Sitting in an attic for 25 years, memorabilia belonging to the late Peter Mayhew have been returned to his family for inclusion in the Peter Mayhew Foundations personal collection, a great conclusion that will see items regretably abandoned a quarter of a century ago back where they belong.
Scripts and call sheets from the films were due to be sold after a couple who found them in their loft 25 years later passed them to auctioneers.
His widow, Angie, pleaded to halt the sale, saying leaving the items was one of her husband’s “biggest regrets”.
Auctioneer Angus Ashworth said he was “happy” to return the items.
Writing on the Peter Mayhew Foundation’s Twitter account, Mrs Mayhew said she had previously lived in the property with her husband, who was 7ft 3in (2.2m), but when they moved out his “movement challenges” made it “impossible” for him to get into the attic to collect the items.
She said it was “one of Peter’s and my biggest regrets that we had to leave these items behind” and described it as “heart-breaking” to see them go up for sale.