So on the last page I covered all of my Star Wars toys. I had always assumed that it was the toys which made up the bulk of my collection. I never really thought that all the rest of the stuff I've got would ever amount to that much. I would find over the course of putting together this article how wrong I was. I would also find that a lot of this stuff is really wacky!

We'll start with something fairly straightforward, though; Star Wars Comic books!

Here are my Star Wars comics published by Dark Horse. I never really went out of my way to collect any particular series. In fact, most of these I bought just because I thought the cover was a nice painting or it had Boba Fett on it. Some of them I've never taken out of their bags, let alone even read.

I've also got these vintage comics from when Marvel was publishing Star Wars. I only bought ones with Boba Fett on the cover.

Ok, now this is interesting. It's the comic book adaptation of A New Hope, and as far as I can tell, it comes from the UK. It's a hardcover book I bought in the early 90's from a used book sale, but whoever had it before me had stabbed it several times with some scissors or something. You can see by the drawings that the artists took a few liberties and drew the characters to look more intense and aggressive. Also, it starts out in black and white, but then goes into colour in the middle, and then back to black and white again by the end. Also of note is that the end differs a little from the film; Chewie gets a medal too!

I thought that was it for comics, but while I was gathering the materials for this article I obtained 12 Star Wars graphic novels. They were purchased second hand for $1 each. Score!

Now on to the books. If you've ever wondered who Shoaneb Culu is, the Star Wars Encyclopedia is the book for you! It's a huge book filled to the brim with even the most obscure pieces of Star Wars info. Too bad it was published in 1998, making it horribly out of date with the advent of the prequels. Beside that are some hardcover art books, and then the illustrated screenplay for The Phantom Menace.

Some novels here, including original novelizations of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. I have no idea why I have 2 copies of Heir to the Empire. I only ever remember having one. I have the second book in that series written by Timothy Zahn, but not the third. Next to that is the Shadows of the Empire novel, a story that takes place between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Then there are these two collected books that I just recently got. You can read such exciting stories as "Zorba the Hutt's Revenge" and "Mission from Mount Yoda". Actually, that's a lie, I don't know if they are exciting or not. I have not read them. But with titles like that, how can you lose?

This book is all about classic Star Wars toys and collectibles, most of which I do not posses. Of course, there are pictures of them all in this book, so I don't feel like I need any.

This is a children's book called "The Mystery of the Rebellious Robot" and it's kind of embarrassing to admit that I own it. Not because it's a stupid book or anything, because it's not, but rather because it still has markings indicating that it originally came from the library in the town I grew up in and was never returned. Oops. This is also notable because at the end of the story, Chewie gets a medal!

What a better way to learn your ABCs than with a Star Wars book! Of course, by the time I got this book I was already well past the "A B C" stage of learning. But I didn't care, it was Star Wars! Containing witty diatribes such as "J is for Jabba" and "X is for X-Wing Fighter", what kid could resist reading it? It even came with an audio tape to read along with.

Ahh, now this takes me back. Who doesn't love a good pop-up book? This is a highly abridged and slightly interactive version of Return of the Jedi. I get a big kick out of seeing how Han Solo sort of heroically dashes out of the carbonite block after being freed by Leia.

Random magazines, some official, some not. The "Star Wars for Dummies" one is obviously not. I personally enjoy how the Star Wars cover of Time Magazine also has "Gretzky Retires!" in a small banner on the right corner, because we all know that Star Wars is more important than hockey.

And yet more magazines. I suppose that those technical manuals would come in handy if you ever wanted to build your own TIE Fighter. On the far end is a Return of the Jedi book from when the film was first released. It has all sorts of rare photos and behind the scenes info.

As if I haven't already run the risk of horribly dating myself, here are some Pogs. Yep. Star Wars Pogs. I've never played whatever game is supposed to be played with them, but that's not the point. They're Star Wars Pogs and thus I have lots of them.

Now for a touch of class: Star Wars stamps. I guess that could be pretty interesting if you're interested in stamps. I am not, but since these are Star Wars stamps, I have them anyway. They're probably very collectable, but I've never checked.

Star Wars 3D Valentines! Creatively juxtaposing images of Star Wars characters with lines of text inspired by the movies but taken horribly out of context, the results are a bit creepy. Darth Vader exclaims "I have you now!" and Boba Fett says "You're worth a lot to me!". Shudder. This box is not in great shape, but it is still sealed. I'm sure that it comes as a surprise to no one that someone with a Star Wars collection this large would have no use for Valentines.

These are special collectable "tickets" given to attendees at Toronto Star Wars conventions in 1997 and 1998. As you can see, they were autographed by the guests; David Prouse (Darth Vader), Jeremy Bullock (Boba Fett), and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca). These are amongst my most prized pieces in the collection.

If you ever felt like eating a slice of cake next to a lightsaber battle, then I guess these Star Wars napkins and paper plates are the next best thing. And of course, what self respecting collector doesn't have a Pez dispenser? Little hard blocks of sweet, sweet Heaven those candies are.

There's a few packs of Star Wars stickers. You know, people think that saving the toys and that sort of thing will be this big money investment for the future, but I think people are overlooking some of these random things are being overlooked as possibly being worth something some day. This 1998 Star Wars Desk Calendar promises "A Galactic Adventure for Everyday", but I wouldn't know because I never opened it. Come to think of it, 1998 kind of sucked, so maybe I should have. Lastly for this row we have a Star Wars lightbox, made for tracing images. It has the Star Wars logo on there to trick you into buying it. Seems to have worked in that regard.

Some cheap Star Wars Hallowe'en masks. Damn that Jar Jar looks ugly. The Darth Vader mask was originally my uncle's. I remember him wearing this when I was a little kid. Scared the hell out of me! He had kept it since then but now it has been passed down for when the time comes for me to conquer the galaxy. On the right are some Star Wars cup toppers. If there has ever been a more delightfully frivolous invention then a Star Wars cup topper, then I don't want to know what it is. The R2-D2 one was a Canadian Taco Bell exclusive from their Special Edition promotion.

I have a Jabba the Hutt mug. I don't drink coffee or anything else that is traditionally contained within mugs, so it's still in its packaging. Next are some Star Wars watches. I really like all the detail on the strap of the Boba Fett watch. Then we come to the Star Wars soap. It's all shiny and glittery, and housed inside is a tiny Chewbacca figurine. I don't know about you, but when I think of cleaning up, I think of a big hairy Wookie. Erm, yeah. Lastly we have some shampoo, curiously emblazoned by a bust of the very hairless C-3P0. Obviously neither of these items have been used. I've found that non Galactic soaps work well enough for me, though they're probably a lot less exciting..

These are dresser stands. Sort of like the large standees, except smaller and less cool.

Yeah! Cereal Boxes! I love these things. The first photo shows a set of Kellogg's cereal dressed in "Special Edition Packaging". They had 3D motion cards glued to the front. The next picture has the same box design that was digitally modified and featured in the infamous "All Your Base are Belong to Us" Flash animated video. I can't help but spot the irony of having the fat and disgusting Jabba on the front of a box of healthy Corn Flakes. Finally we have boxes of Attack of the Clones cereal. Man, this cereal was so good! It had Clone Cookies in it! I wish I was eating some right now, but alas, it was a limited engagement. Had to save the boxes though.

When The Phantom Menace came out, Pepsi went crazy with their marketing tie-ins, one of which was putting the face of almost every character onto cans. People were going out of their way to collect each and every one. I don't drink soda, so I didn't care very much, but my cousin did and he got the whole set. When it came time for him to clear out some clutter, he asked if I wanted them. I really didn't, but I couldn't bear to think of their alternative placement in the recycling bin, so they're mine now.

Here are few items that I've probably had forever. First is a set of vintage Star Wars blueprints, and next to that is a rather large metal belt buckle with a detailed relief of the two droids.

Now as if I haven't embarrassed myself enough with this collection...

Star Wars bubble gum! Still wrapped and never been chewed! Aside from the wrapper, there is absolutely nothing about this gum that makes it specifically "Star Wars" as such, but that wrapper is enough to get a membership to my collection. I suppose I could have just kept the wrapper and enjoyed the gum at the time, but since I've had the gum for so long there's not much of a point in chewing it now.

On to the electronic section of the collection. Here's my Star Wars music. First is the big 4 disk set of music from the original soundtracks. Next is an Imperial March single. The disk itself is actually shaped like Darth Vader's helmet. Then we have the Shadows of the Empire soundtrack. Yeah, there was no movie, but there was music! Some of the musical cues can be heard in the video game. Lastly we have the soundtrack to The Phantom Menace, were the track listing on the back spoiled everyone before the movie came out that Qui Gon Jin was going to die.

These are my Star Wars video games. There's Super Star Wars on the SNES, Shadows of the Empire, Episode 1 Racer, and Rogue Squadron for N64, and Rogue Leader and Rebel Strike for the GameCube.

Ahh, good old VHS. I've got a box set of the original trilogy that came out before the THX versions. Apparently this set is worth a lot of money to those who are willing to pay it. Next is the Special Edition box set in widescreen, and then the widescreen collectors edition of The Phantom Menace. Lastly is an interesting video called "From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga". Like the title sounds, it a special "making of" documentary-style feature about the Star Wars movies, mostly focusing on Return of the Jedi. Looks like most of this material has been buried, because it's not on any of the DVDs, and Uncle George has apparently denied some of the things he said on this tape.

Oh yeah, and I have these things too. But you probably could have guessed that yourselves.

Well, we're coming to the end here, but I've saved the best for last. This is the absolute crown jewel of my collection.

When The Phantom Menace was first released to VHS, I had a job at a video store. We had this huge banner hanging from the ceiling to promote it, and we sold a lot of copies. When the time came to take it down, it was decided that since I was the biggest Star Wars fan working there, I should be the one to keep it. It's been hanging on my wall ever since. This has prevented me from hanging anything else up there, but that's ok. Owning this pretty much outdoes anything else I've got.

And with that, our journey has come to an end. Though to tell the truth, this isn't the extent of my collection. There are other various trinkets and things that wouldn't take well to photography or I just didn't bother including in this report. And if you are reading this some time after it was first posted, then there is a large possibility that the collection has gotten bigger, or even smaller.

So what was the point of all this? Aside from being a good way to document what I've collected and where I've put everything (some pieces I had long since forgotten about), it was fun to dig through it all and write something clever about it all. And yeah, some of it was pretty funny. Who was I really making fun of the most? The companies who made this stuff, Lucasfilm for licensing it, or me for actually owning it? Most likely the latter. But I'm comfortable with that, because in the creation of this article, I've come to better realize just how important these movies are to me.

I can honestly not remember a time in my life where I wasn't a Star Wars fan. It's something that I enjoyed when I was a child, but my fandom as it stands today isn't driven by fuzzy nostalgia, because I still think it's cool today. Star Wars influenced me as an artist, as a person, and as a guy who just likes great entertainment. Therefore I think that it's totally appropriate, and only natural, that I'm constantly surrounded by all this Star Wars stuff. I may have made fun of myself, but I think it's pretty evident from my displayed collection that I'm proud to be a Star Wars fan, and wouldn't want it any other way.

Besides, even if I ever changed my mind about the whole thing, there's no way I could get rid of all this junk!