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Darth Vader’s lightsaber sold for $3.65 million at a memorabilia auction Thursday.

It’s now the highest-priced Star Wars item to ever be sold at auction.

The lightsaber used by Darth Vader in two "Star Wars" films sold for a whopping $3.65 million at an auction in Los Angeles Thursday.

According to Propstore, a memorabilia auction house, the iconic lightsaber was sold on the first day of the Los Angeles Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction.

Darth Vader’s lightsaber sold

Propstore says the lightsaber is the only one from the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi "with verifiable screen use ever to be offered at public auction." It’s now the highest-priced Star Wars item to ever be sold at auction.

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