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| Star Wars explained in touch and smell at Peterborough event | Star Wars explained in touch and smell at Peterborough event |
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| Star Wars actor Warwick Davis was among more than 2,000 people to attend a film and television fans' convention that uses touch, smell and texture. | Star Wars actor Warwick Davis was among more than 2,000 people to attend a film and television fans' convention that uses touch, smell and texture. |
| The Feel the Force Day took place at the Kingsgate Centre in Peterborough. | The Feel the Force Day took place at the Kingsgate Centre in Peterborough. |
| Co-founder JJ Lucia-Wright was inspired to help organise it after spending the past 10 years teaching a friend who is deaf and blind about Star Wars. | Co-founder JJ Lucia-Wright was inspired to help organise it after spending the past 10 years teaching a friend who is deaf and blind about Star Wars. |
| He believes it is the only film and television convention in the UK to focus upon sensory experiences. | He believes it is the only film and television convention in the UK to focus upon sensory experiences. |
| People attending were encouraged to stroke a Wookiee, sniff the scent of the Millennium Falcon and hug Princess Leia. | |
| The convention featured costumed re-enactors from other films as well as the Star Wars franchise. | The convention featured costumed re-enactors from other films as well as the Star Wars franchise. |
| Mr Lucia-Wright uses the deafblind alphabet to share his Star Wars knowledge with his friend Jimmy O'Hare. | Mr Lucia-Wright uses the deafblind alphabet to share his Star Wars knowledge with his friend Jimmy O'Hare. |
| The deafblind alphabet is a manual system in which different taps on a hand spell out the letters of the alphabet and are used to create words. | The deafblind alphabet is a manual system in which different taps on a hand spell out the letters of the alphabet and are used to create words. |
| Mr Lucia-Wright said it was a slow process. "I've touched on space ships, what's real and what's not real - but we've not really done the stories yet," he said. | Mr Lucia-Wright said it was a slow process. "I've touched on space ships, what's real and what's not real - but we've not really done the stories yet," he said. |
| Warwick Davis, who played Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi, was an unexpected visitor, after filming for Star Wars: Episode VII - being directed by JJ Abrams - was cancelled. | Warwick Davis, who played Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi, was an unexpected visitor, after filming for Star Wars: Episode VII - being directed by JJ Abrams - was cancelled. |
| He said: "Fortunately I could pop in as it was either JJ Abrams or JJ Lucia-Wright." | He said: "Fortunately I could pop in as it was either JJ Abrams or JJ Lucia-Wright." |
| Fellow organiser Si Howard said he set up a charity, 1st Sensory Legion, to create events such as this for people with sensory disabilities after Mr Lucia-Wright approached him for help. | Fellow organiser Si Howard said he set up a charity, 1st Sensory Legion, to create events such as this for people with sensory disabilities after Mr Lucia-Wright approached him for help. |
| It is the second time they have organised this sort of convention. | It is the second time they have organised this sort of convention. |
| The first, held last year, focused on Star Wars and the organisers expected 20 people to turn up - but 400 attended. | The first, held last year, focused on Star Wars and the organisers expected 20 people to turn up - but 400 attended. |