May they live long and prosper.
Theatrical lighting designers and self-proclaimed mega geeks Courtney Kuhbach and Benjamin Weill tied the knot on Oct. 28 — with a celebration jam-packed with “Star Wars,” “Star Trek” and “Doctor Who” nods.
“We just wanted to have fun and do something a little different,” Weill tells The Post. “It really started from me, 80 percent jokingly, saying, ‘What if there lightsabers at our wedding?’ ”
There were lightsabers and more. At the 31-year-olds’ Lakeville, Conn., ceremony, the bride sported a “Doctor Who”-themed garter and shoes. Groomsmen wore socks featuring different “Star Wars” characters and cuff links shaped like the “Doctor Who” time machine.
Tables were named after “Star Trek” ships and dotted with place cards shaped like “combadges,” or communicator badges. The rehearsal dinner cake recalled R2-D2, while the actual wedding cake bore a custom topper with the sonic screwdriver from “Doctor Who,” among other dorky details.
“Our friends loved it. Our parents were kind of like, ‘Really?’ ” Weill says. “My mom kept saying, ‘I guess this is my fault,’ because she’s the one that made me watch ‘Star Wars’ when I was 6.”
After being pronounced husband and wife, the couple recessed through a passageway created by lightsabers held aloft — to the strains of John Williams’ stirring score from “A New Hope.”
Kuhbach and Weill met first in fifth grade at Columbia Grammar school on the Upper West Side, but reconnected in 2012 via Facebook. The science-fiction shows that inspired the wedding started off as Weill’s passion, but Kuhbach quickly became a fan, too.
“She has been a willing and enthusiastic pupil,” Weill says.
Some guests got more into it than others. One group presented Kuhbach and Weill with a handmade quilt featuring various figures from the shows. An attendee donned a “Star Trek” commander costume for part of the reception.
Even their venue, the Interlaken Inn, got onboard. Staffers surprised the couple with a costumed Darth Vader, who welcomed guests — and later the shocked couple — to the reception.
“The woman that helps book people at the venue, who hasn’t been to a wedding [she helped plan] in 10 years, came and was in tears,” Kuhbach says.
Their enthusiasm is infectious. After pronouncing them husband and wife, the officiant, a former minister from Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, ad-libbed, “May the force be with you!”