Ketan Shah with his collection of 60,000 comic books, Star Wars souvenirs, chewing gum wrappers, cigar wrappers and Lego items at his villa in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
Mr Shah's stockpile includes more than 400 models, souvenirs and lego items.
He estimates that he's spent about $500,000 on the collection over the decades.
His collection could be worth millions of dollars if ever sold.
Mr Shah said he got hooked on Star Wars after watching the first film, released in 1977.
When you step in to his main collection room, the space heroes of film creator George Lucas stare at you from every angle.
Mr Shah also has a dozen miniatures of Star Wars characters such as Darth Vader, Yoda, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi made of Swarovski crystals.
He also owns 60,000 comic books, 800 caps and lapel pins, discarded cigar and chewing gum wrappers, old plane tickets and much more.
The collection includes cigar wrappers.
Mr Shah believes his Lego hoard could be one of the biggest any collector has.
The collection includes mini metal cars.
Mr Shah ended up collecting more than 60,000 comic books.
The comic book collection includes Tintin and Commando.
