Mace Windu’s (Samuel L. Jackson) hero lightsaber from George Lucas‘ Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Master Windu carried his lightsaber throughout the film, wielding it in combat against Senator Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) after discovering his secret identity as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious. Windu got the better of Sidious and was ready to kill him, but Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) intervened to save Sidious, cutting off Windu’s hand and sending Windu – and his lightsaber – out of Palpatine’s window.

This lightsaber was gifted by the film’s producers to noted stunt coordinator and sword master Nick Gillard on completion of the prequel trilogy. In the Star Wars canon, Windu constructed the lightsaber, with its distinctive amethyst plasma blade, after his ascension to his position as a senior member of the Jedi Council. The Star Wars Databank notes that the amethyst blade is Windu’s way of „warning [his] enemies that the Jedi Order’s greatest champion was ready for battle.“ Jackson asked George Lucas specially to have a purple lightsaber so Windu could stand out, and despite some initial reluctance, Lucas agreed.

This lightsaber is a hero version, crafted in resin and vacuum-metalised with a mirror-chrome finish in silver and gold. It features a handle made of strips of black rubber and two additional rubber sections, each with an intricate lined pattern. It has some very minor wear from production use and age, with a very small amount of glue residue on the rubber handle. A letter from Gillard accompanies the lightsaber. Dimensions: 27 cm x 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm (10 1/2″ x 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″)

£50,000 – 100,000