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‘Star Wars’ fan gets bionic R2-D2 arm and shows it off to Mark Hamill
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nme.com"I now have two hands – I am so excited" A Star Wars fan who fundraised almost $14,000 to get a bionic R2-D2 arm has shown it off to Luke Skywalker himself.
Bella Tadlock, from Tallahassee, Florida chatted via Skype to Mark Hamill, the veteran actor who portrays the bionically armed Skywalker in the space opera franchise.
During the call she demonstrated how her new limb works. Tadlock was born with defects in her arms and hands. Last year, Hamill became aware of her fundraising appeal to pay for the near-$14,000 (£11,000) bionic arm and proceeded to retweet the campaign details to his 3.6 million followers on Twitter in November.
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