Mark Hamill reached out to 11-year-old Bella Tadlock after she received a bionic arm styled after the Star Wars character R2-D2.
Tadlock, who is a double amputee, crowdfunded her bionic Hero arm, and the actor helped give her campaign a boost late last year on social media.
Bella has since achieved her goal and been fitted with the arm. Mark, best known for playing Luke Skywalker in the franchise, connected with Bella over a Skype call, and the young fan demonstrated how her arm works, picking up a bottle.
He said: ‘That is great – that is so fantastic! I’m so happy that you were able to have this happen for you. ‘Open Bionics is doing such great work, and this is the kind of thing that’s really meaningful to me.’ Bella said of the
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