The prop is believed to be the first of its kind to go on the market, as the other few lightsabers left from the original trilogy were instead cycled through museums.

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David Prowse, the hulking British actor who gave menacing physicality to Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died at the age of 85.. Prowse died following a short illness ...