Overview

• The authenticated combat model, stripped of its wooden blade and crafted from vintage camera flash and calculator components, was held by a U.S. collector for nearly 40 years.
• Propstore values the lightsaber at up to $3 million for the September 4–6 auction in Los Angeles.
• It is the sole known combat-model lightsaber from the original trilogy ever offered at auction.
• London hosts the latest leg of the pre-sale exhibition, which previously toured New York and Beverly Hills before returning to Los Angeles.
• The sale’s lineup also features iconic film artifacts like Indiana Jones’s whip and the Men in Black neuralizer.