But Stuart Warburton, of Coalville Heritage Society, said Coalville was not the place to find the droids.
He said: “We all like myths, but unfortunately there’s no truth to the legend.
“There was a tip on the outskirts of Coalville that’s now in somebody’s private field that was used for tipping old packages, Action Men, Tiny Tears, in the 1960s.
“Kids used to go to this field to try and find the old boxes so they could cut the stars out and send off for a free Action Man.
“All the kids in Coalville who are now my age know exactly where that field is, but that was long before the Star Wars toys.
“When the Star Wars toys were disposed of they were taken to a landfill, dumped, lorries and JCBs and crushers drove over them and over them, and then they were all buried before the next load came in.
“So there is a landfill outside Coalville, that is full of lots of smashed up Star Wars toys. There is absolutely no chance of getting your spade and digging and finding that rare Obi-Wan Kenobi figure.”