Count Dooku’s (Christopher Lee) hero lightsaber from George Lucas‘ Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. A former Jedi Master trained by Yoda, Dooku eventually fell to the dark side. Under the apprenticeship of Darth Sidious, he took the name Darth Tyranus and led an army of Separatists during the Clone Wars. During one of the Separatists‘ battles against the Republic, Dooku wielded his lightsaber in a fateful duel against Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). The two Jedi confronted him on board his ship, after he seemingly took Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) hostage. Having defeated Dooku, Skywalker was convinced by Palpatine, who was secretly Darth Sidious, to kill Dooku with his own weapon.

In the Star Wars canon, Dooku studied Jedi archives, basing his personalised curved lightsaber hilt design to best fit his unique, precise and controlled combat style.

This lightsaber is a hero, close-up version used for shots of the weapon before and during the duel. Crafted in resin and vacuum-metalised, it features a mirror-chrome finish with four separate black rubber accents and black resin details, along with a transparent red resin activator switch just above the pommel. At the tip of the guard is a curved protrusion detail which runs down the length of the lightsaber interior for counterbalance, and a screw-in hole which would allow a stunt blade to be attached for fight sequences. It has very minor wear from production, including some paint chipping at the tip, marks on the front protrusion accent, and wear on some of the rubber sections.

This lightsaber was gifted by the film’s producers to stunt coordinator and sword master Nick Gillard as a thank you for his work on the prequel trilogy. Dimensions: 33 cm x 9.5 cm x 5 cm (13″ x 3 3/4″ x 2″)

£50,000 – 100,000