Engagement Photos, Star Wars Style

It's not unusual for people to dress as their favourite pop culture icons on Halloween, or to a themed party. However, one couple have taken their love for Star Wars to a different level by dressing up as the movie's characters for their engagement shoot.

The photos include the couple dressed in dark cloaks and face paint, carrying lightsabers, and lurking cautiously through the woods as if they are about to be attacked by a savage mob of Wookies.

Photographer Michael James said that the couple initially wanted a traditional engagement shoot, but as the conversation progressed their ultimate desires began to show. "We figured out that while I’m more of a Trekkie, their love of all things Star Wars totally surpassed my love of Star Trek,” he said.

“So we incorporated their ideas into the shoot. I didn’t think the bride-to-be would actually wear the make-up, but she seriously showed her true colors and went for it. The shoot was shot in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Mountain bikers and hikers passed us and everyone thought it was great,” he continued. It's fair to say that I would have been slightly intimidated if approached by a hooded figure wielding a lightsaber in the deserted woods.

This photoshoot proves that the best way to celebrate your romance is through a mutual love for a film/TV show. I'm just waiting on the engagement photos with characters from the The Simpsons and Jersey Shore.