When Julia and Robert Jones found {that a} decide from the Akron Municipal Court in Ohio could be officiating “Star Wars”-themed weddings on May the Fourth, the couple felt the Force calling them to decide to the ceremony.
“There was no other right decision, that was it,” Julia Jones mentioned.
“Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” performed within the background because the Akron couple joined six different {couples} in 15-minute marriage ceremony ceremonies Thursday on the Highland Universal Gathering Spot in Akron to mark May the Fourth, primarily a vacation for “Star Wars” followers.
Most of the newlyweds wearing conventional clothes, resembling white robes or a shirt and tie. But the Joneses got here wearing lengthy tunics for the theme — Julia resembling a member of the Sith, the franchise’s antagonists, and Robert trying like a Jedi.
They held lightsabers whereas they exchanged vows in entrance of Julia’s mother and father and Akron Municipal Court Judge Ron Cable, who declared that “by the joining of the lightsabers, and by the giving and receiving of rings,” he pronounced them husband and spouse.
“I wish you all the happiness,” he advised them. “May the Force be with you.”
“Star Wars” devotees worldwide have fun May the Fourth with a wide range of tributes, whereas retailers maintain particular gross sales on associated merchandise. And this yr, beloved “Star Wars” actor Carrie Fisher posthumously obtained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”