Sansweet was born and educated in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He studied at Temple University from 1962 to 1966, majoring in journalism. Three years after graduating, in 1969, he began work as a reporter at the Wall Street Journal in both Philadelphia and Montreal. He was promoted to deputy bureau chief in 1984, and later the chief of Wall Street Journal's Los Angeles bureau in 1987. In February 1996, he joined Lucasfilm as director of specialty marketing. He is currently director of content management and in charge of fan relations.
Sansweet's collection has also been featured on the History Channel's Boy's Toys special "Private Collections".
It’s outdated as hell by now but it’s certainly an incredibly dense guide to literally every Star Wars product that existed by the ‘90s, which is still pretty damn impressive. I can’t imagine Sansweet can still claim to own one of every piece of official SW merchandise at this point (is it even humanly possible post-Disney?) but I wouldn’t put it past him either.