LucasFilm Auctioning Star Wars Memorabilia

Captain Chad writes: "LucasFilm has donated some items to eBay's "Auction for America". They include a lightsaber used by Ray Park (Darth Maul) and a stormtrooper helmet used in The Empire Strikes Back and in Return of the Jedi. Check out the list of auction items! I think some of the bids will get astronomical. Would anyone be willing to give me a few hundred thousand dollars so I can get the lightsaber?"

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never thought i would see...

[BigBir3d]

...a page on ebay slashdotted :-)

good work people!

Warning!!!!

[DAldredge]

They have a ZERO (0) feedback rating on ebay. How do we know they won't take the money and run???

;->

$8000+ for a helmet?

[dmarcov]

Ok -- for no logical reason, I sure wouldn't mind having an authentic Stormtrooper helmet, but come on. They've already bid it up for over $8k. Sweet charity, or no -- $8,000 for a movie prop is impossible to comprehend.

Well that -- and the armor never seemed to protect the actual stormstrooper from anything. Not even a damned Ewok with a rock.

Auction the right to choose Jar Jar's future

[Helevius]

If Lucas were a genius, he would auction the right to decide Jar Jar Bink's future in the next or third Star Wars movie. He could bring in a lot of money by guaranteeing the high bidder's way to eliminate Jar Jar would appear on screen. Perhaps an AT-AT would step on him, or he could be rolled over by a sandcrawler? (Yeah, those are tame.)

Helevius

Forget about the Sith Lords

[Wintermancer]

#include "heavy-breathing.h"

#incluide "voice-distortion.h"

"Princess Lea, now you will see the true nature and power of the Dark Side of the force."

"No, Lord Vader! We are just a peaceful planet of granola eaters and tree huggers!"

"Yes, watch as the Empire unleashes the ultimate weapon....the Slashdot effect!"

Really, this is amazing, we've Slashdotted eBay.

Lucas, You Genius

[Murdock037]

...Do you know how much money I'd pay to get my own fully-functional Death Star? He's about to make a mint.

(Of course, I'd want the first one, as we all know the second one is not yet fully operational.)

Re:Act now! Vader helmet cheaper than Stormtrooper

[pete-classic]

That's 'cause Lucas messed up the value on the Vader helmet by scribbling on it.

OTOH, maybe a lot of guys are like me, and couldn't sleep with that thing in the house.

-Peter

Yummy

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd bid for a jar of ewok pâté.

Heh.

[DelyApple]

Vader: What is thy bidding, my master?

Emperor: My bidding is on your helmet, and I won. Hand it over.

Vader: But I need this to liiiive...

You want to see MY identification?

[whovian]

Dear Mr. Lucas,

We will give you 5,000 now -- plus 15 when we reach Alderan.

Re:Mostly Just Kit Models...

[CaptainCarrot]

What tapes? They're recording on digital media now. One good lightning strike at the wrong time, and you've got to reshoot the whole movie....

Where the hell is the open-source community?!?

[gregwbrooks]

Checking Sourceforge...

GNU lightsaber: Nope.

KDE front-end for hyperspace navigation: In alpha release.

O'Reilly's "The Force In A Nutshell": Delayed.

PHP/MySQL admin interface for Death Star: Again, no dice.

And you people still wonder why the Empire runs on Microsoft?!?

Signed collectibles

[freeweed]

You know, Lucas signed the Darth Vader helmet (which took approximately 3 seconds of his time), and suddenly it's worth hundreds of dollars more.

Reminds me of the 'old' adage about Bill Gates: that if while on the way to work in the morning, he stopped to pick up a $100 bill lying on the sidewalk. He'd actually LOSE money, because he makes more in those few seconds than the bill is worth. As to why he's walking to work in the first place...