The Empire Strikes Back Vader Costume For Sale 167
Now is your chance to own an original Darth Vader costume from the best of the Star Wars movies. Christie's auction house plans on putting it up for sale on Nov. 25 and it would be unwise to underestimate the value of this costume. From the article: "The jet-black helmet, mask and armor worn by the intergalactic villain are expected to sell for between 160,000 pounds and 230,000 pounds ($250,000 and $365,000) at a sale of pop culture memorabilia next month."
I don't say this often... (Score:5, Interesting)
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Re:Empire was not the best of the movies. (Score:3, Interesting)
I mostly agree, and am a bigger than most star wars fan. Some might say much bigger. Empire seems to be one of the few that I fall asleep while watching. I find it to be one of the better played but less interesting or fun of the 3 originals. If that makes any sense.
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Re:I don't say this often... (Score:4, Interesting)
Because the first glass case is a decoy.
Re:Empire was not the best of the movies. (Score:4, Interesting)
Yeah. Whatever did happen to Highlander 2?
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At the time (when I was a kid), I hated ESB. No happy ending, Luke gets his hand cut off, Han gets his ass kicked, and Luke's Jedi training seemed ... meh.
Watching it later, I like it much more. It sets up the big surprises in the movie (holy shit, he's his dad!? Vader wants to overthrow the emperor?), shows Luke growing from Hot Shot Pilot Kid into a more experienced veteran, and shows much more of the romance between Han and Leia. (In ANH, you could kindof go either way if you were trying to imagine Leia ending up with one of them.) The story has much more depth, in many ways. It has betrayals, "I had no choice" moments, and so on, which ANH and RotJ didn't have.
Return of the Jedi had some more depth, in some ways, than ANH, but seemed notable (to me) more for the fact that it wrapped things up, gave the happy ending, and had the good guys kicking ass all over town. I'm not saying I LOVE Empire Strikes Back, but I have a lot more respect for it now than I did when I was a kid. I'd probably enjoy watching it more than ANH, in many ways, but that may be because I've seen them all so many times that it all runs together. ("Wait, they're on the Death Star already? Did I fall asleep or something?")