Sonya Catterall has been in love with Star Wars since the day she went to see the original film, A New Hope, as a young girl.
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More than 40 years later she fell in love again, this time with Antonio Krajina, who had been in the same cinema captivated by what was once the highest grossing movie of all-time.
The Canberra couple's love of Star Wars came full circle on Saturday as Ms Catterall walked down the aisle at the Presbyterian Church of St Andrew in Forrest.
The bridal march initially rang out around the church, but things took a turn as the music cut to the tune of the imperial march.
Arguably the most famous father in silver screen history, Darth Vader, gave Ms Catterall away at the altar, accompanied by two stormtroopers.
But had the original wedding plan panned out, the nuptials from a galaxy far, far away would have been much more traditional.
"We wanted to get married on the 27th of April, but we couldn't get a venue so we had to make it a week later," Ms Catterall said.
"One night I jumped out of bed and said, 'Oh my God', and Tony said, 'What's wrong?'
"He thought there was a spider or something.
"I said, 'May the fourth'. It's fate."
And so it was that the Macgregor couple tied the knot in a less than traditional ceremony on what has become known as Star Wars Day, chosen by fans for the pun on the phrase, 'May the Force be with you'.
The characters who walked Ms Catterall down the aisle were arranged by the Southern Cross Garrison, a local arm of the international Star Wars fan-based organisation 501st legion.
"We didn't want to go over the top and make it like a kids' party, so there are just touches of Star Wars through the wedding," Ms Catterall said.
"The wedding cake is mainly traditional, but it's got the Death Star on top and we've got little figures of Darth Vader and a stormtrooper instead of the man and woman, and we've stuck a veil on the stormtrooper."
Guests were kept in the dark about the intergalactic elements of the ceremony in order to maximise their impact.
"I think there'll be a bit of a mixed reaction," Ms Catterall said before the ceremony.
"Tony's mum will probably get a shock.
"But she knows me, so it probably won't be too much of a shock, and my work colleagues are probably expecting something crazy from me."
As the happy couple celebrate finding the Obi-Wan for them, May the fourth be with them.