When Graham Hoete was five years old, he would draw Star Wars doodles in his maths book.
Now the Māori multi-disciplinary artist is carving for the franchise itself.
Pāpāmoa-based Hoete, whose artist name is Mr G, has just finished carving a wooden Boba Fett helmet. He was approached by Disney and Lucas Films to carve a taonga in Whakairo style for Star Wars actor Temuera Morrison after a New Zealand Disney representative came across Hoete's Whakairo-style gumboot carving in Auckland.
Boba Fett, a bounty hunter in the fictional Star Wars franchise, is played by Morrison.
As a "legit Star Wars fan", Hoete was so excited to be approached for the job.