Home to the world's largest Star Wars collection
Steve Sansweet did not aim to have the Guinness World Record collection of Star Wars memorabilia showcased in a unique museum setting. It was an evolution. Over the years The Rancho Obi-Wan Experience has come to mean much more than looking at Star Wars stuff. It means being welcomed, included and accepted. It means a safe, warm and joyful environment. It means a peaceful space filled with animals and rolling hills. It means picnic tables and sharing a meal. You’re our guest. Welcome to our home.
Some of our favorite collectibles come from Japan. Many of the items are a unique mash-up of the Japanese culture and Star Wars imagery. The collection at Rancho Obi-Wan has items from Japan starting in 1978 to today.
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Steve tells us the history of his R2-D2 dome. And fun bonus video of an unexpected surprise on a tour of the museum.
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Being a docent at Rancho Obi-Wan has never felt like a job. Sure, I might get asked to lift some boxes, dust a little bit, maybe even vacuum from time to time. But I'm also allowed to navigate people through the biggest Star Wars collection in the galaxy. I get to watch people reclaim their youth by showing them a vintage Kenner figure or having them check out an old-school View Master. And I'm also allowed to talk about one of my passions...LEGO. So, when Anne asked me to take a group of LEGO Star Wars (LSW) fans on a Deep Dive tour of Steve's LEGO collection, I knew it was going to take some time prepare, but this wasn't work, this was a dream.
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In the video below Steve talks about one of his newest favorite collectibles. They're from Japan, but they're not the Bearbricks shown above (although the bears are incredibly kawaii).
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There are many one-of-a-kind screen used or production related props at Rancho Obi-Wan. Log in to the Virtual Museum to see Steve talk about some of the items on display such as a Duros head, Givin hands and head, a piece of 4-LOM, Pieces of Leia's costume from Return of the Jedi and a genuine piece of the Millennium Falcon.
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We’ve always had kids as visitors to Rancho Obi-Wan, even long before we were organized as a non-profit Star Wars museum in 2011: neighborhood kids, kids who are related to friends and neighbors and school kids on authorized class outings with their teachers and a few parents as chaperones.
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Steve tells the whole history of the Cantina door that lives at Rancho Obi-Wan.
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Steve continues through the Rancho Obi-Wan library, showing some of his favorites and talking about the books he has authored over the years.
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