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.

"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.

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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."

 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.