Hallmak has made available their annual Dream Book filled with ornaments that will be available in 2013. The Star Wars offerings are pretty good this year and most have the theme of Return of the Jedi pretty fitting since this year is the 30th anniversary of the film. 

Today Darkhorse Comics is releasing a new series featuring the Dark Lord of the Sith himself Darth Vader. Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin #1 is writer by Tim Siedell and pencilled by Stephen Thompson. Retail price is $3.50 this 32 page comic. 

Yesterday Gentle Giant announced 4 new Star Wars related items available in the 4th quarter of 2013. They will have two new 12" Jumbo Kenner Vintage figures featuriung the bounty hunters 4-LOM and Dengar. They also have added mini busts of Grand Admiral Thrawn and Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot. 

We all know it is April 1st aka April Fool's day, but it looks like Boston base Mimoco is announcing the release of the Mimobot Jar Jar Binks flash drives. Jar Jar will be available in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB. Keep in mind they did announce last year that he was coming out and it was an April Fool's joke, but they are saying this is real and limited to 500. 

The folks over at DisneyParksBlog today unveiled all of the new, über-cool collectibles that will be available at the Disney parks this year for Star Wars Weekends 2013. This year's merchandise take on a much noticable Return of the Jedi focus as the folks at Disney celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic film's release. 

Late yesterday Gentle Giant offered up two exclusive Star Wars items for their Premium Guild Members. The first, the Han Solo (Mynock Hunt) Mini-bust is a spot-on likeness of everyone's favorite Smuggler-turned-Rebel hero as depicted in The Empire Strikes Back. The bust comes complete with the breathing mask Captain Solo wore while attempting to remove mynocks from the outside of the Millennium Falcon. The other exclusive item being offered is the Scout Trooper (Ewok Attack) Animated Maquette. This piece was co-designed by Lucasfilm and Gentle Giant and is inspired by the ground battle on the forest moon of Endor from Return of the Jedi.

Thanks to the great folks at Cepia, we are able to bring you a sneak peek at their upcoming line of DaGeDar Star Wars themed track sets, audio and video decoders and 100 collectible Dag Racers. Right now these items are only available for pre-order online at Toys R Us and in select markets like Phoenix, AZ.

In the latest newsletter Gentle Giant has announced that the Bounty Hunter IG-88 will be joining the line-up of Kenner Vintage Jumbo 12" figures. He will be availale in the 3rd quarter and is up for Pre-Order now.