“As far back as I can remember, I’ve been a fan of the film series,” Tristam Green says, paraphrasing the opening GoodFellas line to describe his love for Star Wars. “One of the first movies I saw in theaters was Return of the Jedi when I was about a year old, and one of my earliest memories is the speeder bikes on Endor scene.”

Recently, Green was able to revitalize that sentiment of nostalgia with the help of another one of his passions, thanks to an unexpected present.

But when Green recently received the thoughtful gift of a blank sketchbook from his wife, a professional artist, he wasn’t sure how to put it to use. Eventually, the 33-year-old data management specialist from Charleston, S.C., came up with a plan that merged together two of his life’s passions: drawing and Star Wars.

On Tuesday, Green publicly kicked off his project to produce a Star Wars sketch a day in his new sketchbook—it’s all in anticipation, of course, of the Dec. 18 release of The Force Awakens.

“I’ve been wanting to get back into drawing regularly for a long while now, and with [my wife’s] encouragement, I figure this was a great way to do it,” Green shares with Upvoted. “I had no idea what I wanted to put in the book, and the ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 30 days!’ thing was coincidental enough to make me think, ‘Sure. I can do this.'”

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Green (who also works as a graphic designer but doesn’t have any professional training as an artist) has also been sharing his sketches with Reddit’s Star Wars community. His first drawing was of an Imperial Star Destroyer. The second day, he illustrated a Naboo starfighter.

These simple sketches, along with filling the pages of his gifted sketchbook, are a way to channel Green’s Star Wars fanhood and his draw to the saga’s fantastic characters, the stunningly designed spaceships, and its sweeping story.

Green even defends the prequels, saying “they and George Lucas don’t get a fair shake.” He did, however, briefly flirt with the idea of not going to see The Force Awakens as soon as it hits theaters.

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“I considered not going during opening weekend, but I really couldn’t resist,” Green admits. “I bought tickets for me and my wife last week.”

So far, the postings have generated suggestions from other users about what or who from the film series Green should draw next. Two of the more distinctive ideas have been Darth Jar Jar (a theory Green doesn’t personally subscribe to) and Princess Leia as she looks today dressed in her metal bikini from Return of the Jedi.

But the suggestion that really caught Green’s eye, as well as his wife’s, came from user SoDamnShallow:

There was one more metal bikini-inspired idea that piqued Green’s interest, too:

“[M]y wife in her infinite comedic timing suggested I draw Jabba the Hutt wearing the bikini. I just might.”