A quick point on the more or less confirmed rumors of the moment gleaned from the forums on which usually intervene those who know more than they want to say, but who still have trouble holding their tongue:

The exclusive minifig of the usual promotion of May 4 and 5 (May the 4th be with you) would be an umpteenth version of Han Solo taken from Episode V (The Empire Strikes Back). It would be a variant of a minifigure already released in a set.

As for the 10236 Ewok Village set which we have been talking about for a few months, nothing new except that it does not contain AT-STs or Imperial troops. Advertised at $ 200, it will undoubtedly be a decent sized playset with trees of all kinds, catapults galore and wooden bridges similar to those in the set. LEGO The Hobbit 79010 The Goblin King Battle.

For the trouble, I put you below Omar Ovalle's MOC reproducing the throne of C-3PO among the Ewoks.

A guy who knows a guy saw a catalog he shouldn't have seen and vaguely remembered the different minifigs that will come with some 2013 sets.

This list, posted on Eurobricks, is only a reflection of what this person reported, and possible errors are to be expected:

75015 Corporate Alliance Tank Droid: Jango Fett, 2 Clones.
75016 Homing Spider Droid: A Jedi with Zabrak's Horns (Eeth Koth, Agen Kolar?), Clones, Battle Droids.
75017 Duel on Geonosis: Yoda, Dooku, Droid, Poggle the Lesser (Archduke of Geonosis).
75018 JEK-14's Stealth Starfighter: 3 Clones, Droid.
75019 AT-TE: Mace Windu, Coleman Trebor, 1 Clone, 1 Battle Droid.
75020 Jabba's Sail Barge: Jabba, Slave Leia, R2-D2, Max Rebo, Nikto Guard, Ree-Yees.
75021 Republic Gunship: Obi-Wan, Anakin, Padme, 2 Clones, Battle Droid.
75022 Mandolorian Speeder: Darth Maul, 2 Mandalorians (Bo Katan?).
75023 Advent Calender 2013: Young boba.

The info comes to us this time from the Spanish forum of HispaLUG on which a user, who assures that his source is reliable, posted a list of LEGO Star Wars sets a priori planned for the second half of 2013 with their respective references:

75015 Corporate Alliance Droid
75016 Homing Spider Droid
75017 Yoda vs Count Dooku (Duel on Geonosis at Brickipedia)
75018 Yoda Chronicle (JEK-14's Stealth Starfighter at Brickipedia)
75019 AT-TE
75020 Jabba's Sail Barge
75021 Republic Gunship
75022 Mandalorian Speeder

These references further confirm the rumors circulating about a Swedish forum with in particular the possible remakes of the AT-TE, the Jabba's Sail Barge and the Republic Gunship.

This is from the forum of swebrick.se What does the info come to us? One of the members of this Swedish AFOL community claims to have had access to the retailer catalog for the second half of 2013 and provides some information on upcoming novelties in the LEGO Star Wars range.

As usual, this information is not verified and care should be taken.

The following would therefore be planned:

Une nouvelle Jabba's Sail Barge accompanied by 5 or six minifigs, the design of which would not a priori be better than that of the barge of the 6210 set released in 2006.

Un AT-TE relatively similar to the one we already know with the 7675 set released in 2008, accompanied by 5 or 6 minifigs

Un Republic Gunship also very close to the versions we already know with sets 7163 (released in 2002) and 7676 (released in 2008). It would be accompanied by 5 or 6 minifigs.

The end of the year will be eventful: Since the takeover of Lucasfilm by Disney, rumors are rife and in all areas.

What is glaring is that the announcement of a new trilogy has just revived for many years the industry of rumor, of declaration "off", mysterious tweet or a priori secret projects whose leaks are cleverly organized.

First rumor: Harrisson ford would be open to the idea of ​​reprising Han Solo in the next trilogy, sources say "well placed"and more or less well informed. 

Probably not during the three films, but a small role with a big check in the company of Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher could certainly suit him.

Obviously, Ford will wait to have the script in his hands and to know the name of the director chosen by Disney before getting more involved in the project and reincarnating on the screen a character who has not necessarily marked him in his acting career: He admitted in 2010 that he had no particular affection for this role of smuggler of the galaxy.

At the rate things are going, the idea that Hamill, Fisher and Ford resume their roles, even for a few minutes as the introduction of a new saga, is no longer so absurd ...
(Source: EW.com)

The other rumor of the day concerns the discussions that are said to be currently underway between Disney et Hasbro for a possible takeover of the toy maker by the entertainment giant.

Nothing is done, but this merger would allow Disney to have access to very profitable licenses like Transformers, Beyblade or GI Joe.

This operation would once again feed the theory to which I adhere and which wants films and other TV series to be nothing more than gigantic advertisements promoting the ranges of products derived from these universes.

Not that this systematically devalues ​​all the works in question, but it necessarily impacts their creative process depending on the projects of the toy manufacturer concerned. More than ever, the life and profitability of a movie is no longer just about cinema admissions and Blu-ray sales.

Georges Lucas had already understood several decades ago that this process was going to be reversed: Han Solo could have died at the end of the saga, but it was too difficult to sell figurines of a dead character ...

(Source: mtv geek)