What if one of your last wishes was to see the new Star Wars movie?
Via the Verge, a growing force on Twitter, tweeting with the hashtag #ForceforDaniel, is trying to accomplish just that — convincing J.J. Abrams to allow a big Star Wars fan to see The Force Awakens early.
Diagnosed with spindle cell sarcoma, a rare connective tissue cancer, in July, doctors gave 32-year-old Daniel Fleetwood two months to live. His friends and family started the campaign to try and convince Abrams to let him see the movie before its Dec. 18 opening date.
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Several actors from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, including Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and John Boyega (Finn) have joined the campaign, with Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) retweeting it, too.
A dying man's wish to see #StarWars The Force Awakens
Help spread the word : #ForceForDanielhttps://t.co/0tA3ET3DdH pic.twitter.com/zbWM7VhvGK— Nerd Fu (@TheNerdFu) October 30, 2015
The Verge points out that there is a precedent for this: “In 2013, Abrams let Daniel Craft, the director of the New York Asian Film Festival, see an early cut of Star Trek: Into Darkness nearly five months ahead of its release after Craft was diagnosed with cancer and given weeks to live (Craft died just days later).”
Check out the Twitter campaign here.