After First Dance, Newlyweds Duel With Lightsabers

The Force is clearly with these two
By Michael Harthorne,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 9, 2015 5:40 PM CDT

Lightsabers have a well-known reputation as a more elegant weapon for a more civilized time. Elegant? Civilized? Sounds like they'd fit right in at a wedding. At least that was the hope of screenwriter Robert Raven and his wife Rebecca, Tech Insider reports. According to the Daily Dot, the newlyweds followed up their traditional first dance with a much less traditional lightsaber duel set to John Williams' Star Wars score. They're both huge fans of the movies, which means they must have known blasters would be too clumsy or random for such a momentous occasion. Mazel tov, young Jedis! (More wedding stories.)

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