When you hear about Sonoma County in California, you probably think of
rolling hills and wineries. You’ll find an abundance of both of those
things, but if you look harder you’ll also find the unexpected. Like the
world’s largest private collection of
Star Wars memorabilia. You read that right. Steve Sansweet’s
Rancho Obi-Wan is over 9,000 square feet and chock-full of every
Star Wars
collectible you can imagine. I’m still trying to wrap my head around
everything I saw on my visit earlier this month. And guess what?
Visiting Rancho is not an unobtainable dream. Now you can explore the
collection for yourself.
Like all collections, Sansweet’s trove of treasure started with one
item. He was working at the Wall Street Journal and a colleague received
a promotional book about an upcoming movie called
Star Wars. It
ended up in the trash, but Sansweet rescued it later that day. It was
all downhill from there. Before moving to northern California for his
new position with Lucasfilm, he added on two stories to his home in Los
Angeles for his
Star Wars collection. When he moved his belongings north, the moving company told him it was their second largest residential move.
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