The battered leather jacket worn by Harrison Ford in the latest Star Wars movie has been put up for auction in New York to help a cause dear to the actor’s heart.
Ford, 73, signed and donated Han Solo’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens jacket to help raise money for research into epilepsy, a condition he recently revealed that his adult daughter, Georgia Ford, suffers from.
Harrison said he was impressed with the work done by the FACES (Finding a Cure for Epilepsy and Seizures) unit at New York University’s Langone Medical Centre.
“I hope this jacket will provide some means to further that exploration.
“This is a cause that is near and dear to me and unlike the cynical Han Solo, I’ve got a good feeling about this,’’ he said.
Harrison told reporters earlier in March that his daughter Georgia, 26, had suffered seizures since she was a child and that doctors at the Langone Medical centre had finally diagnosed epilepsy as the cause some eight years ago, reports Reuters.
Bidding for the leather jacket stood at $33,000 on March 30 and the online auction continues until April 11 at the website.
