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Original Lightsaber Goes For 3x Expectations

Posted by Hemos on from the dum-dum-dum-dum-da-dum-dum-dum dept.

Brad1138 writes "Los Angeles - The lightsaber used by intergalactic hero Luke Skywalker in Star Wars sold for $200 000 (about R1.3m) at an auction of Hollywood props that fetched far more than expected, officials said on Saturday. news24 link here. I guess Star Wars is truly done. Kind of reminds me of 'The Last Voyage of the Enterprise' when they start parting out the set."

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  1. Let's get real by bigwavejas · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That saber belongs to none other than the Star Wars Kid http://www.screamingpickle.com/members/StarWarsKid /

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  2. not that suprising by everphilski · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There were so many duplicates of each they were hardly unique, that's why they went for so cheap. That's also why they were being auctioned, that their profits might preserve the more rare items (and the other lightsabres).

    -everphilski-

  3. Why is this not in the SMITHSONIAN?!? by voss · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A cultural icon like that not in the smithsonian?!?
    It surely belongs in the smithsonian as much as Archie Bunkers chair.

  4. Hamill's Salary? by airship · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Anyone know how much Mark Hamill was paid to play Luke Skywalker? Would he have been better off to have worked for free and just kept the lightsabre? I suspect that may be the case. If so, that's kind of warped.

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