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$100k For Kenobi's Cloak
dws90 writes "The cloak worn by Sir Alec Guinness when he played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars original trilogy has been sold at a TV and Cinema auction. The cloak sold for £54,000, which is about $103,923 according to Google calculator. According to the article, the cloak was missing for nearly 30 years, during which it was rented out to a number of other films, including the Mummy. It was found two years ago, and has been part of a film memorabilia exhibition in London since then. The cloak sold for more than any of the other movie costumes the article listed, beating out Sean Connery's dinner jacket from Thunderball and a helmet worn by Terry Jones in Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Depends who was wearing it last.
With the earlier owners standing at the back of the auction screaming "THIS IS NOT THE CLOAK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR!!!"
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It's funny you should say that, because as soon as I read this story, my first reaction was...
"There is a millionaire out there that is gonna be doing some 'roleplay' tonight!".
They found a slip of paper in the pocket which said "bald with glasses."
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This is so worth it, I know for a fact that this cloak gives you +12 Agility and +20 Charisma. I personally would wear it to work and get all the babes.
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**"You want to pay $100,000 for this cloak" --"I don't know, it seems awfully expensive" **"You want to pay $100,000 for this cloak" --"I want to pay $100,000 for the cloak"
Buyer's remorse is more the immediate, emotional response to a purchase brought on by emotional doubt that the decision you made was the right one. I think that the rational realization after two weeks of pretending to be an old Jedi that you made the wrong decision is more in line with crappy investing or even garden-variety stupidity than with emotion.
You kidding? The price can only go up! Well until all the Star Wars fans die off. Or maybe Star Wars fans will never die off. Maybe it will be a religion in 2000 years. And Han Solo Said "Make it so #2" and he did, and it was good.
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From the summary: "According to the article, the cloak was missing for nearly 30 years, during which it was rented out to a number of other films, including the Mummy."
For rent: one cloak. Location: unknown. Cost: If sir needs to ask, sir cannot afford it. Renter collects.
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Hold on, are we talking about the Obi-Wan cloak, or the Wiimote?
I kid, I kid!
Yeah, but Darths I-IV couldn't manage it!
You're only a sad Dr. Who fanboy if you wrote that while wearing one of Tom Baker's original scarves.
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Really? I picture some rich Geek-onaire putting it on, walking into bars, strolling up to beautiful women and intoning "I'm the Jedi you're looking for." But that's just one point of view.
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What? I like Obi Wan Kenobi/gyn?
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This is just the precursor to buying the corpse and building a display out of it. The cloak...pft...having a Jedi under glass...now that is impressive.
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Maybe BloodNinja bought it...
"Aight, I put on my robe and wizard hat. AND KENOBI'S ROBE!"
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Only if it came with 1983-vintage, coked-out Carrie Fisher pre-installed in it.
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Didn't you know Rick was a Jedi Knight and Jonathan was his Padewan... And Imhotep was really Jonathan and Evelyn's father. However the sabre battle was cut out during post production due to copyright issues with Lucas.
Who found it?
Someone found it crumpled up on the floor of the Death Star.
$666 thousand? Who bought them? The devil?
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Sorry, I didn't realise this was a nationalist forum for paranoid fox news watchers.
I wrote my first program at the age of six, and I still can't work out how this website works.
You are in front of a mirror, trying it on right now, aren't you?
You can't handle the truth.
...Is what sold for the LEAST. Did they have a scarf that Dustin Hoffman wore in "Ishtar"? Kevin Bacon's Bike from "Quicksilver"? Someone had to get some bargains there.
This is not the investment you're looking for.
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A guy would be saying this?
I think I just threw up a little bit. In my mouth.
Impressive!
Most impressive!
Use the force, Luke!
I can't - it's too big!
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Let go, Luke!
Luke, you switched off your targeting computer, what's wrong?
And if he's more of the "kinky" kind we'll also hear:
Now I am the master!
Steady, girl. What's the matter? You smell something?
Now, release your anger!
And of course:
The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system.. Only a precise hit will set up a chain reaction.
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