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LucasFilm Auctioning Star Wars Memorabilia

Posted by chrisd on from the these-are-not-the-auctions-you-are-looking-for dept.

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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  1. no we didn't by thopo · · Score: 2, Informative

    just the server that hosts the pics (208.55.221.157). try harder guys! :)

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  2. Act now! Vader helmet cheaper than Stormtrooper's! by zsazsa · · Score: 3, Informative

    This probably won't last much longer, but there's a Vader helmet (used in Empire) going for a fraction of what the Stormtrooper helmet is up to now. ($1,700 vs $8,865)

    That's the power of a direct link from Slashdot's front page!

  3. FYI... other notable Auctions for America... by koganuts · · Score: 2, Informative

    They include:
    - ILM
    - Universal Home Video (they sold props from The Mummy Returns, including the Book of the Living, the Book of the Dead, and the Scorpion Bracelet... unfortunately most of the auctions have since expired but there were at least 20 pages of props up for bidding)
    - 20th Century Fox

    My feeling on these auctions is hey, it's all for charity, so if you have money to burn, why not do it for a worthy cause instead of for yourself?

  4. Mostly Just Kit Models... by CaptainCarrot · · Score: 4, Informative
    ...Which is kind of too bad, but I suppose they couldn't just auction off all their original props. The Stormtrooper's helmet was used in the filming of Eps 5 and 6, and Darth Maul's lightsabre was the prop Ray Park actually used in the fight scenes. The Darth Vader helmet was cast "from an original used in the filming of The Empire Strikes Back," which seems to be saying that the original molds were lost and a new one was made from an old hemlet. Not quite the same as an original by a long shot, but Lucas has autographed the thing, so I suppose it has more cachet than some of the other items.

    Everything else seems to be a professionally-built kit model. They all come with certificates of authenticity, but what they authentically are doesn't seem to be to be all that unique.

    It should be remembered that for the newer movies, authentic models will be rare indeed since they're using a great deal fewer of them in favor of CG.

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    1. Re:Mostly Just Kit Models... by jcr · · Score: 3, Informative

      It should be remembered that for the newer movies, authentic models will be rare indeed since they're using a great deal fewer of them in favor of CG.

      I wonder what the original backup tapes will go for ;-)

      -jcr

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  5. Re:Make your own lightsaber? by susano_otter · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...the more mechanically inclined among us could just turn their own on their garage lathes and bolt a bunch of gewgaws to it to finish the look.

    Are you talking about these guys?

    Or these guys?

    Or possibly even these guys?

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  6. Re:Act now! Vader helmet cheaper than Stormtrooper by swv3752 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Probably because the Vader helmet is a duplicate, not the real deal. The Stromtrooper helmet was worn by one (possibly more) extras in two movies. The one is a neat looking mold that I don't think can even be worn. And the the other is a piece of movie history that you coul wear on Halloween. See the difference?

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