Darth Vader’s lightsaber from ‘I am your father’ scene in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ heads to auction
by Juliet La Sala · The Washington TimesDarth Vader’s lightsaber, which severed Luke Skywalker’s hand in the pivotal scene where he reveals he is Luke’s father in “The Empire Strikes Back,” heads to auction next month and is expected to fetch at least $1 million.
Heritage Auctions will sell the movie prop Nov. 12 as a highlight of its Ultimate Star Wars Auction. The weapon also appeared in “Return of the Jedi” and is one of more than two dozen lightsaber props in a sale that covers “Star Wars” Episodes I through IX, along with items from other films and TV shows set in director George Lucas’ galaxy.
The sale follows a July auction in which a lightsaber with Skywalker’s severed hand from “The Empire Strikes Back” sold for $3.75 million. That is the highest price paid for a prop from a “Star Wars” film, according to the auction house.
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Also up for auction are the dueling lightsabers used by Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker in “Revenge of the Sith,” each expected to bring at least $10,000. Boba Fett’s EE-3 carbine blaster from “The Empire Strikes Back” is estimated at more than $100,000.
Other lots include a Yoda puppet hand used by Frank Oz in the character’s first appearance in “The Empire Strikes Back”; C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels’ signed, personal third-draft screenplay for the original 1977 “Star Wars” movie; and a TIE Fighter pilot helmet from “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”
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