IT is not often a pensioner is associated with battling Stormtroopers and teaming up with Darth Vader, but a gaming granny from Ammanford needs your help.

Sylvia Locke, of Maes y Haf, is a computer game buff but she is tearing her hair out after running into a brick wall on her favourite games console.

Sylvia, who has been gaming for over 30 years, is completely hooked on the latest phenomenon Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens on her Nintendo Wii U, but she has hit a technical glitch.

The 77-year-old said: “I am currently playing a Star Wars game on my Wii U console and I am stuck in the Millennium Falcon Space Ship after playing level one of free play.

“I have read the guide book and nothing explains how I can get past this level.

“When I rung Nintendo, they told me the game has to be uploaded from the internet to update the rest of the levels in the free play.

“I enjoy playing these games but I refuse to get internet for my house.

"I am absolutely furious to pay nearly £40 for a game that I can only play half of, unless some kind person can solve this situation for me.

“This is the first game I have bought which I can't complete because I need the internet.”

Sylvia is now appealing for somebody to take her console to their computer station to update the rest of the game in free play so she can continue on her journey in space.

This is not the first time the Nintendo fan has required help to continue a game.

In 2010, Sylvia made an appeal in the South Wales Guardian which even reached the ears of the giant Japanese computer firm itself and made the Official Nintendo Magazine, which she has delivered monthly.

Sylvia pleaded for help with Super Mario Galaxy II after being defeated on World Level Three because she could not overcome her arch nemesis Boss Battle Megahammer.

But Sylvia was saved by a Llanelli mum who heard about Sylvia’s problem and rushed to her aid.

“Simone came round and was brilliant. It only took her about 15 minutes to get past Megahammer,” said Sylvia.

If you can help Sylvia with her latest glitch, get in touch with us on news@southwalesguardian.co.uk or call 01269 590897.