Star Wars: Force for Change is a Star Wars-themed charity program run by Lucasfilm and The Walt Disney Company that collects donations to fund solutions for global problems. The organization also sells Star Wars-themed merchandise using the profits for charitable causes.
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History
Launched in 2014, the program worked closely with UNICEF by selling sweepstakes for the latest Star Wars film Star Wars: The Force Awakens and raised approximately 4.2 million dollars.
Recent campaigns
In addition to its recent campaigns was selling lucky draws to people who could make cameo appearances in The Force Awakens, some of the actors from the films such as Mark Hamill visited Los Angeles Children's Hospital, while Harrison Ford appeared in a charity video to surprise fans.
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