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Most sites dedicated to "Star Wars" figures leave something to be desired (for example, a reason to look at them). Josh Budich's is different. Notable for its crisp design as well as its baffling number of Lukes, Hans, and Darths, this online shrine is unlike any other. We were so impressed, we arranged an interview with Josh. Read on for a look into the mind of a man who's on a quest to possess...

Many people love "Star Wars," but clearly you love it more than most. What is it about the movie that "speaks to you" (so to speak)?

"Star Wars" will always remain the quintessential story of how righteous morals will forever prevail over the forces of evil and corruption... However, now that I'm older and wiser to the "true ways" of the world, I'd have to say that I identify more with the bad guys. The Jedi, passive users of the force, only show their true power when it becomes absolutely necessary, and in order to protect and defend the innocents of the galaxy.

The Sith, on the other hand, realize that their powers are a "gift" that should be used proactively to enhance their own position in the world... Maybe it's this internal struggle that speaks to me... the realization that all of us can be both good and evil at the same time, and that certain paths, taken through our own choices, ultimately define on which side of the Force we will stand.

Which figure was the hardest to track down?

My most coveted of figures in my entire collection is the 2002 New York Toy Fair Silver Vader figure with the lightsaber that pokes out of the top of the bubble. But looking back on what it took to procure it, it was far from the most difficult.  Read the full profile...

It's a little known fact that Darth Vader, the great Jedi warrior-gone-bad, has a younger brother named Chad. For this "less charismatic" family member, the Force doesn't always come through. Though Chad takes pride in his position as day shift manager at a Wisconsin grocery store, the floor staff doesn't respect him, the general manager resists being called Emperor, and the cute check-out clerk isn't interested, sorry. When a customer attempts to return a bag of stale potato chips, Chad hisses, "Yesssssssssss. I feeeeel your anger." When he is demoted to the night shift, he dutifully tackles the necessary chores—"now, the waxing of the floor is complete"—but then gets his cape stuck in the cleaning machine. We won't give anything away, but later episodes show Chad drowning his sorrows in chocolatinis, being visited by an Obi Wan-esque ghost, and getting fired by the real-life mayor of Madison. It's all in a day's work for a sibling of the Sith lord.