Forty-five years after the original Star Wars premiered in 1977, a model of an X-wing Starfighter ... seen closed (the Rebel fleet approaching the Death Star), the iconic shot of the wings opening ...

The intricately made starfighter brought millions of people along for the ride as a group of plucky Rebel pilots assaulted the Death Star. Now the Star Wars scale model is being sold at auction ...

The model is extraordinarily rare, as most were destroyed by pyrotechnics while filming the movie’s climactic battle sequence at the Death Star ... and the original unrestored paintwork ...

Via IGN, we’ve learned that an original X-wing miniature ... Although the ships exploded in the Death Star battle over Yavin IV scene, the model actually remained intact. Although there were ...

and destruction of the original Death Star. First introduced to audiences in 1977 in "Star Wars: A New Hope" (and chronologically through its schematics in "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones"), this ...