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Star Wars fan has been immortalised in a visual dictionary as Ri-Lee Howell, Jedi master and historian
![Riley Howell, US student who died tackling gunman in shooting, honored as Jedi](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4c3a38d062ed40ebec117d89fe20d8e0c6cb9cf5/0_193_2912_1748/master/2912.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=6f224a3cf0968e0dfb706530f671a9ad)
A college student hailed by
police as a hero for preventing more injuries and deaths after a gunman opened
fire in a classroom has been immortalized as a Jedi by the production company behind the Star Wars franchise.
News outlets report the family of Riley Howell, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte student who is described as a huge Star Wars fan, was tipped off by Lucasfilm in May that it planned to honor him in a forthcoming book, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - The Visual Dictionary.