Here’s hoping that it’s not the infamous ‘bonk!’ bucket head from A NEW HOPE because that would been it’s ‘b-grade / scuffed’ but a screen-worn Stormtrooper helmet, used in the filming of the original 1977 STAR WARS, is now currently on display – along with other incredible props and memorabilia from the franchise – at the Comic-Con Museum at Balboa Park (2131 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, CA 92101), courtesy of Julien’s Auctions and TCM.
The helmet, the lightsabres used by Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Liam Neeson (Qui-Gon Jinn) and Ray Park (Darth Maul) in THE PHANTOM MENACE, and Mark Hamill‘s production-made saber from RETURN OF THE JEDI joins an impressive array of pieces from the famed collections of Steve Sansweet, Gus Lopez, Duncan Jenkins and more.
The exhibition runs until the last day of San Diego Comic-Con, Sunday 27th July, when the pieces will be auctioned to the highest bidder, both in room and online which means, forget that poxy flyweight lightsaber you paid good money for in Savi’s Workshop at Galaxy’s Edge, you could be wrapping your hands around the very shaft lovingly manhandled by Ewen McGregor himself! Feel the Force, indeed.
More info about the Exhibit and the Auction below:
TCM | Julien’s “ECHOES FROM THE GALAXY, A Star Wars Memorabilia Exhibit + Auction”, Opens Monday, July 14th at the Comic-Con Museum
Highlights On Display at Museum:
- Star Wars – A New Hope Screen-Used Stormtrooper Helmet and Death Star Piece Original Prop
- Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Lightsaber Props from Ewan McGregor “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” Liam Neeson “Qui-Gon Jinn” and Ray Park “Darth Maul”
- Mark Hamill “Luke Skywalker” Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Production-Made Lightsaber
Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM), the ultimate destination for Hollywood memorabilia, are bringing the Force to the world’s greatest pop culture convention for their second annual collaboration with Comic-Con Museum!
ECHOES from the GALAXY, A Star Wars Memorabilia Exhibit + Auction, a monumental collection assembled by some of the franchise’s foremost Star Wars memorabilia collectors: Steve Sansweet (author, chairman and founder of Rancho-Obi-Wan, the Guinness World Record holder for largest Star Wars memorabilia collection), Gus Lopez (founder of the Bobacabana), Duncan Jenkins (founder of the Sithsonian) and Lisa Stevens and Vic Wertz (founders of the Imperial Archives), opens today with an exclusive two-week exhibition of highlights that will be offered at a live and online auction presented by Julien’s Auctions Sunday, July 27th at Comic-Con Museum.
Highlights include: Star Wars – A New Hope screen-used Stormtrooper helmet exhibited at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library’s 2024 exhibition “Defending America and the Galaxy: Star Wars and SDI” ($200,000-$300,000) and believed to be featured in scenes on Tatooine as a “Sandtrooper” helmet; original production-used Death Star surface pieces including a hand-painted two-sided cardboard “tower”; Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Lightsaber Props from Ewan McGregor “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” Liam Neeson “Qui-Gon Jinn” and Ray Park “Darth Maul”; Mark Hamill “Luke Skywalker” Star Wars: Return of the Jedi production-made lightsaber; six toy heads from Kenner’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back line; Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Rancor maquette 2023 Phil Tippett legacy edition replica and more.
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The Saga Museum of Star Wars Memorabilia is an initiative of Rancho Obi-Wan, Inc. a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation whose specific purpose is to serve the public through the collection, conservation, exhibition and interpretation of Star Wars memorabilia and artifacts, using the collection to provide meaningful educational, aesthetic, intellectual and cultural experiences for a wide array of audiences and to carry out other charitable and educational activities associated with this goal. Partial proceeds from this auction support the initiative to build The Saga Museum® of Star Wars Memorabilia which will bring together four of the world’s largest Star Wars collections, combining 1.5 million objects, to create a unique, over-the-top, fun fan experience in a NEW PUBLIC MUSEUM that will offer a galactic range of exhibits, programs, and amenities that will INSPIRE and SERVE the world. See RanchoObiWan.org and TheSagaMuseum.org for more information. Follow @RanchoObiWan on all social platforms.
