Star Wars-Inspired Wedding: £20K Celebration with Storm Troopers Surprise 🎉

A couple surprised their guests with storm troopers at their wedding - after spending £20,000 on their Star Wars themed day.<br /><br />Kate and Edward Coates, both 38, knew they wanted to incorporate the popular franchise into their wedding - after connecting over Star Wars when they met. <br /><br />Kate wore R2D2 Heelys, had a Princess Leia figure in her bouquet and each guest was given a miniature lightsabers as wedding favours. <br /><br />The Star Wars super fans decided to surprise their guests with Storm Troopers – kicking off the evening reception - and said everyone was "shocked" by their arrival. <br /> <br />Kate, a freelance graphic designer, from Keithley, West Yorkshire, said: “When we hired Storm Troopers, we actually held that from everyone, so no one knew they were coming. <br /><br />"It was a massive surprise. Everyone was really shocked. <br /> <br />“The best man said, 'oh I can’t believe you did that that was the best thing ever'.<br /><br />“Rogue Trooper Hire sent us a few Star Wars themed song mixes for our DJ to play whilst they were there, and they definitely came alive in those."<br /><br />Kate and Edward, a plant operator, met in school but only started dating in December 2020, after discovering their children went to the same school. <br /><br />Kate said: “We knew each other at school but were not close friends. Acquaintances I’d say. <br /><br />“We just got chatting in the school playground and things just went from there. <br /><br />"We started talking on Facebook. We spoke about Star Wars - that is how we kind of connected." <br /><br />After quickly hitting it off, Edward proposed in August 2020 and the couple knew they wanted a themed wedding. <br /><br />Kate said: “Star Wars was such a big part of us getting together. In our front room we have got a Darth Vader and storm trooper hat each side of the tv. <br /><br />"We have quite a lot of Star Wars things so we thought we would incorporate it into the wedding in some way. <br /><br />“I think it was just right. It was just such a good day.” <br /><br />The couple tied the knot on May 28, 2023, at Hollins Hill, Baildon, and incorporated Star Wars in every way they could. <br /><br />Kate said: “My wedding shoes were R2D2 Heely. I had a Princess Leia figure in my bouquet. <br /><br />“Everything had a little bit of Star Wars in it. Even the buttonholes had little Lego figures of Star Wars characters for each of the groomsmen and they had Star Wars socks.” <br /><br />The couple hired two Storm Troopers for £250 each. <br /><br />Kate said: "The Storm Troopers arrived at 7pm whilst we were cutting the cake.<br /><br />"They escorted us to the dance and then kicked off the evening reception by dancing and entertaining the guests.” <br /><br />They even bought a wedding runner in the style of the famous ‘In a galaxy far far away’ opening crawl text at the start of the films. <br /><br />Kate said: “To be honest, it wasn’t hard to organise. We knew we wanted to have the two storm troopers come. <br /><br />“Each table had a character name, and the wedding favours were all miniature lightsabers, the red and blue ones. They looked really good in the photos.