An auction this September will feature the lightsaber used by Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back. The prop is expected to fetch up to $3 million, the auction house estimates. Also going up for ...

Entertainment Darth Vader’s lightsaber from original Star Wars trilogy to be auctioned off — expected to rake in up to $3 million By Caitlin McCormack Published July 16, 2025, 12:08 a.m. ET ...

Nearly half a century on from the launch of the Star Wars franchise, early lightsabers rarely appear on the market—Skywalker’s sold for $450,000 in 2017—and Darth Vader’s weapon has only ...

Darth Vader’s iconic red lightsaber from “The Empire Strikes Back” is going up for auction with presale estimates coming in somewhere between $1 million and $3 million.

Warning, though: Iit’s going to cost you. Propstore Auction announced this week that it is selling Darth Vader’s lightsaber, which is expected to fetch upward of $3 million.

But maybe the most exciting example has just emerged: Darth Vader’s lightsaber. The actual, authentic, screen-matched hilt used by David Prowse and his stunt double in both The Empire Strikes ...

Darth Vader’s primary dueling lightsaber prop, used on screen in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) Propstore is set to offer fans the ultimate ...

For an estimated price of up to $3 million, Darth Vader’s lightsaber could be yours. The prop can be seen in the final acts of the original trilogy’s latter two films, The Empire Strikes Back ...