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Darth Vader’s lightsaber, used in Star Wars movies The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, sells for nearly $5m

Darth Vader’s lightsaber, used in Star Wars movies The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, sells for nearly $5m
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Used in the famous ‘I am your father’ scene, the on-screen prop was originally expected to sell for a fraction of the priceAuctioneers estimated it would sell for over $1m, but on Thursday a Star Wars lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the famous “I am your father” scene from The Empire Strikes Back ended up selling for nearly $5m.Darth…

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