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Star Wars figure sells for $25,000

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By Heather Matthews
Dec 11, 2015

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Star Wars fanatics are not shy about handing out the big bucks.

Sotheby's online auction of a Star Wars collection started this morning.

The Luke Skywalker figure was expected to bring in at least $12,000.

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Instead, it went for a whopping $25,000.

It's a rare figurine from 1978, still in its original packaging, with the delicate lightsaber still intact.

The collection even contains cardboard packaging - without action figures- from 1982, labeled "Revenge of the Jedi."

That was the working name for the third movie, which was eventually scrapped in favor of "Return of the Jedi".

Is the force urging you to grab your own little lightsaber?

You can go to Sotheby's right now, by CLICKING HERE!

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