Star Wars: Darth Vader's lightsaber sells for £2.7M at LA auction

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lifeisstillgood · 15m ago

I’m stretching “satisfies my intellectual curiosity” - but hell, it’s Darth Vaders lightsaber !

baranul · 8m ago

Surprised it would still have that kind of value, considering how far the Star Wars franchise has fallen. Used to be that Star Wars was a license to print money, with fans lined up for blocks, but now it's easily to switch the channel on or roll one's eyes about it.

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