This lot will be sold on Wednesday 2nd December (day 2 of the auction.) Lots 464-913 will be sold on day 2 (lots 1-463 will be sold on day 1). The auction will begin at 2:00 pm GMT. Lots are sold sequentially so there is no preset ending time. A live streaming broadcast of the auction will be available on auction days.

A stormtrooper blaster from Richard Marquand's Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Stormtroopers carried their standard-issue E-11 imperial blaster rifles throughout the film, including when the Death Star docking bay sequence and the battle of Endor.

While the first two Star Wars films used stormtrooper blasters made from blank-firing Sterling rifles, slightly redesigned E-11 blasters were specifically fabricated for Return of the Jedi out of non-firing Sterling L2A2 replicas made by Model Gun Corporation (MGC) of Japan. No blank-firing stormtrooper blasters were used for Return of the Jedi.

Finished in black paint, this heavyweight blaster features a metal Sterling body tube affixed with original custom aluminium, steel and plastic dressing components, including the signature U-shaped cooling fins, the scope, scope rail, and side body dressing greeblies. The magazine has been cut down and riveted in place, and the prop features a moving trigger, and the MGC logo emblazoned on the grip.

This is one of only a few stormtrooper blasters from Return of the Jedi in private collections today, and is noteworthy for having all-original dressing components with no restoration completed. This blaster exhibits clear signs of use and age, including a bent front sight and cooling fins, flaking paint, and rusting throughout, but it remains in good overall condition. Dimensions: 51 cm x 21.75 cm x 14 cm (20" x 8 1/2" x 5 1/2")

Estimate: £50,000 - 70,000 Ω