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Luke Skywalker’s severed hand and lightsaber prop sold for $3.75M

Rob Beschizza
Jul 21, 2026
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Images: Heritage Auctions. Googly eyes: Shutterstock

The lightsaber that Mark Hamill held and lost, along with the hand holding it, to the central reactor shaft of Bespin’s Cloud City in “The Empire Strikes Back,” which canonically was preserved in a cloning tank by Emperor Palpatine, or whatever, sold for $3.75m at Heritage Auctions’ Hollywood & Enterta…

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