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Kudos to Disney, Mark Hamill, and J.J. Abrams.

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The Force is with him! Star Wars fan dying of rare cancer gains final wish as Disney provides early screening of sci-fi saga

The Force was strong for a terminally ill cancer patient who was granted his dying wish on Thursday of an early screening of the upcoming Star Wars film.

Daniel Fleetwood, 32, watched an unedited version of Star Wars: The Force Awakens after receiving a call from director JJ Abrams, his wife Ashley said in a Facebook posting.

'To all our wonderful supporters, friends, family and awesome strangers: Daniels final dream was just granted!!!,' Ashley wrote.

Today the wonderful Disney and Lucasfilms made his final dream come true, in the amazing typical Disney way, they really do make dreams come true!,' she posted.

Disney Studio executives arrived at Daniel's home in Houston, Texas and the unedited version was screened on their own television. Ashley said the film was played from Disney's equipment and they had to sign a confidentiality agreement.

The film's director JJ Abrams also called Daniel before the screening, Ashley said.

Daniel and his friend launched the Force For Daniel campaign recently to urge an early screening that quickly went viral.

Star Wars legend Mark Hamill backed the online campaign and took to Twitter after learning that Daniel's last wish had been granted.

'I just read this and am elated for Daniel & his family! Thanks to the powers-that-be for making his dream come true,' tweeted the actor who will reprise his role of Luke Skywalker for the sequel.

New franchise star John Boyega and Peter Mayhew, who famously wears the Chewbacca costume, also lended their support for an early screening on social media.

Daniel has the rare connective tissue cancer spindle cell sarcoma, and was told in July he had just two months to live.

He has been a lover of the iconic science fiction franchise since he was around eight-years-old, and his local newspaper even ran a story 12 years ago on him camping out to see Star Wars III: Revenge Of The Sith.

Ashley in her Facebook posting thanked the film's director and studio representatives for the screening.

'Lastly I want to thank ALL the amazing people who helped make this happen, thank you beyond words!!! May the force be with you all smile ‪#‎forcefordaniel‬ !!!!, ' she wrote.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens on December 18 in the US.

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