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Darth Vader’s lightsaber from The Empire Strikes Back is going to auction
Darth Vader’s lightsaber from The Empire Strikes Back is going up for auction in Dallas on November 12.
It was used in Vader’s duel with Luke Skywalker, including the scene where Vader says, “I am your father.”
The prop was also used in Return of the Jedi.
It is one of more than two dozen lightsabers from across the Star Wars films and shows being offered at the sale.
The auction house expects Vader’s lightsaber to sell for at least $1 million.
Other items include lightsabers used by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, a Boba Fett blaster and a Yoda puppet hand.
In July, a lightsaber with Luke Skywalker’s severed hand sold for $3.75 million, the highest price paid for a Star Wars film prop according to the auction house.
Darth Vader’s lightsaber from the duel with Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back is going to auction.
Heritage Auctions expects it to sell for at least $1 million.
The auction is scheduled for November 12 in Dallas, Texas.
The lightsaber was also used in Return of the Jedi.
It is among more than two dozen lightsaber props in an auction covering Star Wars films and related productions.
- Who
- Heritage Auctions is holding the auction, and the item is Darth Vader’s lightsaber.
- What
- The lightsaber is going up for auction, with an expected price of at least $1 million.
- When
- November 12. The Guardian says the auction is next month.
- Where
- Dallas, Texas, according to Spiegel.
- Why
- Not stated
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I am your father
A lightsaber with Luke Skywalker’s severed hand from The Empire Strikes Back sold for $3.75 million.
Heritage Auctions is scheduled to hold the auction in Dallas, Texas.
- Expected minimum price
- $1 million
- Auction date
- November 12
- Auction location
- Dallas, Texas
- Lightsaber props offered
- More than two dozen
- Previous prop sale
- $3.75 million for a lightsaber with Luke Skywalker’s severed hand
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