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Heritage Auctions is selling a lightsaber used by Darth Vader in "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi," where he reveals to Luke Skywalker that he is his father. The prop is expected to sell for at least $1 million. The auction includes over two dozen other lightsabers from various Star Wars films, with some like those from "Revenge of the Sith" estimated to fetch around $10,000 each. A previous record was set in July when a Luke Skywalker lightsaber sold for $3.75 million. Other items up for auction include Boba Fett’s EE-3 carbine blaster, expected to sell for more than $100,000, and various memorabilia such as a Yoda puppet hand, C-3PO's screenplay, and a TIE Fighter pilot helmet from "Rogue One."
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Story summary
A lightsaber used by Darth Vader during his iconic "I am your father" duel with Luke Skywalker is being auctioned at Heritage Auctions. The saber, also featured in *Return of the Jedi*, is expected to sell for at least $1 million. The auction includes over two dozen lightsabers from Star Wars Episodes I through IX and other films and TV shows from George Lucas' universe. Other notable items include dueling lightsabers from *Revenge of the Sith* by Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker, each expected to fetch at least $10,000. Previously, a Luke Skywalker hand-lightsaber prop sold for $3.75 million, setting a record price according to the auction house. Additional items up for sale include Boba Fett’s EE-3 carbine blaster from *The Empire Strikes Back*, a Yoda puppet hand used by Frank Oz in the original film, Anthony Daniels’ signed screenplay for the 1977 *Star Wars*, and a TIE Fighter pilot helmet from *Rogue One*.
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A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the duel where he tells Luke Skywalker “I am your father” is going up for sale at Heritage Auctions next month.
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The Vader saber, also used in Return of the Jedi, is expected to fetch at least $1m.
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It is one of more than two dozen lightsaber props that will be up for sale at the auction that spans Star Wars Episodes I through IX and other films and TV shows from the universe George Lucas created.
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Others include dueling lightsabers wielded by Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith that are expected to go for at least $10,000 apiece.
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In July, a lightsaber with Luke Skywalker’s severed hand from The Empire Strikes Back sold for $3.75m at auction, the highest price ever fetched for a prop used in a Star Wars film according to the auction house.
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An EE-3 carbine blaster wielded by Boba Fett throughout The Empire Strikes Back is estimated to bring in more than $100,000.
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Also included are a Yoda puppet hand used by Frank Oz in the character’s original appearance in The Empire Strikes Back, C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels’ signed, personal third-draft screenplay for the original 1977 Star Wars and a TIE Fighter pilot helmet from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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