Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter A distinctive light-up C-3PO head, a prop from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, has commanded over $1 million at auction. The iconic piece, used in George Lucas’s 1980 sci-fi blockbuster to portray the beloved fictional droid, went under the hammer as part of a significant collection of film and television memorabilia. The sale took place on Wednesday during the first day of the Spring Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction at the Propstore auction house in Los Angeles. The enduring Star Wars franchise, which saw a resurgence in the 2010s with new films starring Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver, alongside original cast members, has since expanded with numerous spin-off productions. It is the only known example of the fictional droid’s head to appear on the collector market and sold for 1,058,400 dollars (£801,818), having received a pre-sale estimate of …