‘The force is strong with this one’: Star Wars fan Mark Zuckerberg posts adorable photo of daughter Max in a Jedi cloak

Mark Zuckerberg is one very proud first-time father.

He's also a major Star Wars fan.

These two came together on Thursday in one adorable Facebook post, with the CEO putting up a picture of his three-week-old daughter, Max, dressed up in a Jedi cloak.

'The force is strong with this one,' Zuckerberg captioned the photo. 

Mark Zuckerberg has not been shy over his excitement at being a first-time dad, and that stretched to his love of Star Wars on Friday, with a gorgeous photo of his little girl, Max, dressed as a Padawan going up on his site

Right next to the little girl is a lightsaber, along with toy dolls of Chewbacca, Darth Vader and BB-8.

The post was put up near Palo Alto, California, and garnered over 1.2 million likes in a matter of hours. 

The 31-year-old, who is taking a two-month paternity leave, has not been shy about his excitement of welcoming his first child with his wife Priscilla Chan, 30, earlier this month.

A week ago he showed off a photo of himself changing Max's diaper.

Zuckerberg, who is sporting a huge grin in the photo, wrote: 'One more down, thousands to go.' 

Max — short for Maxima — weighed seven pounds, eight ounces, when she was born last month and is now the heir to the Silicon Valley tycoon's $46billion fortune.

The post began generating comments and likes almost immediately and they continued to pour in. 

One of the top commenters wrote: 'She is crazy beautiful only some days old #love.'
Another one chimed in: 'Watch out! My kids all peed on me at least once when doing that. 

'Ahh, the fun of parenthood!'

About 240,000 of the likes came in under an hour.

The posting comes days after the Facebook CEO offered words of support for Muslims who fear retaliation for the recent violent attacks by Islamic extremists in Paris and San Bernardino.

In the wake of those attacks, Zuckerberg wrote on his personal page Wednesday that he wants to assure Muslims they are welcome on Facebook and that 'we will fight to protect your rights and create a peaceful and safe environment for you'.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has proposed barring all Muslims from entering the United States. 

Other political leaders have condemned Trump's proposal as discriminatory.

Zuckerberg did not refer specifically to any proposal, but the co-founder of the world's biggest social network said, 'As a Jew, my parents taught me that we must stand up against attacks on all communities.'