Recently a hashtag campaign was started called #ForceForDaniel in an attempt to get the attention of Disney, Lucasfilm, and director J.J. Abrams in hopes of getting a special early screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens for Daniel Fleetwood, a 32-year-old Star Wars fan who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and given only two months to live back in July.

When he started feeling like he wasn’t going to make it to the movie’s December release, the hashtag was created to ask for help. It caught on and got to the right eyes, with stars of the movie like Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, and John Boyega sharing the hashtag on their own social media accounts before it finally got to the “powers that be,” as Hamill put it.

Here’s Ridley helping to get the word around via her Instagram account:

This one's for you Daniel Fleetwood!!! We will all do what we can to make your wish come true #forcefordaniel

A photo posted by @daisyridley on Nov 3, 2015 at 12:38am PST

Eventually all the work to get the attention of Disney, Lucasfilm, and Abrams and his Bad Robot banner paid off, and Fleetwood was able to see an early unedited cut of the movie:

And here’s a tweet from Hamill after word that it all worked out:

I just read this and am elated for Daniel & his family! Thanks to the powers-that-be for making his dream come true. https://t.co/ImiAdyBxf8

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) November 5, 2015

This isn’t the first time Abrams has come through for fans like this. About five months before his Star Trek sequel Star Trek Into Darkness hit theaters, a dying fan also reached out and was heard, getting to see the film a short time before he passed away.

[Source via ET]