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Luke's Lightsaber Heads Into Space

scifi.com — The original prop of Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from the first Star Wars movie will be sent into space aboard the space shuttle Discovery in October to commemorate the film franchise's 30th anniversary, according to a joint announcement from Lucasfilm, the Space Center Houston and Southwest Airlines on Aug. 27.

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  • sjbdallas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The geek in me wants to make it clear that Luke's first lightsaber was actually Anakin's lightsaber first.
  • Chewie67, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Thanks, but I'm pretty busy right now.
  • macamatition, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Chewie for President!
  • thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Where's Hamil in all this? I mean, he need to get into his all-black costume and at least pat R2-D2 on the head or something.


    Also, it would be great to stage a Darth Vader swoop in and steal it charade with Luke getting the saber back.
  • tonycomputerguy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Hope it doesn't get all gunked up with the ashes of Gene Roddenbury while it's floating around up there.

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