Darth Vader lightsaber sells for record $4.875 million

Darth Vader’s lightsaber from *The Empire Strikes Back* sold for $4.875 million at auction, setting a record for a *Star Wars* prop, according to Nieuws.nl. The price was more than the $3.75 million paid in July for a lightsaber associated with Luke Skywalker, sold with a prop representing his severed hand.

The Vader lightsaber was used in the film’s famous scene in which he tells Luke he is his father. Brian Chanes of auction house Heritage Auctions called it “a kind of Holy Grail” for *Star Wars* collectors, saying it came from “the most iconic scene in the whole franchise”.

The sale was part of an auction that included 27 lightsabers. Other items included lightsabers used by actors Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen, a blaster belonging to bounty hunter Boba Fett and a Yoda puppet from *The Empire Strikes Back*. Nieuws.nl reported the winning price as more than €4.4 million.