Star Wars fans have paid tribute to late actress Carrie Fisher, their Princess Leia, in the best way they know how: by hoisting their toy lightsabers up to the heavens and letting out a solemn Wookie cry.
Hundreds of fans attended "lightsaber vigils" across the US, including at Disneyland's Downtown District on Thursday evening, to honour Fisher, who passed away on Wednesday, aged 60.
"It was a random thing," the Disneyland event's organiser Jeff Rowan told CBS News in Los Angeles. "I decided that I think we should be paying homage to her and a lightsaber vigil was very fitting – even though technically she never really even carried a lightsaber."
Similar events took place in Texas and Denver, where fans attended vigils dressed in Star Wars costumes, including stormtroopers, ewoks, Darth Vader and, of course, Leia's iconic hair-buns.
Fans attend a lightsaber vigil in honour of Carrie Fisher at Disneyland.Credit:Disneyland Periscope Twitter
"Amazing to see so many people of different ages and backgrounds gathered together for one common interest. May the force be with you, Leia," a fan who attended a vigil wrote on Instagram.
The vigils were a colourful contrast to a more solemn gathering held in Los Angeles, where fans had created a makeshift star on Hollywood Blvd's Walk Of Fame to honour Fisher, surrounded by flowers and candles.
The fan-crafted star was placed just a block from the site of an official star belonging to Fisher's mum Debbie Reynolds, who passed away on Thursday following a stroke.
Robert Moran is a culture reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age