​​Join us for a lively conversation with distinguished Klein College of Media and Communication alumnus, Steve Sansweet, KLN ‘66, journalism graduate and former editor of the Temple News, discussing a career that has taken him from newspapers to a life promoting the Star Wars franchise. This conversation will be moderated by Amelia Winger, senior journalism and political science major and digital managing editor for the Temple News.

About the Speaker

Steve Sansweet, KLN ‘66, is the chief executive officer of Rancho Obi-Wan Inc., a not-for-profit museum in north California’s Petaluma that houses what the Guinness World Records calls the world’s largest private collection of Star Wars memorabilia in the world.  In 2011, Sansweet was awarded the prestigious Inkpot Award for Service to Fandom by San Diego Comic-Con International. Sansweet left his newspaper career as a former reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer and then the  Wall Street Journal in 1966 to work for 15 years at his dream job: head of fan relations and director of content management at Lucasfilm Ltd., where continues as a consultant.