Hi Scott, I ve finished part one of Ask Aspel It is 9 minutes long. I removed
the other clip. I will post parts 2 and 3 next week or when I have time. Cheers
rob
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehrzvwaz3SU



--- On Fri, 17/4/09, scott4andrea <scott.weller1@...> wrote:

> From: scott4andrea <scott.weller1@...>
> Subject: [starwarsaficionado2] ARE ELSTREE PROPS SELLING "FAKE" REPLICA
LIGHTSABERS AS THE REAL DEAL??
> To: starwarsaficionado2@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, 17 April, 2009, 4:14 PM
> Interesting website feature on ELSTREE PROPS selling
> lightsabers on EBAY....
>
> http://www.originalprop.com/blog/?p=3667
>
> My opinion: the John Stears document from 1976 is real. The
> lightsabers are from real camera flashes of the time but are
> not the originals-many of the oriignal lightsaber props were
> lost or stolen after filming of STAR WARS-I am aware, from a
> few years back, that LUCASFILM don't have an original
> Luke Skywalker STAR WARS lightsaber in their archive-only
> from EMPIRE onwards. John Stears RAIDERS whip must surely be
> fake-he never worked on RAIDERS-that was Kit West. If the
> whip was in Stears collection, how did he get it?
>
> On the subject of Luke's green lightsaber from JEDI,
> evidence from this fan prop site suggests that the green one
> ELSTREE PROPS have may not be what it's cracked up to
> be, either, but evidence dictates that a scene with Luke
> constructing his lightsaber was written, planned for,
> partially filmed with Daniels as Threepio outside the cave
> where Luke was residing in, and even scored by Williams as
> part of the cut scene involving Vader's telepathic
> message to Luke, warning him about the Emperor.
>
> If anyone can shed any more light on this, please let me
> know..
>
> SCOTT