Han Solo’s blaster – the actual prop used in the 1977 “Star Wars: A New Hope” – just sold at auction for more than $1 million. The backstory behind this historic pistol takes us into the hidden world of Star Wars, which used real, working firearms.
Originally, producer George Lucas ordered three models of Han Solo’s personal weapon, known in the film as a BlasTech DL-44 Heavy Blaster. Over the intervening 45 years, two were cannibalized for parts – leaving one complete pistol, whose serial number matches the serial number on the barrel in the movie.
