Chewbacca Actor Peter Mayhew Did The Sweetest Thing For One Star Wars Fan's Family

With the tightly protected veil of secrecy surrounding Star Wars: The Force Awakens, almost no one got to see it early. It only screened a few days early for press, including big critics organizations, and only members of the Lucasfilm/Disney extended family were privy before that. There was one notable exception: Daniel Fleetwood. A lifelong Star Wars fan, Fleetwood was battling an aggressive form of cancer and wasn't likely to live until the release date. J.J. Abrams and company were moved by ...