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The lightsaber Luke Skywalker wields in the Return of the Jedi has a long and complicated history. The hilt worn by actor Mark Hamill, in most of the scenes in the movie where the lightsaber is not ignited, was in fact an old Obi Wan Kenobi stunt lightsaber from A New Hope. The blade was cut off and it featured a longer lever on the center band, a conical knob on the rear above the pommel, and a D ring attached the lightsaber to a belt clip. Cast in aluminum from a milled wooden master, this lightsaber features uneven heat sink fins which we have recreated in the interest of accuracy.For the fighting scenes, a newly machined, but more simplified look alike version of the above lightsaber was created with a removable blade. A cleaned up version of this lightsaber was used for the close up insert shot when Darth Vader comments on Luke constructing a new lightsaber. This became known as the hero version of the prop because it was featured so prominently in a close up. The Version Two of the prop was altered in post production to look more like the hero lightsaber, possibly in interest of continuity.Master Replicas engineers modeled this faithful replica directly from measurements taken from the surviving prop, and recreated the look from the movies with the help of extensive photographic reference materials supplied from the Lucasfilm Archives. Dimensions are 1.5 x 12 x 1.5. Edition size is 1500Only available through Authorized RetailersCrafted in machined and stamped aluminum and metal parts Museum quality display case with mirrored base and acrylic cover Numbered plaque and Certificate of Authenticity
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