From Darth Vader riding the tram and baseball players wielding lightsabers to Han Solo frozen in carbonite found dumped in a back alley – these images make the Star Wars galaxy seem not so far, far away after all. Superfan Thomas Dagg, 24, used Photoshop and the toys he'd had since childhood to superimpose characters and machines into everyday surroundings in Toronto, Canada. He said the images are his way of paying homage to his to his favourite films which he used to watch on VHS almost every night, eventually wearing out the tapes altogether. 'The project is inspired by the imagination I had when I was eight year old child. I loved, and lived, Star Wars back then,' he said. Scroll down for video . A giant AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport) Walker towers over a park in Toronto, Canada. Thomas Dagg, 24, used Photoshop and toys he's has since childhood to create the images . He said the images are his way of paying homage to his to his favourite films, Darth Vader (pictured) rides the tram in Toronto . Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, was frozen in carbonite for delivery to Jabba the Hutt. He is seen here dumped in a back alley . A baseball player uses a lightsaber instead of a bat in a packed stadium. Each photo took days of planning and five hours of editing . He intended to depict a world in which Star Wars characters and technology are mundane sights. 'I wanted the photos to seem realistic. If you had to photograph something flying past your window in real life it wouldn't be a clear shot - it would be blurred,' he said. 'I had to work very hard to make it look like I had just snapped the photos in passing and accidentally captured something amazing.' Each photo took days of planning and around five hours of editing. 'It's quite a complicated process,' he said. 'It usually takes four to five hours to edit the photo but it can take days to find the right location and figure out the suitable lighting and angle. 'I used a lot of the toys I had played with as a child. They are what I had used to spark my imagination back then so it seemed only fitting to use them again in this project. Yoda is pictured clinging on to a jogger's back in reference to 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back . Iconic characters C-3PO and R2-D2 stare at a Star Wars billboard. Artist intended to depict a world in which Star Wars characters and technology are mundane sights . Mandalorian warrior and bounty hunter Boba Fett takes a 'selfie' in a shop window. Mr Dagg wanted the photos to be realistic . He made the photos slightly blurred and said: 'If you had to photograph something flying past your window in real life it wouldn't be a clear shot.' An Imperial Star Destroyer is shown flying over Toronto in this picture . 'Integrating them into the shot requires a lot of lens trickery and playing with perspectives.' He was five years old when he watched the first Star Wars film and hopes to continue producing photos to coincide with the upcoming films. 'I'm trying to get the photos featured in a couple of galleries here in Toronto so I'm thinking of producing a few more to put on display,' he said. 'Depending on how good the new films are I would love to continue producing photos to tie in with them as well. 'I am excited for the next trilogy and I have a lot of faith in the director. It's going to be really cool.' Star Wars: Episode VII, directed by JJ Abrams, is currently set for a release date of December 18th 2015. The Millennium Falcon shown flying along a car on a mountain road. The artist was  five years old when he watched the first film . A Tauntaun and rider in the middle of a snowy Canadian street. Tauntauns are reptomammals  indigenous to the icy planet of Hoth . Ewoks  are hunter-gatherers resembling teddy-bears that inhabit the forest moon of Endor, one pictured (right) guarding a family yard . Integrating the toys into the  shot requires lens trickery and playing with perspectives, pictured is a speeder bike in a  car park . A Snowspeeder performs tricks for a cheering crowd, these rebel alliance vehicles featured in Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back . Mr Dagg said these images are his way of paying homage to his to his favourite films, pictured is a Snowspeeder parked at the airport .
Thomas Dagg, 24, used Photoshop to superimpose Star Wars characters and machines into everyday surroundings .
Yoda is seen on the back of a jogger and Han Solo frozen in carbonite is spotted dumped in a back alley .
The superfan used toys from his childhood and digital image processing to create the incredible photographs .
He used to watch the films on VHS almost every night, eventually wearing out the tapes completely .
From Darth Vader riding the tram and baseball players wielding lightsabers to Han Solo frozen in carbonite found dumped in a back alley – these images make the Star Wars galaxy seem not so far, far away after all. Superfan Thomas Dagg, 24, used Photoshop and the toys he'd had since childhood to superimpose characters and machines into everyday surroundings in Toronto, Canada. He said the images are his way of paying homage to his to his favourite films which he used to watch on VHS almost every night, eventually wearing out the tapes altogether. 'The project is inspired by the imagination I had when I was eight year old child. I loved, and lived, Star Wars back then,' he said. Scroll down for video . A giant AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport) Walker towers over a park in Toronto, Canada. Thomas Dagg, 24, used Photoshop and toys he's has since childhood to create the images . He said the images are his way of paying homage to his to his favourite films, Darth Vader (pictured) rides the tram in Toronto . Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, was frozen in carbonite for delivery to Jabba the Hutt. He is seen here dumped in a back alley . A baseball player uses a lightsaber instead of a bat in a packed stadium. Each photo took days of planning and five hours of editing . He intended to depict a world in which Star Wars characters and technology are mundane sights. 'I wanted the photos to seem realistic. If you had to photograph something flying past your window in real life it wouldn't be a clear shot - it would be blurred,' he said. 'I had to work very hard to make it look like I had just snapped the photos in passing and accidentally captured something amazing.' Each photo took days of planning and around five hours of editing. 'It's quite a complicated process,' he said. 'It usually takes four to five hours to edit the photo but it can take days to find the right location and figure out the suitable lighting and angle. 'I used a lot of the toys I had played with as a child. They are what I had used to spark my imagination back then so it seemed only fitting to use them again in this project. Yoda is pictured clinging on to a jogger's back in reference to 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back . Iconic characters C-3PO and R2-D2 stare at a Star Wars billboard. Artist intended to depict a world in which Star Wars characters and technology are mundane sights . Mandalorian warrior and bounty hunter Boba Fett takes a 'selfie' in a shop window. Mr Dagg wanted the photos to be realistic . He made the photos slightly blurred and said: 'If you had to photograph something flying past your window in real life it wouldn't be a clear shot.' An Imperial Star Destroyer is shown flying over Toronto in this picture . 'Integrating them into the shot requires a lot of lens trickery and playing with perspectives.' He was five years old when he watched the first Star Wars film and hopes to continue producing photos to coincide with the upcoming films. 'I'm trying to get the photos featured in a couple of galleries here in Toronto so I'm thinking of producing a few more to put on display,' he said. 'Depending on how good the new films are I would love to continue producing photos to tie in with them as well. 'I am excited for the next trilogy and I have a lot of faith in the director. It's going to be really cool.' Star Wars: Episode VII, directed by JJ Abrams, is currently set for a release date of December 18th 2015. The Millennium Falcon shown flying along a car on a mountain road. The artist was  five years old when he watched the first film . A Tauntaun and rider in the middle of a snowy Canadian street. Tauntauns are reptomammals indigenous to the icy planet of Hoth . Ewoks are hunter-gatherers resembling teddy-bears that inhabit the forest moon of Endor, one pictured (right) guarding a family yard . Integrating the toys into the  shot requires lens trickery and playing with perspectives, pictured is a speeder bike in a  car park . A Snowspeeder performs tricks for a cheering crowd, these rebel alliance vehicles featured in Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back . Mr Dagg said these images are his way of paying homage to his to his favourite films, pictured is a Snowspeeder parked at the airport .
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