Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber Sold for $450,000
by EG
It's an elegant weapon for a more civilized age — and it went for a lot of coin.
The lightsaber prop used by Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back sold recently for nearly half a million dollars to the Ripley company, which is based in Orlando, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
The lightsaber was part of the collection owned by producer Gary Kurtz and may be on display at one of the Believe It or Not locations around the country, but the company hasn't specified which one yet, the newspaper reported.
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