# Star war on Aids

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/11/14/star-war-aids/
- Published: 2000-11-14T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Star Wars director George Lucas is for the first time allowing a gadget from the
films to be sold at a charity auction of movie memorabilia. **

Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn’s lightsabre, used by actor Liam Neeson in The Phantom 
Menace, will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York on 6th March to raise funds for
HIV prevention in Africa.

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