So, I recently purchased, what someone told me was, a possible prop lightsaber hilt of Luke Skywalker's from Return Of The Jedi from the movies. Perhaps, an unused one from a man who claims the person he got it from worked in Hollywood and more specifically on the posters from one or more of the original movies. In what capacity I never asked.
It is, however, missing the power box on the side. What is called the Graflex clamp.
Everything else seems to be identical to some, not all, pictures of props that Ive seen from the movie Return Of The Jedi. It does appear as if multiple versions of Luke's lightsaber were made for that movie so I'm just not sure.
It's 11 inches long and 4.75 inches at the handle where the Graflex clamp should be and about 6 inches around at the top, what would appear to be the part that is largest in circumference.
There is no belt ring on it. There isn't even a hole to put one in so this is also suspect but, again, I know there were multiple versions made so I'm just not sure.
Back in 1993, before the prequel trilogy and before, as far as I know, any companies like Master Replicas were making great replicas of the lightsaber hilts from the original trilogy I owned what I was told then was also a prop of the same lightsaber from ROTJ. This lightsaber did have a belt ring but also the tip where the blade would come out if it were real screwed in and out. This one seems to be just one solid piece.
I know it gives instructions in the forum on how to upload pictures but my profile picture is a picture of the lightsaber hilt so anyone can just download that and take a look and tell me what you think. If anyone would like me to send more I can just do it through email or Facebook or something like that. Doesn't matter to me I'd just like to hear what people think.
Also, I was thinking about just buying off of here and adding the Graflex Clamp myself from the replica that is sold on the site. If anyone can tell me if they've purchased this how it goes on and how durable it is, since it's just a replica, I'd really appreciate it. I mean, is it very delicate or can it survive a fall better than an iPhone.
Basically, on a scale of iPhone to Nokia, where does it fit in and how close is it to the real Graflex Clamp that was used in the movie?
I thank anyone who reads this for their time.
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