Star Wars’ prop to be auctioned for millions

Star Wars is one of the most successful franchises in Hollywood and now it is approaching its 50th anniversary.

Ahead of the 50th anniversary celebrations, that Disney is making plans to make grand, a prop from the sets of the movie is ready to be auctioned.

The iconic Star Wars weapon, lightsaber, will be auctioned and is expected to be sold for millions of dollars.

The lightsaber to be auctioned was used by actor David Prowse and his stunt double Bob Anderson in famous fight scenes in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

Previously, the said item was being priced at Prop Store for $2.3 million back in 2022, the firm is expecting it go for $3 million now.

“A million is the low end of the estimate, the estimate is $1-3 million, we really don't know what this will sell for.”, Brandon Alinger, COO of Prop Store, told TMZ.

Speaking of a similar item sold previously, he said, “The record was an X-Wing fighter model we sold for about $2.3 million three years ago... a lot of people think this is a more interesting piece, so it has the potential to eclipse that.”

The auction will go on from September 4-6 and will also include Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man 2 costume and Michael Keaton's Batman suit.

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