May the Fourth be ‘I do’: Ohio city has ‘Star Wars’ weddings

AKRON, Ohio — When Julia and Robert Jones found {that a} choose from the Akron Municipal Courtroom in Ohio could be officiating “Star Wars”-themed weddings on Might the Fourth, the couple felt the Drive calling them to decide to the ceremony.

“There was no different proper resolution, that was it,” Julia Jones stated.

“Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” performed within the background because the Akron couple joined six different {couples} in 15-minute wedding ceremony ceremonies Thursday on the Highland Common Gathering Spot in Akron to mark Might the Fourth, primarily a vacation for “Star Wars” followers.

A lot of the newlyweds wearing conventional clothes, corresponding to white robes or a shirt and tie. However the Joneses got here wearing lengthy tunics for the theme — Julia resembling a member of the Sith, the franchise’s antagonists, and Robert wanting like a Jedi.

They held lightsabers whereas they exchanged vows in entrance of Julia’s mother and father and Akron Municipal Courtroom Choose Ron Cable, who declared that “by the becoming a member of of the lightsabers, and by the giving and receiving of rings,” he pronounced them husband and spouse.

“I want you all of the happiness,” he advised them. “Might the Drive be with you.”

“Star Wars” devotees worldwide have fun Might the Fourth with quite a lot of tributes, whereas retailers maintain particular gross sales on associated merchandise. And this yr, beloved “Star Wars” actor Carrie Fisher posthumously acquired a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.