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You Need to Be Watching The Bad Batch

In 2008, Lucasfilm debuted ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars” on the big screen to mixed reviews. Walking out with my longtime Star Wars friend after a Star Wars premiere, we both felt let down. The anima...

Multi-Signed Series: Original Trilogy

Welcome to the Multi-Signed Series, a new series from SWAU that explores what projects featuring multiple autographs can still be started and completed today. Today we look at Original Trilogy pro...

SWAU: It's About More Than Just Autographs

SWAU has always been a community, first and foremost. It was started by autograph collectors to provide venue to share their collections and their love for the hobby. Since its inception in 2016, S...

SWAU Prop Collecting Series Part 3: Plaque Thoughts, Signed Props and Reminders

The following series is written by Jerrad Sanders, SWAU member, moderator of our Autograph Universe group, and SWAU's residential prop master. Make sure you read Part One with Jerrad's introductio...

So, You've Gotten Your First Fake Autograph...

Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance.   These may be the stages of grief, but they’re also the stages of owning a fake autograph. I started collecting in 1999, near the genesis of the ...

SWAU Prop Collecting Series Part 2: Collecting Plaques and Finding Your Path

The following series is written by Jerrad Sanders, SWAU member, moderator of our Autograph Universe group, and SWAU's residential prop master. Make sure you read Part One with Jerrad's introductio...

Knowing is Half the Battle

The following article is written by SWAU moderator Joel Cooke.  Just this time last year, cons were at the top of their game, There was at least one, if not multiple cons happening every week, and...

SWAU Prop Collecting Series Part 1: Introductions and Origins

The following series is written by Jerrad Sanders, SWAU member, moderator of our Autograph Universe group, and SWAU's residential prop master.  What is a prop? Is it a stormtrooper helmet? Maybe a...

Does Being in the Credits Mean You Need Their Autograph?

Earlier this year I had published an article on who I would think what signers would make for a definitive Mando Season Two cast piece, and one of the reasons why I started to put together these ...

SWAU Guide to Poster Collecting- Part 3

The following is Part 3 and the finale of a series of articles written by SWAU moderator Annie Lavinsky. Annie is a renowned poster collector and one of the experts on poster collecting in the SWA...