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Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold
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James Brown was the Godfather of Soul,  Ozzy Osbourne is the Godfather of Metal but if you had to name someone as the Godfather of Star Wars you could easily argue that it’s Steve Sansweet. Owner of the worlds biggest catalogued Star Wars collection, beloved head of fan relations, one of the minds behind our very own Superbowl – Star Wars Celebration – and a mentor to collectors literally the world over, he will be at this years San Diego Comic Con to discuss his journey from a successful career at The Wall Street Journal to a galaxy far, far away.

Saturday, July 20 • 3:00pm – 4:00pm Room 4
A Fan’s Journey: From Wall Street to Lucasfilm to Rancho Obi-Wan

Steve Sansweet (chairman of Rancho Obi-Wan) tells attendees how he went from being a reporter and editor to, according to George Lucas, Star Wars’ “ultimate fan” and the face of the saga from 1996 to 2011.

He eventually opened Rancho Obi-Wan, the nonprofit museum that houses the world’s largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia.

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and has been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He is the EiC and Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, Star Wars – Das Offizielle Magazin, Journal of the Whills and Starburst Magazine, having previously contributed to magazines Star Wars Insider, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, partworks Build Darth Vader, Star Wars Encyclopedia, and Build The Millennium Falcon, and websites Jedi.net, Jedi News, StarWars.com, Lightsabre.co.uk, and Wirezone. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015 (hosting it four times), and is the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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James Brown was the Godfather of Soul,  Ozzy Osbourne is the Godfather of Metal but if you had to name someone as the Godfather of Star Wars you could easily argue that it’s Steve Sansweet. Owner of the worlds biggest catalogued Star Wars collection, beloved head of fan relations, one of the minds behind our very own Superbowl – Star Wars Celebration – and a mentor to collectors literally the world over, he will be at this years San Diego Comic Con to discuss his journey from a successful career at The Wall Street Journal to a galaxy far, far away.

Saturday, July 20 • 3:00pm – 4:00pm Room 4
A Fan’s Journey: From Wall Street to Lucasfilm to Rancho Obi-Wan

Steve Sansweet (chairman of Rancho Obi-Wan) tells attendees how he went from being a reporter and editor to, according to George Lucas, Star Wars’ “ultimate fan” and the face of the saga from 1996 to 2011.

He eventually opened Rancho Obi-Wan, the nonprofit museum that houses the world’s largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia.

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and has been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He is the EiC and Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, Star Wars – Das Offizielle Magazin, Journal of the Whills and Starburst Magazine, having previously contributed to magazines Star Wars Insider, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, partworks Build Darth Vader, Star Wars Encyclopedia, and Build The Millennium Falcon, and websites Jedi.net, Jedi News, StarWars.com, Lightsabre.co.uk, and Wirezone. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015 (hosting it four times), and is the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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