Lightsaber used by Luke Skywalker in Star Wars sold for £133,000

The lightsaber used by Luke Skywalker in Star Wars sold for more than £130,000 at an auction of Hollywood props and memorabilia.

Actor Mark Hamill used the lightsaber, which was made from an old photography flashgun, in both the original Star Wars: a New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.

The weapon, sold by Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz, fetched  £133,000 at the sale by Hollywood auction house Profiles in History.

An original section of the Death Star from the first 1977 movie also fetched £13,300 and C-3PO’s helmet and robotic hands worn by British actor Anthony Daniels in the 1983 hit Star Wars: Return of the Jedi sold for £66,444 and £20,000 respectively.

An original set of the three Lord of the Rings books, all first editions printed in 1954 and signed by JRR Tolkien sold for £60,000.

Bound in original red cloth, each volume included a fold out map of Middle Earth at the back and used to belong to a student of Tolkien’s.

The first British edition of Ian Fleming’s You Only Live Twice in which Fleming wrote:

‘To the real James Bond from the thief of his identity’ fetched £46,530.

Iconic: Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader have a lightsaber duel in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

The book was given as a present to American Ornithologist James Bond, who died shortly after he met Fleming in 1964.

And the second draft original handwritten manuscript of You Only Live Twice, signed by Roald Dahl, fetched £53,200.

Pricey: The handle of Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber made from an old photography flashgun