 at 9:30 a.m. Continuing the story from the epic Season Four finale, Season Five begins with “Revival.” Darth Maul and Savage Opress are reunited and brimming with rage. They bring terror across the galaxy, invading other worlds and forcibly recruiting Hondo and his pirates into their army. Brave Jedi confront the brothers in an effort to stop them and must ...

This September, the Critically Acclaimed Series from Lucasfilm Animation Returns for Season Five, while Seasons One and Two Enter Syndication Across the Nation.

Click here to view the Season 5 trailer at StarWars.com.

Following an impressive fourth season* full of surprises, the spectacular action and riveting story of Star Wars: The Clone Wars intensifies in Season Five on Cartoon Network at a new day and time. Starting September 29, 2012 at 9:30 am, the classic heroes and villains of the world ...

For the first time ever, Indiana Jones will be in IMAX to celebrate the Blu Ray release of the Indiana Jones movie saga. The IMAX engagement will only be for 1 week though, September 7th through the 13th.

Also, on September 15th in select cities there will also be a marathon showing of the entire Indy saga - all 4 films in IMAX in a single sitting, and marathon-goers will also receive a poster of the Blu-Ray cover art (while supplies last). Here's the details...
The cinematic classic that introduced the world to Indiana Jones is ready to embark on a new adventure ...

About a week ago at Comic-Con International in San Diego, we had the pleasure of a guided tour of Gentle Giant, ltd's fantastic booth display. Updated with a gleaming new look of riveted metal and '50s sci-fi, the Star Wars pieces on display stood out nicely while keeping an eye on their roots.

- Darth Maul spider body statue, inspired by the Clone Wars season 4 finale but expressed in a realistic style. Price is TBD.

- The Death Trooper statue is in production now.

- AOTC Clone Lieutenant statue (the blue-stripes one) is one of Gentle Giant's 2 Celebration VI exclusives. While a static piece, it is based on their mainline AOTC ...

Last week at Comic-Con International in San Diego, Lucas Licensing's Chris Spitale moderated the Star Wars Collectibles Update panel. The panel kicked off "Star Wars Day" at the convention, where Star Wars takes over room 7AB for the majority of the day. The Collectibles Update panel is where licensees Kotobukiya, Gentle Giant, Sideshow Collectibles, and eFX Collectibles gave fans a taste of what's to come from each of their brands, plus Lucas Licensing mentioned a few other items, do a little Q&A, and also the chance to win prizes in the trivia contest at the end of the panel. Here's a rundown of the news out of the panel...
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Last week at Comic-Con International 2012 in San Diego, Hasbro was able to give us at SirStevesGuide.com an official interview with the Hasbro Star Wars brand team members present, a few hours after their Hasbro Star Wars Update panel and just after they had put into their display cases the newly-revealed items from that panel.

We were given interview with Derryl DePriest, Jeff Labovitz, and Brian Merten. Since Hasbro's time was limited, we jumped right into the questions...
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Here are the fan questions with Hasbro's answers, taken from Hasbro's Star Wars panel earlier today at Comic-Con. ...