I have never counted the total number of Star Wars related items that I own and to be honest I don't think I ever want to as they are legion! What's that? I must try and give you an estimate... OK, I'd guess at around 5,000 different items, the biggest single part of which is my haul of Hasbro/Kenner 3 & 3/4" action figures which at best estimate totals around 700 figures (nice Jedi mind trick!). I started collecting seriously in 1999 when my wife's best friend Nicola bought six Episode I action figures for my birthday (this included Darth Maul) but I believe the first Star Wars item I ever owned (and therefore what technically started my collection) was the Empire Strikes Back storybook which I bought after seeing the film at the cinema in 1980 aged 7 years old. The book is no longer in my collection as I lent it to a deaf friend called Damian who never returned it!

I'm a massive fan of Admiral Ackbar, the fishy general in charge of the attack on the second Death Star so I'd love to see one of his species, the Mon Calamari (the very heart and soul of the Rebel Alliance), wearing the famous brown robes and sitting next to Yoda on the Jedi Council. My Mon Cal Jedi would be a Qui-Gon Jinn style maverick in tune with the living force and not afraid to set the little green guy right on occasion.

I have neither the skill nor the spare time to be an authentic armour builder and am slightly ashamed to admit that I bought my armour from a nice man in Stockport who needed to sell it even though his kids didn't want him to. I have made slight modifications to the suit myself and I'm sure more will be necessary as I embrace the middle age spread early. I totally admire every member of a costuming group that has made their own armour, they have way more right to wear the glorious white of Vader's foot soldiers than I do!

It still surprises me that some fans can harbour such bile about the prequel films. Episodes I, II & III were never going to capture the same exact magic of the original trilogy but they are still STAR WARS and that's all I need as a fan. So Jar-Jar Binks is annoying and George can't write convincing romantic dialogue, for me it all gets overlooked when I hear the throbbing hum of a lightsaber.

Being asked to report for the most innovative and exciting Star Wars podcast in the known galaxy by the head of Venganza Media and host Arnie Carvalho was the opportunity I was waiting for to share my love for the films with Star Wars fans, both in the UK and across the world, I am still honoured that I can make a humble contribution to such a ground breaking production. SWAN is not just a Star Wars podcast it's a vibrant, friendly community of collectors who share the highs and lows of the hunt whilst helping each other in their search for that hard to find, must have item. The best thing about reporting for the podcast has got to be a toss up between giving fans in the US who can't make it to Europe an insight into conventions such as Celebration Europe in London and Jedi-Con in Dusseldorf and being able to be the go-to-guy for listeners around the world who need help in getting exclusives they otherwise might not be able to get hold of.

No way and neither did he shoot at the exact same time as Han - way to wimp out George! There can only be one interpretation of that fateful afternoon in the Mos Eisley Cantina and that's that Han, self-serving bastard that he was then, took out Greedo before the dim-witted Rodian could take the safety catch of his own piece.

A little tip for you - check out the Adywan fan-edit of the film (called 'Star Wars Revisited') for the 'real' footage of how it all played out!