Summary
A man found a Graflex camera accessory at an estate sale, which is the same item used to create the lightsaber prop in the Star Wars movies. He bought it for $10, although it is worth much more. This discovery excited many Star Wars fans online.
Key Facts
- A man bought a Graflex camera attachment for $10 at an estate sale.
- The Graflex flash handle was used to make Luke Skywalker's lightsaber in Star Wars.
- These flash handles were originally used with press cameras in the 1940s.
- Star Wars set decorator Roger Christian chose the Graflex handle for its used look.
- Online, Graflex handles can sell for several hundred dollars.
- The man who found it plans to modify it into a lightsaber replica.