Start building a Death Star. That seems to bring the force adepts running.
This reminds me a bit of a friend of ours who when we invited her to visit her church said she would consider being a Christian except for the whole divnity of Jesus thing. She was a bit unclear on the concept. It might be better to find a secular official such as a JOP or sqinty eyed sea captain who wouldnt mind leaving out references to God.
This has run pretty far afield of GQ so I’ll add my dos centavos with a vote for Elvis. It really fits. Elvis is a universal constant like the force plus he had a lot of #1 hit songs. Han Solo wasn’t Jedi but he had some Elvis in him. He drove the Millenium Falcon just like he did his badass ‘55 Chevy. Jedi knigts have some Elvis in them though it isn’t always obvious. Jedi F***in’ master Mace Windu had a whole lotta Elvis in him. Everyone has some Elvis in them… Except for Jarjar Binks, Jarjar has no Elvis in him.
Elvis is everywhere
Elvis is everything
Elvis is in everybody
Elvis is still the king
Man o man what I want you to see
Is that the Big E’s inside of you and me
-Mojo Nixon
Not to hijack the thread, but are you saying that you are “an ordinary Christian minister” who doesn’t mind “invoking The Force instead of the Christian God?” I find that kind of… eyebrow-raising. I hope that ministers like that are few and far between.
You wouldn’t happen to be Episcopalian, would you?
No. There is another.
No I’m not Episcopalian, and I was a Christian minister at one time. I’m not any more, although I can still do weddings (and funerals, baptisms & whatnot) if and when called upon.
And no, I don’t see anything eyebrow-raising about a Christian minister invoking The Force instead of God in a wedding, IF and ONLY IF he, the bride & groom, and everyone in the congregation knew that he was doing so in jest.
“May I have the ring? [takes ring] The wedding ring is not much unlike The Force, in that it is constant, precious, yada yada yada…”
“By the power vested in me by The Force…”
“You may kiss the bride, and may The Force be with you.”
…that kind of thing.
Samuel Jackson + Elvis
<bad Mexican accent> Too sexy! No! No! Is too sexy! </BMA>
I’ve finally managed to find a service that provides retired judges to officiate civil ceremonies in my area. They keep them in a vending machine. I had to go through 3 government offices and a whole host of shallow, self-serving wedding planners, but I finally found them. In case anyone else is getting married there and wants a civil ceremony, here’s Hawaii Civil Marriage.com With a URL like that, you’d think they would be easier to find. Oh well.
Live long and prosper, y’all.
If you’re up for a Vegas wedding, there’s this place called the Divine Madness Fantasy Wedding Chapel. They will put together just about any kind of ceremony you want, so while they might not be able to get an actual Jedi Knight, they might be able to scare up someone who bears a passing resemblance to Ewan McGregor, Alec Guinness, Samuel L. Jackson, put them in a robe and tunic, and officiate over the nuptial vows.
And also with you. I’m sure I’m not the first one that saw a little Lutheran in the many religious elements of the force.
Perhaps it’s the old codger in me coming out but I don’t know of any minister who thinks that wedding ceremonies should be “in jest.” Oh hell. You kids get off my lawn!
FWIW I did want to get married by Elvis…at the drive thru chapel. I figured since TheLadyLion and I were both older we should just elope in Vegas. She would have none of that so we had a more traditonal wedding. She suprised me last week though by having the Elvis impersonator at a huge karaoke party (around 500 people) give us an unsactioned renewal of our vows. Still considering I got to have my favorite ex-porn star and her band play at my wedding I got no complaints.
And also with you. I’m sure I’m not the first one that saw a little Lutheran in the many religious elements of the force.
Perhaps it’s the old codger in me coming out but I don’t know of any minister who thinks that wedding ceremonies should be “in jest.” Oh hell. You kids get off my lawn!
FWIW I did want to get married by Elvis…at the drive thru chapel. I figured since TheLadyLion and I were both older we should just elope in Vegas. She would have none of that so we had a more traditonal wedding. She suprised me last week though by having the Elvis impersonator at a huge karaoke party in Vegas (around 500 people) give us an unsactioned renewal of our vows. Still considering I got to have my favorite ex-porn star and her band play at my wedding I got no complaints.
Play music? Or horsey? 
Music but you should see her tupperware parties.
Back up plan: If the family makes any more noises about my civil ceremony, have Candyne Kane come be the ring bearer in a style recreating the great works of Ping-Pong girl from Percilla, Queen of the Desert.
Actually, this depends on the state. In VA you need to be in good standing and have an active congregation. I know because I am ULC and it is a nightmare trying to do a wedding around here. CA is cool with things though, and if you want to pay for a plane ticket I can be out there this weekend. 
Oh, and PA allows self-marrying licenses where you actually perform the ceremony yourself. You have to have two witnesses sign the form though.