As reports confirmed Harrison Ford is expected to make a full recovery after crashing his plane on a golf course yesterday , fans reacted with a series of memes in tribute to the actor 's heroism . The 72-year-old was forced to crash land his vintage plane on a Venice , California golf course Thursday afternoon after the engine failed . Ford , an experienced pilot , was unable to make the runaway at Santa Monica Airport , so instead picked a long green at the nearby Penmar golf course to land . Scroll down for video . Fans posted a series of memes after reports emerged that Harrison Ford is expected to make a full recovery after a plane crash . Star Wars fans led the charge , altering the scene to include Han Solo 's Millennium Falcon . Han 's co-pilot Chewbacca made an appearance in this meme , with fans urging Ford to 'never fly solo ' Another Star Wars meme shows an aerial view of the Millennium Falcon as firefighters attend the scene . He was rushed from the scene bleeding heavily from a head wound and described as being in a critical condition . but his injuries have been said to be only 'moderate ' and he is expected to make a full recovery . Hours after the crash , his son Ben Ford tweeted : 'At the hospital . Dad is ok . Battered , but ok ! He is every bit the man you would think he is . ' Star Wars co-star Mark Hamill led the tributes with a 'get well soon ' message to his friend after the actor 's crash landing . 'Glad to hear Harrison is doing well . Get well soon , ' tweeted the 63-year-old actor who plays Luke Skywalker in the film franchise . He added : 'May all his future flights be green-screen ! ' Peter Mayhew , the actor behind Chewbacca 's mask , added : 'From Critical > Severe > Moderate > Fair in the span of an hour . Is # HarrisonFord Han Solo or Wolverine ? ' And fans of Star Wars followed suit , posting pictures altering the scene to include the Millennium Falcon , the ship flown by his character Han Solo and Wookie co-pilot Chewbacca . Mark Hamill lead the way as celebrities and fans reacted to the actor crash-landing a plane in Los Angeles . Peter Mayhew , the actor behind Han Solo 's Wookie pal Chewbacca , tweeted a message in praise of his friend . This meme , showing a slab being carried out of the wreckage by firefighters , referring to when Han Solo was frozen in carbonite on Darth Vader 's orders . ' I know a few maneuvers ' : A meme imagines Han Solo , right , at the controls with Ben Kenobi and Luke Skywalker moments before the crash . Twitter user @ DepressedDarth posted Chewbacca 's statement following the crash on Twitter , later adding : 'Harrison Ford 's plane crash is proof you should never fly Solo ' One meme pinned the blame on villainous bounty hunter Boba Fett , who captures Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back . Some suggested the reason for Ford 's crash was that his furry friend was n't with him - while others pinned the blame on Boba Fett , a bounty hunter who captures Han Solo . @ DepressedDarth tweeted : 'Harrison Ford 's plane crash is proof you should never fly Solo . ' He later added : 'This crash would have never happened if Chewbacca was on board . ' Another fan posted Chewbacca 's statement in his response to the crash . 'Uuuuuuuuur Ahhhhrrrrr Urrrr Aaaarhg , ' said the Wookie . Following the Star Wars theme , another meme shows a slab being carried out of the wreckage by firefighters , referring to when Han Solo was frozen in carbonite on Darth Vader 's orders in The Empire Strikes Back . And one Twitter user adopted the weasel from an incredible picture that went viral this week to make a hilarious meme , captioned : 'Air crash investigators think they 've found the cause of # harrisonford plane crash ' . The original , taken by photographer Martin Le-May , showed a weasel riding a woodpecker - but this time , the crafty creature is hopping a ride on the actor 's plane . 'Fly ? Yes ! Land ? No ! ' A line said by Ford 's character in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade makes for an easy joke for Twitter user Damon Hill . TIE fighters from Star Wars may have been the cause of the plane crash , according to this meme . One user incorporated the weasel , whose was pictured riding a woodpecker earlier this week , to make this hilarious meme . Martin Le-May 's photo of a tiny brown weasel clinging to the back of the green woodpecker went viral this week . Twitter users also took the opportunity to poke fun at NBC news anchor Brian Williams , who has been suspended after he admitted to giving misleading accounts of being shot down in a helicopter in Iraq .
The actor crash landed his vintage plane on a Los Angeles golf course . Ford , 72 , was transported to the hospital in critical condition ; his condition was later downgraded to fair to moderate condition . Fans posted memes with references to the actor 's most famous roles . Memes suggested he had actually crash-landed the Millennium Falcon and that Han Solo should never fly without co-pilot Chewbacca .