A Star Wars script left behind by Harrison Ford in a London flat back in the 1970s has been put up for sale.
The fourth draft of a screenplay for the first filmed Star Wars movie, originally entitled The Adventures Of Luke Starkiller, will go up for auction next month with an estimate of £8,000-12,000 (€9-15,000).
It is incomplete and unbound, with differing-coloured pages indicating revisions – and includes scenes and characters that were cut from the final edit.
On page 56, Ford is introduced as the cynical hero Han Solo in the George Lucas script, according to Excalibur Auctions in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire.
Also being sold is a letter in which Ford is asked about why he has not called his wife, Mary Marquardt before they divorced in 1979.
Ford was filming 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, which was made at Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire, and needed somewhere to stay close by.
According to Excalibur Auctions, the Hollywood actor saw an advertisement in the Sunday Times for a "Flat to Let" in Notting Hill in west London.
He developed a relationship with the owners, who lived on the bottom floors, and they are now selling the script along with several other items.
Excalibur Auctions’ auctioneer Jonathan Torode said people have to understand that Star Wars had not been released yet and no-one had a "clue how big it was going to be".
Mr Torode said "it was a groundbreaking" film that was a struggle to get made before winning seven Oscars and launching numerous sequels, spin-offs and other material.
Ford was also visited frequently during this time Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, and Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia.
The flat owners, who do not wish to be named, said Ford was "an excellent tenant, very tidy" and did not know Hamill’s name as he was called "the boy" by the Hollywood actor.
"He was an ideal tenant. It really was a fun time," they added.
The auction also includes a call sheet, for the Death Star hallway to core shaft scene where Hamill and Fisher feature, and on the back there appears to be a reference to meeting involving Star Wars producer Robert Watts at Browns Hotel, Dover St.
Mr Torode said: "Although other copies of this script have come to market previously, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be able to offer a version with such wonderful provenance and attribution to Harrison Ford.
"The touching backstory to these items adds even more appeal for avid Star Wars fans and we anticipate huge interest from around the globe."
The script will be sold along with other items on February 17.
