Stormtrooper costume from 1977 Star Wars film set to fetch eye-watering sum at auction
A STORMTROOPER costume from the 1977 original Star Wars film is tipped to make £1million at auction.
The body armour is visible in the scene where Darth Vader captures the ship carrying Princess Leia.
It has been specifically “screen-matched” to the scene where Alec Guiness’s character Obi-Wan Kenobi uses Jedi-mind tricks on a group of Sandtroopers saying: “These are not the droids you’re looking for.”
Brit stuntman Reg Harding wore the outfit in the movie, later subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope.
His name is inscribed inside the helmet.
The helmet and armour each have a guide price of £500,000 in Propstore’s sale in London on November 14.
Only an estimated 30 costumes were made for the film.
The items are being sold at The PropstoreAuction on 14 November.
Auctioneers will also be selling several other items from the first film.
A fourth draft script (£8,000) and a Stormtrooper e-11 Blaster Rifle (£120,000) will be on sale.
To date, the model X-Wing, Luke Skywalker’s famous spaceship is still the highest priced Star Wars collectible ever sold, costing over £2.4million.