Terminally Ill STAR WARS Fan Sees ROGUE ONE Before His Death

Neil Hanvey, the terminally ill Star Wars fan behind #RogueOneWish, has seen Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. According to Cinemablend, Hanvey saw the film on Saturday night and passed away on Monday. His wife issued the following statement:

On behalf of all our family we would like to thank everyone who has passed on their condolences following Neil's death last night. We would also like to thank the tens of thousands of people who supported the #RogueOneWish campaign. All the messages of love during the past week have given us a great deal of comfort during a very difficult time. We would also like to thank everyone at St Michael's Hospice, especially Amy Duncan, without who #RogueOneWish would not have happened. All donations at Neil's funeral will go to the Hospice's Family Support team and will be used to fund work with children and young people. An online donation page will be set-up shortly.

#RogueOneWish was tweeted out by thousands of Star Wars fans, including Mark Hamill who retweeted the plight to his million followers. I'm really glad to see that Disney and Lucasfilm managed to make this happen. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story releases December 16th.