Luke Skywalker has sent his congratulations to an 11-year-old Star Wars super fan after he was the first in the world to receive a BB-8 inspired bionic arm cover.
Actor Mark Hamill tweeted the special message to Cameron Millar, from Edinburgh, who was born without a right arm.
Cameron who was born without his right hand, said he had dreamed of having the £10,000 prosthetic for a long time.
The 10-year-old's mother, Mags Millar, managed to crowdfund for the hand, which is 3d-printed.
Cameron's Hero Arm is the first to be medically-approved in Europe and the US, and was developed by Bristol-based company Open Bionics which shared a video of Cameron unboxing the new covers and giving a thumbs up the camera, adding they were "really, really cool".
The young fan's cover is in the style of droid character BB-8, who appears in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi Sharing the video, Hamill tweeted: "Congratulations to you for @OpenBionics getting you that really, really cool bionic Hero Arm, Cameron.
Heading Manchester to do an interview!!! pic.twitter.com/yWD14vXVj5
— Cameron Millar (@Raiseahand4cam) March 25, 2019
"They say you are a big #StarWars fan and I just wanted you to know that I am a BIG fan of yours & watching this video made me super, super happy!"
In the Star Wars saga, Skywalker lost his his right hand following a lightsabre duel with Darth Vader.
Last year, Hamill worked with Open Bionics to record a message for children with limb differences.
He said: "Remember, Luke lost his hand to Vader, but that didn't stop him from defeating the Empire.
"So have courage, be determined, and always remember that your limb difference is your very own superpower.
"And may the Force be with you all."
11-year-old Cameron is the biggest @starwars fan in the galaxy, so we surprised him with a set of Star Wars BB-8 covers for his bionic Hero Arm ✨https://t.co/kDADkWIxa3 @HamillHimself pic.twitter.com/CZSnpWHoVn
— Open Bionics (@openbionics) March 22, 2019
The hand works by reading signals from the user's muscles. Sensors inside the hands socket pick up signals from muscles that would normally be moving their hand and fingers and the hand reacts accordingly.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article