A Star Wars obsessed couple themed their wedding on the films with the groom playing Han Solo and the bride Princess Leia.
Duncan Thomson, 41, and Sammi Gardiner, 39, got married surrounded by friends and family all dressed as characters from the sci-fi movies.
And they chose Monday as the date for the service, so they could bill it as "May the 4th be with you", reports the Daily Telegraph.
The couple, from the Isle of Wight, even invited the movie's director George Lucas, who wrote back to them saying he couldn't make it.
During the wedding in Shanklin on the island, Mr Thomson told his bride: "I promise to protect you from carbon freezing and promise to protect you from the Dark Side, through hyperspace and into the far reaches of the galaxy."
Mr Thomson, an amateur astrologist, said: "We had both been married before with traditional services and wanted to do something a bit different and fun to put a smile on everyone's face."
The couple had to remove certain Star Wars references from the 20-minute civil service because Jedi is a recognised religion, he added.
The bride's ring was made out of meteorite found in Canyon Diablo in the US, engraved with: "May the 4th be with you."
Following the ceremony, the couple departed for a honeymoon on a cruise to the Mediterranean, with a special guard of honour using light sabres.
Sammi, an IT worker, said: "The films brought us together and are something that our families, young and old, have always loved."
Duncan Thomson, 41, and Sammi Gardiner, 39, got married surrounded by friends and family all dressed as characters from the sci-fi movies.
And they chose Monday as the date for the service, so they could bill it as "May the 4th be with you", reports the Daily Telegraph.
The couple, from the Isle of Wight, even invited the movie's director George Lucas, who wrote back to them saying he couldn't make it.
During the wedding in Shanklin on the island, Mr Thomson told his bride: "I promise to protect you from carbon freezing and promise to protect you from the Dark Side, through hyperspace and into the far reaches of the galaxy."
Mr Thomson, an amateur astrologist, said: "We had both been married before with traditional services and wanted to do something a bit different and fun to put a smile on everyone's face."
The couple had to remove certain Star Wars references from the 20-minute civil service because Jedi is a recognised religion, he added.
The bride's ring was made out of meteorite found in Canyon Diablo in the US, engraved with: "May the 4th be with you."
Following the ceremony, the couple departed for a honeymoon on a cruise to the Mediterranean, with a special guard of honour using light sabres.
Sammi, an IT worker, said: "The films brought us together and are something that our families, young and old, have always loved."
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'Royal support' for Gurkha campaign
A senior member of the Royal Family has privately expressed support for Joanna Lumley's campaign for Gurkha settlement rights, the actress revealed.
Ms Lumley told a committee of MPs she had received a letter of support from a royal but would not name them.
She accused ministers of "scare tactics" for inflating the cost of allowing Gurkhas who retired before 1997 to settle in Britain.
Ms Lumley told the Home Affairs Committee she was astonished that despite the Government's defeat in the House of Commons last week the rules had not been changed immediately.
Sitting next to a Gurkha officer, she revealed she had written to Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the issue three times and received only one reply, from an aide.
She said: "I have been setback because I did not think we would need to have a further campaign. I do not know what we have to do. I don't know where else we have to go. We have gone to the High Court, we have gone to the press, we have gone to the people and to parliament. Where do we go to? The Royal Family are not allowed to get involved, although personally I have had a letter of support."
Any decision on changes to the rules, which currently exclude thousands of pre-1997 Gurkhas from settling here, could be left until the end of July, the committee was told.
Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said it would be made by the time Parliament breaks for summer recess on July 21.
But the Absolutely Fabulous actress said action needed to be taken now to ensure "parity" for all Gurkha soldiers. She said Gurkha officers, many of whom qualify for admittance under the new rules, would refuse to come to Britain if their men were left behind.
Ministers had inflated both the number of Gurkhas hoping to come to Britain and the cost, Ms Lumley said, because many of them would want to work.
