A Star Wars superfan鈥檚 dying wish to see an early screening of 鈥淭he Force Awakens鈥� has been granted.
Daniel Fleetwood, a 32-year-old terminally ill cancer patient from Texas, was able to watch an unedited version of the upcoming movie in the Star Wars franchise, his wife said in a Facebook post.
To all our wonderful supporters, friends, family and awesome strangers: Daniels final dream was just granted!!! Today...
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Ashley Fleetwood said that director JJ Abrams personally called her husband after she and others launched a social media campaign with the hashtag #forcefordaniel.
Fleetwood has a rare form of connective tissue cancer called spindle cell sarcoma
He told NBC that he didn鈥檛 think he would make it to Dec. 18, when 鈥淪tar Wars: The Force Awakens鈥� is set to be released.
The #forcefordaniel campaign had drawn support from Mark Hamill, who will reprise his role of Luke Skywalker, as well as John Boyega, who will play a new character, a Stormtrooper named Finn.
