seven-year-old colin gilpatric , an aspiring jedi knight , was devastated to learn that achieving his dream might mean never being able to marry , as forming emotional attachments is said by the rules of the fictional order to lead jedis to the ` dark side ' .
desperate for a solution , colin , who has autism , went directly to the man in charge : ` finally , i was like , you know what , write to george lucas and tell him how you feel and that 's all that you can do .