It turns out you can buy your way into the Dark Side.
Three million dollars. That’s how much one lightsaber from the original Star Wars trilogy was sold for last week. Not just any lightsaber though. It’s the original lightsaber wielded by the late actor David Prowse during the filming of the sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
More specifically it’s the very same lightsaber seen in the iconic “No, I am your father” scene from “Empire,” where Luke finds out he’s Vader’s son.
At an auction held Thursday at Los Angeles’ famous Prop Store, one diehard fan bid a $2.9 million dollars for the item, but with the added buyer’s premium (which is paid to the auction house), the item’s total will be $3,654,000.
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The purchase makes the lightsaber the highest-valued item from the Star Wars franchise.
So far, the fan has yet to be identified – and it’s probably for their own good. I’m sure they don’t want their friends knowing they have that much money and they probably don’t want their enemies to know they wield so much power now.
Other items featured at the annual auction included props from the original Ghostbusters and the Harry Potter films.
