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Lightsaber Darth Vader used in 'I am your
father' duel in 'Empire Strikes Back' goes up for auction
[October 10, 2026]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In July, a lightsaber with Luke Skywalker’s
severed hand from “The Empire Strikes Back” sold for $3.75 million at
auction, the highest price ever fetched for a prop used in a “Star Wars”
film according to the auction house.
Now, someone can buy the saber that did the severing. |
A Darth Vader costumed character poses at the Hasbro and Amazon Star
Wars interactive Imperial March experience at the Empire State Building
March 21, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) |
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Darth Vader lightsaber used in the climactic duel in Cloud City
where he tells Skywalker “I am your father” is among the
highlights of the Ultimate Star Wars Auction to be held by
Heritage Auctions on Nov. 12.
The Vader saber, also used in “Return of the Jedi,” is expected
to fetch at least $1 million. It is one of more than two dozen
lightsaber props that will be up for sale at the auction that
spans “Star Wars” Episodes I through IX and other films and TV
shows from the galaxy George Lucas created.
Others include dueling lightsabers forcefully wielded by Ewan
McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hayden Christensen's Anakin
Skywalker in “Revenge of the Sith” that are expected to go for
at least $10,000 apiece.
An EE-3 carbine blaster wielded by Boba Fett throughout “The
Empire Strikes Back” is estimated to bring in more than
$100,000.
Also included are a Yoda puppet hand used by Frank Oz in the
character’s 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.”
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