Harrison Ford’s Star Wars Script Sells For $13,600 at Auction
When Harrison Ford moved out of the flat he was renting on Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill, little did he realize that he was leaving a treasure behind.
Nearly 50 years after Ford filmed his iconic scenes in Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope, one of his scripts for the film has sold at auction for $13,600.
Photo: Lucasfilm
The script was owned by Ford when he was filming the first Star Wars film at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire. At the the time of filming, the movie was still titled The Adventures of Luke Starkiller.
Ford Befriended The Flat’s Owners
Needing somewhere to stay close by, Ford rented a flat in Notting Hill. While living there, he developed a relationship with the building’s owners, who lived on the bottom floors.
According to the family, Ford was an “excellent tenant, very tidy.” The now legendary actor even bought new plants for the owners’ garden and attended their son’s first birthday party.
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“He was an ideal tenant. It really was a fun time,” they added.
Following the conclusion of filming, Ford moved out of the flat. Not only was the actor leaving London behind, but he left a piece of Star Wars history with it.
A Piece of Star Wars History
The owners of Ford’s former residency would later find an incomplete and unbound Star Wars script in Ford’s former abode.
Photo: Excalibur Auctions
50 years later, with the help of Heritage Auctions, the one-of-a-kind piece of Star Wars memorabilia sold for $13,000.
“It’s got his DNA on it. It might even have [Ford’s] sweat on it,” Sarah Torode, co-owner of Excalibur Auctions, said during the auction.
The early draft of The Adventures of Luke Starkiller reportedly featured characters and scenes that never made it into the film’s final version.
Photo: Excalibur Auctions
The auction noted that the script included the call sheet for the Death Star “hallway to core shaft” scene that featured Mark Hamil and Carrie Fisher.
On the back of the script is a reference to a meeting involving producer Robert Watts at Browns Hotel, Dover Street.
Photo: Excalibur Auctions
The script had been expected to fetch somewhere between £8,000 and £12,000. Its final price fell almost dead in the middle of that estimate at £10,000.
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