DARTH VADER’S LIGHTSABER
There was a world record for any Star Wars memorabilia when Darth Vader’s lightsaber sold for $4.87 million at Heritage Auctions in Dallas on November 12. The prop, used by actor David Prowse and his stunt double the Olympic fencer Bob Anderson, was most famously brandished in the duel with Luke Skywalker in “The Empire Strikes Back”. It was wielded by Vader before he delivered the famous line: “I am your father”. The price broke the record set in July for Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber in the same Cloud City fight, which made $3.75 million at Heritage Auctions.