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Texas man’s Star Wars collection spans decades SHARE TEXAS — Ed Draganski works as art director for an advertising agency. But when the work day is done, he meets up with old friends: Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Yoda and C-3PO. They’re just part of Draganski’s collection of "Star Wars" stuff. He started collecting in 1977 when the first movie came out. “The generation before us could say how they felt about the Beatles, something that completely took over. So, you wanted something to commemorate that. You wanted a toy. You wanted a collectible,” said Draganski...

Museum Showcases Dinosaurs That Once Roamed Texas SHARE HILLSBORO, Texas — Fossil expert Andre Lujan spends his time drilling away debris to reveal a hunk of history. "This is gonna be a hadrosaur bone, a duck-billed dinosaur limb bone. You can kind of see the shape in the jacket. The jacket is the plaster cast that surrounds it. This is what we put on bones to protect their journey back to the lab,” said Lujan. Lujan’s lab in Hillsboro is full of fossils. The building also houses his own museum called Texas Through Time. For Lujan, it’s a labor of love that started years ago.