We caught up with the product development team at Gentle Giant Studios late last night and asked them some burning questions; without further delay here's their answers (there's some good news in there)...

1. There seems to be a slowdown of Star Wars products this year is that because you’re gearing up for new Clone Wars products later in the year like other Star Wars licences?

We are gearing up for Clone Wars, but we also have quite a few unannounced Star wars Items coming up before the end of the year.

2. Can you tell us what products we’re likely to see based on the Clone Wars – will we see Statues, Maquettes, Busts and Classics?

We will be focusing primarily on maquettes. There are a few other items in development, but they are not ready for announcement.

3. When will you reveal your Clone Wars products?

We will show the new maquettes at Comic-Con if not sooner.

Read on for the full Q&A...

Hasbro have revealed details of the next wave of Mighty Muggs, which will comprise Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress, Captain Rex and Anakin Skywalker

Welcome to the trendy side of the Force, with the newest wave of Mighty Muggs.  Since the Star Wars Mighty Muggs launched in 2008 we have seen the “Muggs” of such characters as Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Han Solo and Luke Skywalker.  Recently we have seen the lovely Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Commander Cody, Jango Fett, General Grievous, Luke Skywalker (Bespin), the Emperor and Yoda.  But today Star Wars Mighty Muggs news gets even larger with the introduction of four new Muggs based on characters from the new Star Wars: The Clone Wars animation: Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress, Captain Rex, and Clone Wars Anakin!  Mighty Muggs have entered the Clone Wars!

The June edition of TV Film Memorabila Magazine is out now at all good newsagents priced £3.25.  It features articles on Dr Who, Vintage Arcade Games, LEGO (including a competition to win a 50th Anniversary LEGO set), War of the Worlds, Buck Rodgers and a great feature on Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Merchandise plus lots more too!

Knights of the Old Republic #28, part four of the twelve-part epic "Vector" storyline is available today from your preferred comic shop.

UPDATED - Emperor Palpy from GEN has let us know that there will a screening at Cineworld Boldon, Tyne and Wear at 12:05am.  Thanks SGH-B!

It's just a week and a half until the new Indiana Jones installment hits cinemas - time to start planning where and when you'll see it! For those who are interested in being the very first, Odeon Cinemas have let us know they will be having no midnight screenings. Cineworld will be having a handful, and AMC's two cinemas will be holding them. Read on for the full list.

The best advice if you're not in one of the listed areas is to contact your local cinema, and if they are having a midnight screening on Wednesday 21st May, please pass the location and venue along to Jedi News.

In other Indy news, the Hasbro electronic whip is turning up now, and don't forget to tune into Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom on BBC1 tonight.

Hasbro have updated their site with news of their forthcoming Force FX lightsabers...

With the lightsaber of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader available this fall, no Jedi or Sith will be left empty-handed.  The same Force FX Lightsabers that you have come to know and pine for will be available from Hasbro Signature Series, beginning this fall.  Stay tuned for more news from Hasbro and may the Force be with you!

Check out larger images after the jump....

We've just received the following news from Kid Nemo Company...

Kid Nemo Company and Kotobukiya will be offering Kotobukiya Craftsmen’s Star Wars “Kiriko” Glasses exclusively online. These are the same glasses that were available recently at Star Wars Celebration IV and Comic Con 2007.

The Daily Telegraph, here in the UK, reports how window cleaner Bramwell Brightey, 33, and his girlfriend Tamsyn Lofts, 29, tied the knot in true Star Wars style.

The pair, dressed up as Han Solo and Princess Leia respectively for their wedding, have seen Star Wars more than 500 times each and chose this option as they felt 'normal' church based weddings were boring.

They were joined at Leatherhead registry office in Surrey by more than 50 rebel alliance guests dressed as characters from the cult film series.

The ceremony took a year to plan and some of the costumes had to be flown in especially from America.

The pair even had their wedding cake specially designed to look like Jedi master Yoda, and instead of a first dance had a light sabre duel at the reception.

"We are crazy about Star Wars, I’ve been watching it for as long as I can remember," said Mr Brightey.

The Official Celebration Japan website has lots of new updates...

• Carrie Fisher will be appearing throughout the three day event
• Laurence Noble will be sculpting live at the show and will give away his masterpiece at the end of the event to one very lucky attendee
• General tickets go on sale 17th/18th May
• Medallions are back for Celebration Japan - there will be 12 new Medallions given out at the Collectors Panels being organised by super collector Gus Lopez featuring Japanese centric designs.  As at Celebration IV and Celebration Europe these are sponsored and will be limited to just 350 pieces each.  Click on the thumbnail below to get a closer look at three of them...

For the complete low-down on all of these stories and more take the link below...

We'd like to take this opportunity to wish George Lucas a very happy 64th birthday from everybody here at Jedi News - we hope you have a good day!

Lucasfilm have been in touch to let us know the official details of this year's Star Wars Weekends which will be happening next month

'Star Wars™ Weekends' Throughout June at
Disney's Hollywood Studios™ to Celebrate
Upcoming Release of THE CLONE WARS™

Exclusive Activities, Events and Appearances at Walt Disney World Resort Bring Fans Closer Than Ever to Release of
All-New,CG-Animated Adventure from Lucasfilm Animation

Five News got in touch today and came on over to our offices to discuss the Clone Wars - this report was aired during the news at 5pm and again at 7pm.

UPDATED:  This also appeared several times on Sky News as well!

The Evening Standard's online entertainment guide, thisislondon.co.uk, has reported that Harrison Ford was spotted in Los Angeles clutching a handful of Indiana Jones' toys.

We've kept you waiting long enough, so here's the second part of our interview with Dave Filoni, Director of 'The Clone Wars'... 

We were left 'hanging' in the middle of our interview when Dave had to take a call with George.  During the break I had a good chat with Josh and then Dave came back on the line a few minutes later...

DF:   Here I am, sorry about that!
JN:   That’s OK!
DF:   That’s an exciting moment for you...
JN:   If there’s anybody we can wait for then I guess its George!
DF:   Yeah exactly right...
JN:   So what did George have to say?  Can you tell us?

Read on here...

July 26th will see a mass of merchandise from The Clone Wars, including a set of 90 trading cards from Topps.

The set will incorporate different exclusives for both the hobby and retail boxes, with sketch cards and sequentially numbered parallels for the former, and animation cel, motion and foil cards for the latter.

The latest addition to the Medicom Toy's line of Real Action Heroes has been revealed to be the Emperor's Royal Guard.

Standing at 30cm high, the Emperor's Royal Guard will come complete with force pike.

Click on the thumbnail above for a closer look

The classic Indiana Jones movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Temple of Doom and the Last Crusade are re-released on DVD today, as individual releases or a 3 disc set. These releases have new extras, including introductions from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, all-new featurettes and photo galleries.

More news from the producers of Bring Back ... Star Wars, who have let us know that for the first time on British TV, they will be showing archive footage never seen before including Turkish Star Wars as well as getting this man's reaction to the infamous 'goldmember' Top Trumps card (which JLC is a proud owner of!)...