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U.S. NEWS A7
Saturday 31 October 2015

Family builds Star Wars costume for son with cerebral palsy

BRADY McCOMBS In this Oct. 27, 2015, photo, provided by Chantelle Bailey, Sebastian Bailey, 5, who has cerebral palsy, stands in his Halloween cos-
Associated Press tume dressed as Han Solo aboard the Millennium Falcon from the original “Star Wars” movies in Sandy, Utah. Sebastian’s parents
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A created the costume so that it fits around his walker.
Star Wars-loving Utah fam-
ily devised an elaborate Associated Pres
and awe-inspiring solution
to the challenge of finding But the Baileys couldn’t per- ing and gluing in the kitch- walker. “It makes it easier for other
a Halloween costume for suade their two daughters, en, so they could watch Sebastian debuted his per- kids to approach him,” she
their 5-year-old son with ce- Eden, 9, and Ava, 3, to join TV. At first, she assigned the sonal Millennium Falcon said. “He’s happy. He likes
rebral palsy. the theme. Eden insisted on job to her husband, but she on Tuesday at a trunk and to hit the button.”
Chantelle and Patrick Bai- being a bee and Ava Spi- quickly realized it would be treat event at their church. People are already asking
ley built a detailed replica derman. a two-person job. It was a hit, with people giv- what they’ll do next year
of the Millennium Falcon Chantelle Bailey said she It wasn’t their first foray into ing Sebastian high fives and for an encore, but Chan-
that fits around Sebastian and her husband stayed elaborate Halloween cos- pats on the back all night, telle Bailey says this might
Bailey’s walker. It is made up late nearly every night tume-making. Two years Chantelle Bailey said. He’ll be their final act. Sebastian
of corrugated plastic with for three weeks after their ago, they built the red wear it again Saturday to is starting to walk a bit on
a wood foundation. It four children were asleep phone booth where Clark go trick or treating in their his own, she said.
features blue lights in the to build the spaceship. Kent becomes Super Man neighborhood in the Salt “Maybe he won’t need
back and headlights in the They did the sawing, draw- to go around Sebastian’s Lake City suburb of Sandy. one next year,” she said.q
front to match the famous
spaceship.
On top near Sebastian’s
arm is a small black appa-
ratus with a big yellow but-
ton called a speech but-
ton. It’s what Sebastian uses
to communicate since he
can’t talk. For the costume,
they’ve programmed it
with his older brother say-
ing, “trick or treat” inter-
spersed with some of Han
Solo’s iconic one-liners from
the Star Wars movie, such
as “Sure hope the old man
got that tractor beam out
of commission, or this is
gonna be a real short trip.
Ok, hit it!”
Sebastian will go trick-or-
treating in it dressed as
Han Solo. His older brother,
Holden, 8, is dressed as Luke
Skywalker and their parents
will go as R2-D2 and Chew-
bacca.