Darth Vader lightsaber from Empire Strikes Back goes to auction
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A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back is to be auctioned on 12 November.
A Darth Vader lightsaber used in the climactic duel in The Empire Strikes Back will be auctioned on 12 November by Heritage Auctions. The saber, also used in Return of the Jedi, is expected to fetch at least £1 million.
The Ultimate Star Wars Auction includes more than two dozen lightsaber props spanning Episodes I through IX and other films and television shows from the Star Wars universe. Other items include duelling lightsabers wielded by Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith, expected to go for at least £10,000 each, and an EE-3 carbine blaster wielded by Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back, estimated to bring in more than £100,000.
The sale follows July's auction of a lightsaber with Luke Skywalker's severed hand from The Empire Strikes Back, which sold for £3.75 million, the highest price ever fetched for a Star Wars film prop according to the auction house. Also included in the upcoming auction are a Yoda puppet hand used by Frank Oz in his original appearance in The Empire Strikes Back, C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels' signed personal third-draft screenplay for the original 1977 Star Wars, and a TIE Fighter pilot helmet from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
How it is being reported
- Lightsaber Darth Vader used in 'I am your father' duel in 'Empire Strikes Back' goes up for auctionA lightsaber used by Darth Vader in “The Empire Strikes Back” is set to be auctioned on Nov. 12.News4Jax · 9 Oct, 11:00
- Lightsaber Darth Vader used in 'I am your father' duel in 'Empire Strikes Back' goes up for auctionA lightsaber used by Darth Vader in “The Empire Strikes Back” is set to be auctioned on Nov. 12.Clickorlando · 9 Oct, 11:00
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