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October 6, 2009 By Jason DeBord

Photography from 1995’s “Art of Star Wars” Original Movie Prop, Costume, & Model Exhibition

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I was fortunate to have had an opportunity in 1995 to see a very special exhibit of original props, costumes, models, and other assets from Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.  Entitled “The Art of Star Wars”, the pieces were provided by Lucasfilm and the event was hosted by the Center for the Arts in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Exhibitions, Events, Activities, News and Events, Star Wars Tagged With: a new hope, authentic, blaster, Costumes, darth vader, droid, Exhibit, han solo, high resolution, lightsaber, Lucasfilm, luke skywalker, miniatures, models, Original, phot, photographs, photography, Props, return of the jedi, star wars, the empire strikes back, Wardrobe

November 17, 2008 By Jason DeBord

Ellis Props “Star Wars Luke Lightsaber” Update – Additional Photos

A short update regarding the lightsaber on display at the National Firearms Museum, originally sold by Ellis Props in their liquidation sale, characterized as an original prop from the Star Wars trilogy. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ellis Props & Graphics, Market Watch, Star Wars, Star Wars Tagged With: asset, auction, authentic, authentication, darth vader, Display, ellis props, ellis props & graphics, empire strikes back, Exhibit, flashgun, found, graflex, grips, Hollywood, kenobi, lightsaber, Los Angeles, mpp, Museum, national firearms museum, national rifle association, nra, obi-wan, off the shelf, Original, parts of star wars, Prop, remarketing associates, replica, star wars, t-track, tag, vintage

November 6, 2008 By Jason DeBord

Ellis Props “Star Wars Luke Lightsaber” Update – Comments from Jim Supica, Director of the National Firearms Museum

Mr. Jim Supica, newly appointed Director of the National Firearms Museum, was kind enough to read the article published this week (see Ellis Props “Star Wars Luke Skywalker Lightsaber”?) about the lightsaber on display at the museum, originally sold by Ellis Props in their liquidation sale, characterized as an original prop from the Star Wars trilogy. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ellis Props & Graphics, Market Watch, Movie Guns, Star Wars, Star Wars Tagged With: asset, auction, authentic, authentication, darth vader, Display, ellis props, ellis props and graphics, empire strikes back, Exhibit, flashgun, found, graflex, grips, Hollywood, kenobi, lightsaber, Los Angeles, Museum, national firearms museum, national rifle association, nra, obi-wan, off the shelf, Original, parts of star wars, Prop, remarketing associates, replica, star wars, t-track, tag, vintage

November 3, 2008 By Jason DeBord

Ellis Props “Star Wars Luke Skywalker Lightsaber”?

I recently came across a blog post about an “original prop Luke lightsaber” from Star Wars on display at the National Firearms Museum at the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ellis Props & Graphics, Market Watch, Star Wars, Star Wars Tagged With: asset, auction, authentic, authentication, certificate of authenticity, coa, darth vader, Display, ellis props, ellis props and graphics, empire strikes back, Exhibit, flashgun, found, graflex, grips, Hollywood, lightsaber, Los Angeles, Museum, national firearms museum, national rifle association, nra, off the shelf, Original, parts of star wars, Prop, remarketing associates, replica, star wars, t-track, tag, vintage

August 1, 2008 By Jason DeBord

Star Wars “Prototype” Stormtrooper Helmets Update: High Court Ruling Excerpts on LFL v. SDS Case

Given the British High Court ruling on the case of Lucasfilm vs. Andrew Ainsworth (see Lucasfilm vs. Ainsworth High Court Ruling: Full Document from Royal Courts of Justice), and the additional information available from the court documents, I thought it would be a good opportunity to build on the prior OPB article exploring the “prototype” Stormtrooper helmets (see Star Wars “Prototype” Stormtrooper Helmets) trading in the marketplace as original and authentic precursors to the helmets used on set and filmed in Star Wars: A New Hope. [Read more…]

Filed Under: "Prototype" Stormtrooper Helmets (AA, Andrew Ainsworth), LFL, Ainsworth, Stormtrooper Helmets, Market Watch, News and Events, Star Wars, Star Wars, Stormtrooper Helmets Tagged With: andrew ainsworth, armor, armour, Art, auction, authenitc, authentic, bonhams, brian muir, case, christies, copyright, Costume, court, darth vader, design, event, frown, gary kurtz, george lucas, helmet, high court, imperial, ip, john mollo, lawsuit, legal, live auctions, liz moore, london, Lucasfilm, marketplace, norman reynolds, Original, production, profiles in history, Prop, prop store of london, prototype, ralph mcquarrie, replica, replica prop forum, rights, royal courts of justice, rpf, ruling, screen-used, sculpt, sds, shepperton design studios, sketch, star wars, stormtrooper, tie fighter, trademark, trial, u.s., uk, Wardrobe, x-wing

July 31, 2008 By Jason DeBord

Lucasfilm vs. Ainsworth High Court Ruling: Full Document from Royal Courts of Justice


“Exoray” from the RPF is hosting a full HTML version of the High Court ruling on the case between Lucasfilm and Andrew Ainsworth in the legal dispute over the trademark and copyright of the Stormtrooper helmet and other helmets and armor produced for Star Wars: A New Hope.  I have not had time to review the full ruling in detail, but thought readers would be interested in reviewing it first hand: [Read more…]

Filed Under: LFL, Ainsworth, Stormtrooper Helmets, Market Watch, News and Events, Star Wars, Star Wars, Stormtrooper Helmets Tagged With: andrew ainsworth, armor, armour, authenitc, brian muir, copyright, Costume, darth vader, frown, gary kurtz, george lucas, helmet, high court, imperial, ip, john mollo, lawsuit, legal, liz moore, london, Lucasfilm, norman reynolds, Original, Prop, prototype, ralph mcquarrie, replica, replica prop forum, rights, royal courts of justice, rpf, ruling, sculpt, shepperton design studios, sketch, star wars, stormtrooper, tie fighter, trademark, trial, u.s., uk, Wardrobe, x-wing

July 1, 2008 By Jason DeBord

Star Wars “Original Prototype Lightsabers from 1976 Meeting”

Elstree Props (e11e on eBay) is marketing another very expensive “original” prop auction with pieces claimed to have been “prototypes” in the production of Star Wars: A New Hope.  This new eBay offering is a set of lightsabers, attributed to a January 1976 meeting.  Comparing the claims made in the auction listing with J.W. Rinzler’s The Making of Star Wars raises many questions about these vintage camera flashguns being offered for sale starting at $19,938.00. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Elstree Props (2008-current), Market Watch, Star Wars Tagged With: archive, authenticity, darth vader, e11e, elstree, Elstree Props (pre-2008), empire strikes back, george lucas, graflex, kenobi, lightsaber, Lucasfilm, luke skywalker, mpp, obi-wan, Original, photos, production, prototype, Provenance, replica, return of the jedi, star wars

June 22, 2008 By Jason DeBord

Star Wars “Where Science Meets Imagination” Exhibit Photos

A few prior articles have remarked on the traveling ‘Where Science Meets Imagination” exhibit (see Minnesota and Chicago). Fellow collector Brian Murphy was kind enough to forward some photos he had taken at the Chicago event, with a number of great pictures of original Star Wars props and costumes. [Read more…]

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