Boy Gets ‘Star Wars’ Prosthetic And Surprise From Stormtroopers

Via abcnews.go.com:

A 20-month-old who has a prosthetic leg covered in “Star Wars” Stormtroopers got to meet Stormtroopers in person when they came to his Washington home.

Ben Bronske, of Snohomish, Washington, was surprised last month by a group of Stormtroopers who came to wish him well with his new prosthetic.

“Ben was a little taken aback at first,” Ben’s mom, Sarah Bronske, told ABC News of the surprise, organized by Seattle Children’s Hospital. “But by the end he was giving them high-fives and poking their armor.”

It was Bronske and her husband, Josh Bronske, both “Star Wars” fans, who picked out the unique prosthetic covering for their son.

“That was not my intention to get ‘Star Wars,’” Sarah Bronske said. “I was going to get something neutral to go with all of his outfits but then I saw ‘Star Wars’ at the fabric store.”

Sarah Bronske took the fabric to Seattle Children’s Hospital, where Ben is treated, and the member of the team creating the prosthetic also happened to be a “Star Wars” fan.

“I thought, ‘OK, this is the one,’” Sarah Bronske recalled.

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