Star Wars: A New Hope, 1977
A prototype prop Imperial Stormtrooper's helmet, the unfinished helmet of white painted vacu-formed plastic with black rubber details, simulated vents and clear plastic ‘bubble’ eyepiece (one missing), made for the 1977 20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm production Star Wars: A New Hope, the inside of the helmet signed recently in black felt pen by Andrew Ainsworth; accompanied by a black and white photograph of a group of Stormtrooper helmets stacked up outside Shepperton Design Studio, a black and white still of a Stormtrooper (printed later), and documents concerning the provenance

Provenance
Ex-lot 217, Film and Entertainment, Christie's, South Kensington, 17 December 2002

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