by Molly McCall

The bride wore white. The groom wore a brown plastic mask with yellow googly eyes. And the officiant looked wrinkly and green. In July, a Portland-area couple joined in matrimony in a full-on "Star Wars" wedding, and everyone was united in the force—and the outfits.  

This wasn't the first time that people sympathetic to the ways of the Jedi walked the aisle together. Another couple recently tied the knot while clutching Boba Fett-like helmets, and a search for "star wars wedding" reveals numerous other such nuptials. However, the Oregon ritual sparked a round of attention in Buzz.

Neatorama was one of the first on the scene, running a gleeful post that came complete with an image of the frosted Imperial Walker wedding cake. Blog posts from pop culture site TrendHunter ("May the force unite you") and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ("Yoda marries Portland couple") soon followed.

Then, as fast as you can whip out your light saber and take a few swipes at the air, such U.K. sources as the Telegraph and the Sun celebrated the intergalactic ritual. Whether this buzz success came from the fidelity of the costumes or the exuberance with which the guests joined in, we can't say. But we wish the newlyweds the spark of Han and Leia and the long-time relationship skills of C-3PO and R2-D2.