The fourth draft of the first Star Wars film, originally titled The Adventures Of Luke Starkiller, left by Harrison Ford in a flat on Elgin Crescent in Notting Hill in 1976 has been put up for auction, and is estimated to make between £8,000 and £12,000.
It is incomplete and unbound, with differing-coloured pages indicating revisions – and includes scenes and characters cut from the final edit.
He was filming the now titled, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, which was made in Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire, and needed somewhere to stay close by.
Ford developed a relationship with the owners, who lived on the bottom floors, and they are now selling the script along with several other items.
The family said Ford was “an excellent tenant, very tidy”.
“He was an ideal tenant. It really was a fun time,” they added.
They also recalled that Ford bought new plants for their garden, and attended their son’s first birthday party.
Excalibur Auctions’ auctioneer Jonathan Torode said people had to understand that Star Wars had not been released yet and no-one had a “clue how big it was going to be”.
The George Lucas script introduces Ford as the cynical hero Han Solo on page 56, according to Excalibur Auctions.
The auction also includes a call sheet for the Death Star hallway to core shaft scene, which features Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher.
The script will be sold along with other items on February 17th at Excalibur Auctions.
