The Rancho Obi-Wan Experience
Coming to Star
WarsCelebration VI!
CONTACT:
Consetta Parker:
ORLANDO—July 20—A selection of rare, interactive, and one-of-a-kind
treasures from the world’s largest privately-held collection of Star Wars memorabilia will be on display
at Star Wars Celebration VI as part
of The Rancho Obi-Wan Experience!
“I’m really excited that we’re going to be able to share with tens of
thousands of fans a carefully curated exhibit that shows the breadth and depth
of both worldwide Star Wars
merchandise over 35 years and the passion and skill that fans have shown in
creating their own tribute works,” said Steve Sansweet, owner of the collection
and president and chief executive of Rancho Obi-Wan Inc., the nonprofit company
that runs the membership museum in Petaluma, CA.
The Rancho Obi-Wan Experience will occupy a 600-square-foot mini-museum
space on the main exhibit floor of Celebration VI, which takes places in
Orlando, FL, from August 23 through 26 (www.starwarscelebration.com).Items will range from props and prototypes
to original art and fan-made wonders.
In addition, fans will have the opportunity to chat with Steve and ask
any questions. There will be advance sales of the upcomingStar Wars: Ultimate Action
Figure Collection book (Chronicle Books, fall 2012), with unique and
colorful free bookplates that can be personalized and signed by all four
authors.
Fans will also be able to become members of Rancho Obi-Wan and take
home personalized membership kits that—in addition to a card, letter, and 2012
ROW patch—will contain an exclusive matching Celebration VI patch available in
very limited quantities. There also will be a limited amount of ROW and special
Rancho Obi-Wan Experience merchandise available, along with some of Steve’s Star Wars books.
Steve
and other managers and board members of Rancho Obi-Wan will be doing a panel on
ROW as part of the Collectors’ Track. Fans can also get help at the
exhibit planning a future trip to ROW (www.RanchoObiWan.org),
(twitter: @RanchoObiWan),(www.facebook.com/RanchoObiWan).
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For more information about Rancho Obi-Wan as well as other great Star Wars related clients you can also follow Consetta Parker on Twitter (@Parkerpublicist)
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