Darth Vader’s iconic lightsaber from ‘I am your father’ scene sells for staggering £3.7m

Darth Vader’s lightsaber from the “I am your father” confrontation in *The Empire Strikes Back* sold for nearly £3.7 million at auction in the United States. The price was almost five times the auction house’s estimate and set a record for the highest price paid at auction for a *Star Wars* prop.

Heritage Auctions had expected the lightsaber to sell for more than £750,000. It also appeared in *Return of the Jedi* and was among 27 lightsaber props offered in a sale that included other film memorabilia. The previous record was set in July, when Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber and severed hand from *The Empire Strikes Back* sold for more than £2.8 million.