Steve Sansweet

Owner of the worlds largest Star Wars Collection

Steve Sansweet poses with lightsaber at Rancho Obiwan, surrounded by his collection.

He was born in 1945 and raised in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia.
He became a journalism major at Temple University.
He graduated magna cum laude and was named an Outstanding Journalism Graduate at Temple University.
In early 1969, Sansweet became a reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
He became the Journal’s Los Angeles Bureau Chief in 1987.
In 1996, he became Director of Specialty Marketing at Lucasfilm Ltd.
Sansweet turned his love of the Star Wars saga into a second career, acting as Lucasfilm's liaison to fans worldwide, and their liaison to the company. He did presentations at well over 100 conventions in the U.S. and many more internationally.
Steve has written or co-authored 19 books, 17 of them on Star Wars.
Rancho Obi-Wan was originally established in 1998, displaying Sansweet's privately-owned Star Wars collection.
In October 2011, Rancho Obi-Wan, Inc. was founded as a California nonprofit public benefit corporation to manage the collection.
Rancho Obiwan serves the public through the collection, conservation, exhibition and interpretation of Star Wars memorabilia and artifacts.