--- title: Lucasfilm Pens Letter to Autistic Boy Who Wants to Marry as a Jedi description: Lucasfilm wrote an autistic boy a letter when he asked if he could be a Jedi Knight and get married without becoming a Sith canonical: https://time.com/3827029/lucasfilm-autistic-boy-star-wars/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-17T19:16:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:03:05.985Z og:title: See Lucasfilm's Sweet Letter to a 7-Year-Old Boy Who Wants to Marry as a Jedi og:description: Read it here: og:url: https://time.com/3827029/lucasfilm-autistic-boy-star-wars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Lucasfilm's Sweet Letter to a 7-Year-Old Boy Who Wants to Marry as a Jedi twitter:description: Read it here: twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Lucasfilm's Sweet Letter to a 7-Year-Old Boy Who Wants to Marry as a Jedi ## Video: Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2 [Watch (HLS stream): Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2eKGIE6L.m3u8) (1:59)  _Published 2015-04-16. Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 17, 2015 7:16 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 17, 2015 7:16 PM UTC For most _Star Wars_ fans, the [second teaser trailer](http://time.com/3825513/star-wars-trailer-force-awakens/) for _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ is the highlight of their week. But one _Star Wars_ fan is more excited about the letter he received from Lucasfilm. Colin Gilpatric and his mother Peggy wrote a letter to the film company saying he wants to become a Jedi Knight, but “I want to get married without becoming a Sith. Please change the rule.” Lucasfilm said yes, in the voice of a Jedi. Here’s the full response: The letter was cited in a [_New York_ _Times_ article](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/business/media/for-lucasfilm-the-way-of-its-force-lies-in-its-star-wars-fans.html?%5Fr=0) to show how Lucasfilm takes the time to personalize letters as part of a larger story about how the studio engages with fans, from the biennial gathering “Star Wars Celebration” to promoting exclusive information on its social networks. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3827029/lucasfilm-autistic-boy-star-wars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3827029/lucasfilm-autistic-boy-star-wars/"},"headline":"See Lucasfilm's Sweet Letter to a 7-Year-Old Boy Who Wants to Marry as a Jedi","datePublished":"2015-04-17T19:16:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:03:05.985Z","description":"Young Colin Gilpatric, who has autism, wrote the studio with a very specific question","url":"https://time.com/3827029/lucasfilm-autistic-boy-star-wars/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3827029/lucasfilm-autistic-boy-star-wars/","name":"See Lucasfilm's Sweet Letter to a 7-Year-Old Boy Who Wants to Marry as a Jedi"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2","description":"Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2eKGIE6L/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-16T18:16:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2eKGIE6L.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3827029/lucasfilm-autistic-boy-star-wars/","duration":"PT1M59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3827029/lucasfilm-autistic-boy-star-wars/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```