Rancho Obi-Wan Inc

TO PROVIDE A MUSEUM OF STAR WARS MEMORABILIA AND ART WORK THAT EDUCATES AND INSPIRES.

THIS YEAR WE REOPENED FOR TOURS AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR 2 YEARS DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC. WE GAVE 71 TOURS OF THE MUSEUM BRINGING SMILES TO 577 PEOPLE. IN MAY WE COLLABORATED WITH 3 OTHER COLLECTORS AND PRESENTED AN EXHIBIT AT STAR WARS CELEBRATION, AN OFFICIAL CONVENTION HELD IN ANAHEIM. WE GREETED OVER 8,000 FANS WHO CAME TO SEE THE STORY OF THE MANDALORIANS.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)FOR THIS YEAR'S STAR WARS CELEBRATION, REEDPOP ASKED US TO CREATE A HIGH-QUALITY EXHIBIT TO FILL 6,000 SQUARE FEET ON THE THIRD FLOOR RATHER THAN OUR NORMAL 900 SQUARE FEET IN THE EXHIBIT HALL. THAT'S A GREAT BIG EMPTY ROOM TO FILL, SO WE PARTNERED WITH FELLOW COLLECTORS AND RANCHO OBI-WAN BOARD MEMBERS GUS LOPEZ, DUNCAN JENKINS, AND LISA STEVENS AND VIC WERTZ TO EXECUTE THE VISION FOR THIS SPACE. EACH OF THE FOUR COLLECTIONS IS UNIQUE AND PROVIDED A BALANCE OF AMAZING OBJECTS FROM CONCEPT, TO SCREEN, TO COLLECTIBLE, TO FAN-MADE.WE WELCOMED JUST OVER 8,000 VISITORS OVER FOUR DAYS, AND WE HOPE THE EXPERIENCE WE CREATED FOR YOU BROUGHT A LOT OF JOY, LAUGHTER, WARM FEELINGS OF NOSTALGIA, AND THE RUSH OF AWE AND WONDER. OUR MAIN EXHIBIT, BOBA FETT TO BO-KATAN: THE EVOLUTION OF THE MANDALORIANS, AND FOUR SMALLER EXHIBITS, WHAT'S IN A NAME, THE HISTORY OF STAR TOTS, CASCADING GROGU IN OMBR, AND 10 YEARS OF RANCHO OBI-WAN, TOOK SEVEN MONTHS OF BRAINSTORMING, PLANNING, CURATING AND DESIGNING. WE ULTIMATELY BROUGHT ALMOST 600 UNIQUE OBJECTS FROM ALL FOUR COLLECTIONS TO DISPLAY IN 20 DIFFERENT CASES.WE ALSO HAD OUR POPULAR WHEEL SPIN, THE GENERAL STORE, A FUNDRAISING RAFFLE, ANDNEW THIS YEARA CREATE YOUR OWN SKETCH CARD PROGRAM AREA. WE RECEIVED 347 BRILLIANT WORKS OF ART FROM ALL AGES AROUND THE WORLD (INCLUDING ONE FROM THE MAN HIMSELF, DAVE FILONI).OUR MISSION TO INSPIRE CAME TO FRUITION AT THIS SINGLE SMALL TABLE AT THE EXIT OF THE BOBA FETT EXHIBIT. WE HAD CREATED A STORY, FOUND OBJECTS IN OUR COLLECTIONS TO SUPPORT THAT STORY, DISPLAYED THEM FOR VISITORS TO ENJOY, AND THEN WATCHED THEM POUR THAT INSPIRATION INTO WORKS OF ART. TO COME FULL CIRCLE, WE'LL BE SCANNING THE ART AND SHARING THEM ON OUR SOCIAL CHANNELS OVER THE NEXT MANY MONTHS. I GUARANTEE THESE PIECES WILL, IN TURN, INSPIRE OTHERS, AND SO THE MISSION IS FULFILLED EXPONENTIALLY!