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Luke Skywalker's 'Empire Strikes Back' lightsaber with severed hand attached auctioned for $3.75M (Entertainment)
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Entertainment NewsLuke Skywalker's 'Empire Strikes Back' lightsaber with severed hand attached auctioned for $3.75MLightsaber sells for $3.75MPhoto: The Canadian Press FILE - Kenny Baker, from left, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill are seen during the filming of the CBS-TV special, "The Star Wars Holiday," in Los Angeles, Nov. 13, 1978.
(AP Photo/George Brich, File)A lightsaber with Luke Skywalker's severed hand from “The Empire Strikes Back” has sold for $3.75 million at auction.
The lightsaber, used onscreen by Mark Hamill in the climactic Cloud City fight where Darth Vader declares “I am your father” in the 1980 “Star Wars” sequel, included a severed hand effects rig used for when Vader sliced it off.
Heritage said the price was the highest ever fetched for a prop used in a “Star Wars” film.
Daenerys Targaryen's chest with dragon eggs inside from the first season of “Game of Thrones” brought in $312,500.