Movie memorabilia goes under hammer

Here's a tale to send you racing to the nearest car boot sale.

Back in the days of yore, when George Lucas was trying to raise the money to make Stars Wars, he had six Imperial Stormtrooper helmets made for use during the final pitch to the studio suits.

One helmet was kept and used in the 1977 film and its 1980 sequel The Empire Strikes Back. It turned up at a London ...