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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. $8000+ for a helmet? by dmarcov · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  2. Auction the right to choose Jar Jar's future by Helevius · · Score: 5, Funny
    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

  3. Forget about the Sith Lords by Wintermancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    #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.

  4. 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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  5. You want to see MY identification? by whovian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Mr. Lucas,

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

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