(Joshua Yehl. Screenshot via Vimeo)

Fans are petitioning to honor an Orlando victim with an LGBT character in an upcoming “Star Wars” film.

Joshua Yehl started a Change.org petition addressed to Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucas Films, and Bob Iger, Disney CEO, to name an LGBT character after his friend Christopher Andrew “Drew” Leinonen.

Yehl says in an accompanying video he and Leinonen bonded over the “Star Wars” franchise. He says he came up with the idea to get Leinonen in the film coming home from Leinonen’s funeral and decided to make a petition.

“I’m writing this letter to request that Drew’s passing be honored by using him as inspiration for the first-ever LGBT Star Wars character to appear in a movie. How this is done — using his likeness, running his name through one of those Star Wars Name Generators, etc. — is totally up to you,” the petition reads.

“You are all masters of your craft, so I know that whatever you come up with will be marvelous. This character will not only honor Drew but all of the other victims at Pulse in Orlando, including his boyfriend Juan Ramon Guerrero, and every LGBT person to ever lose their life to hate,” the petition continues.

The petition has earned more than 3,000 of its 5,000 signature goal. A Twitter hashtag #PutDrewinStarWars has also been started.