Meet the Star Wars super collector, a journey of passion and fun

Just Videl asks, how long have you been collecting

A very long time. We have R2-Mr. T2, the Empire Strikes Bike

And a piece of a Millennium Falcon. Mostly custom-made helmets. Go back to your trash pit

Thank goodness. Nozef asks, why are you such a normal guy

I expected you to be very strange. I always think it's humorous that you're humble and funny

Well, thank you, Nozef. I am who I am. And what you see is what you get with me

So, I'm not an actor. I've just lucked into having this Star Wars career

By collecting and then writing 17 books on Star Wars. And then opening Rancho Obi-Wan

And I love people. I love fellow fans. And I've gone around the world and talked to fans

I'm glad that you think I come across as a normal, humble and funny guy

Thank you. Chase Max asks, what is your favorite movie in the franchise

Mine is The Rise of Skywalker. Recent movie, Chase. You must be a young'un

My favorite one is... Guerre Stellare. That's Italian for Star Wars. I love Star Wars and I love The Empire Strikes Back

Those are my two favorite movies. And sometimes I go back and forth between the two

But without Star Wars, there would not have been The Empire Strikes Back

So, I defer to Star Wars as my favorite movie. And I love seeing it in the theater

And it was so amazing and such a wonderful surprise. And look where it's gotten me all these years later

JoePlays101427 asks, which is the worst Star Wars film or show you have seen

There is only one. The Star Wars Holiday Special. It ran one time only in the U.S

The fall of 1977. And it was terrible. TheDeathStickDealer asks, what is the thing that was the rarest and hardest to get

Would you believe... Yoda? No. This is the tackiest thing that I have in the collection

There we go. So, I was on the set of episode one at Leavesden Studios

When the Qui-Gon Jinn wax dummy was burned at the funeral pyre

When the set broke. When everybody was dismissed. I followed the guys out the back

And they were long gone. But there in the grass I saw they had sprayed the dummy with a fire extinguisher

So there in the grass I saw a patch of wet cloth

And I bent down and sure enough it was the few remaining tatters of Qui-Gon Jinn's unburned cloak

Part of his belt. Part of the boot. And a food pellet

Didn't have anything to put it in so I put it in my pocket which got immediately wet

And that's another story for another time. FortniteTreasure asks, what was the most recent item you collected

Well the most recent item I collected were these four Star Wars Barbie dolls

And my favorite is the Barbie C-3PO doll. I just love what they did with it

The costume. Just a super piece. Legionwitha3 asks, what was your very first Star Wars collectible

It was this bid booklet with this very strange looking W in the Star Wars logo

This was sent out to theater managers and owners to get them to bid on running Star Wars in their theaters

This was sent also to journalists. I got it because I was working at the Wall Street Journal at the time

And it went to the guy who covered the movie business. And he looked at it, he threw it in his trash can, and at the end of the day I sort of rescued it from the wastebasket

That was my first Star Wars item