Club Jade

It’s Friday, and ‘Trespass’ debuts tonight. The episode introduces Chairman Chi Cho, voiced by Brian George, and also features quite a bit of Threepio. Get a preview with the latest webcomic, ‘Cold Snap’

• Last week: Watch ‘Defenders of Peace.’

• Reviews: CJ reader Ben Rollman (Xadrian) is doing them for Television Zombies. Here’s ‘Jedi Crash.’
• Podcast: The Force-Cast’s Clone Wars Roundtable talk ‘Defenders of Peace’ with Fanboy’s Kyle Newman.
• Merchandise: eFX is producing an Ahsoka Tano Lightsaber; Some new kid’s books from Penguin.

I’m obviously no collector, but if I was the type to shell out a ridiculous amount of money for a Star Wars collectible, the EFX Red 5 seems worth the bother. Kinda wish I knew someone crazy enough to buy it just so I could touch one, because you know that stuff will be behind glass at cons. Sigh. (More pics at Gizmodo.)

The new company and licensee launched their website today – so if you’re dying to get a jump on one of their 500 full-size Stormtrooper helmets (on sale tomorrow) you can beat the competition by registering today. Or you can simply check out upcoming products, like a Darth Vader ‘concept’ helmet (which even I can admit is kind of neat) and an Ashoka lightsaber.