Behold the Haunting Gaze of C-3PO’s Disembodied Head From ‘The Empire Strikes Again’

C-3PO body parts come up for public sale occasionally; the Star Wars droid was all the time falling apart and being put back together onscreen, so it’s not shocking when, say, a shiny foot (as seen in 2025) hits the block. However a light-up head from The Empire Strikes Again is an especially uncommon discover, which is why Propstore is estimating it would fetch $350,000 to $700,000 at its upcoming leisure memorabilia sale.

In response to the public sale home, it’s “the one recognized instance of Threepio’s head from the second movie to look on the collector market.” So in case you snag this one, the protocol droid shall be staring you and you alone down with an expression that implies fear, concern, and the irrepressible urge to let you know the percentages.

If that feels like an excessive amount of emotional labor (with the value tag to match), one other nifty piece of Star Wars historical past can be a part of Propstore’s occasion. It’s Luke’s hero lightsaber hilt that seems in The Pressure Awakens—the one which Rey is drawn to whereas everybody else is gabbing with Maz Kanata and that Rey and Finn use of their forest face-off with Kylo Ren. On the finish of the film, we see her head to Ahch-To and return the lightsaber to Luke, although after all most of that memorable encounter was saved for The Final Jedi.

Right here’s a close-up take a look at the Rey-Luke lightsaber hilt; it’s estimated to go for $50,000 to $100,000—a downright cut price once you recall Propstore bought one of Darth Vader’s sabers final yr for almost $4 million.

For those who’re in Southern California, you may try a particular public preview exhibit of public sale gadgets on the Maybourne Lodge in Beverly Hills on March 11; extra particulars on that here. In any other case, the full auction catalog—together with some extremely coveted Jaws props, which io9 wrote about here—is offered for viewing now. Bidding kicks off March 25.

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