Death Star Wedding Cake Wins Fanboy of the Year Award, Sets Grounds for Divorce
I got this picture from our Tips mailbox just after reading Wired's article on Fanboys, Ernie Cline's odyssey of a group of diehard Star Wars fans who break into Skywalker Ranch to steal a copy of Episode I before opening day. Reader Rye Clifton explained what it is, much to Addy's disbelief:
I just got back from a wedding where the groom had a Death Star groom's Cake.
Yes. A Death Star wedding cake.
Now, I know there are fanboys everywhere, but come on people. Heck, yes, I admit it. I'm guilty as charged, your honour. But although I was willing to pilot the X-Wing rocket (on retrospective, I'm glad that didn't happen), and I know the first trilogy backwards, forwards and inside-out, I've never dressed up or played lightsabers, re-enacted scenes or been to conventions. At most, I played Larry Holland's X-Wing and TIE Fighter simulators when I was in college. And, of course, built Star Wars LEGO stuff. And while I may have suggested to Addy that we should go and live in an Ewok village, I would have never, ever have subjected her to a Death Star wedding cake. Seriously.
Mainly because I didn't want to end up like Greedo, that is, or frozen in carbonite. [Thanks Rye]
View: AU Comments (0) | US Comments (48 comments)
There are currently no AU comments for this entry.
@tamoko: I imagine that's what the wife looks like.
And speaking of appearances, this looks like the kind of cake that Duff guy would make on the Food Network. His cakes are always layered with a semi-glossy frosting that looks like it was made from plastic.
ManekiNeko
@MrMaestr0:
I can beat that. When two of my college friends got married, they played the Imperial March as they were exiting the wedding itself. And then the Muppet Show theme song when they arrived at the reception. And it was all _her_ idea. I'm not sure which one of them came up with the idea to build a LEGO cake ornament (complete with minifig versions of the happy couple), but I know he's the one who actually built it.
@wingbatwu:
You can't cut it. You can only blow it up.
@scotth0:
You can't traumatize the extended family like that, even if the bride thinks its a cool idea. Such things tend to totally piss off the mundanes. Once the vows and such are all out of the way, however, all bets are off.
Purple Dave
Not bad. All I managed to get away with was a TARDIS cake for our rehearsal dinner: [www.jakobhoman.com]
Mighty tasty time machine, if I do say so myself.
Jakob Homan
@spaceman37: your friend had a BLOODY EWOK on his wedding cake?
Divorce him.
Jesus Diaz
Don't have pictures of it off-hand, but a friend had a wedding cake with wicket on it sculpted out of sugar. Was more subtle than this Death Star one.
spaceman37
I also had the rebel ceremony march from the end of A New Hope in my wedding as we were introduced as husband and wife and 'marched' out of the church. Too bad I wasted the idea on such a slut. Can that be done twice if I don't tell my girlfriend?
larsulrik
I also had the rebel ceremony march from the end of A New Hope in my wedding but had it start right after we were introduced as husband and wife as we 'marched' out of the church. Too bad I wasted a good idea on such a slut.
larsulrik
That's a cool cake, and a hell of a lot of links in the post.
kylo4
@Curves: or just marry a guy who has a life instead...
Step666
It was as if all the wedding guests cired out and were suddenly silenced!
Set to evil
I wanted my wife to walk in to the Imperial March, unfortunately she didn't like the idea much. At least its the ringtone when she calls...
pirateduck
This is great. And usually, the groom's cake is not a surprise to the bride. Often she is the one who plans it as a surprise to the groom. I'm sure the bride was fully aware!
Keri19
Nice.
I'm getting married soon, so I did show this cake to my fiancee, but she wouldn't go for it. I was just half joking about it.
But she did agreed to my choice of my music entrance as the SW-E4 throne room music... I believe she was relieved I did not choose the imperial march.
Hey, if it wouldn't be for the first Star Wars I would not be here in US 2day, gotta give a tribute.
gizGianca
As a woman, I think that looks really cool. If you can't have fun at your wedding, what's the point?
samurailynn
For a bunch of geeks, you guys sure know a lot about weddings! I'd never even heard of a grooms cake until my to-be wife asked me what I wanted on mine.
My response?
"Um, what's a groom's cake?"
"mkay, how 'bout putting some frosting on it, then?"
FreeMan
Where's the post for the light saber cake cutter? Pffft.
NFlames
Hmm... I had an R2 grooms cake at my wedding.
Retrohex
That is downright awesome! God, I wish I could make that my wedding cake! My fiance would never go for it. I mean, he already said no to my idea of having a cake with Cthulhu on it. I think I got him to agree to a castle as the main cake. *pfft* The Death Star would be cooler. Why do only the grooms get the cool cakes?! :)
angiek
@aaj111: Imitation crab-meat! yum!
[www.nerf-herders-anonymous.net]
davidfbecker
I went to a wedding rehearsal that everyone walked out to the Imperial March.
In the real wedding (which was on St. Patty's Day) they walked out to some Irish jig. :/
I plan on walking out to the Imperial March in MY wedding.
Atsumi
Did they play the Empire March as the bride came down the isle? I hope they all dressed up as characters too. More pictures please...
scotth0
@BloggyMcBlogBlog: Oh boy....
I was planning on having our wedding cake be poptarts arranged like a house of cards. I guess it's back to the drawing board for me.
Kaiser-Machead
General Tagge: What of the Rebellion? If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical reading of this cake, it is possible, however unlikely, they might find a knife and slice it.
Darth Vader: The cake you refer to will soon be back in our hands.
Admiral Motti: Any attack made by the Rebels against this cake would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they have obtained. This cake is now the ultimate dessert in the universe. I suggest we eat it.
Darth Vader: Don't be too proud of this delectable delight you've constructed. The ability to eat a cake is insignificant next to the power of pie.
Admiral Motti: Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerous ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that boring treat has not helped you whip up the stolen batter, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the rebels' hidden frosting...
Darth Vader: I find your lack of ice cream disturbing.
gbeast
My groom's cake was only Hostess Twinkies, Ding Dongs and cupacakes. I'm feeling a little jipped today.
BloggyMcBlogBlog
In order to cut the cake, you have to insert the knife in its central core vent?
wingbatwu
When I got married we had the Imperial March playing as they introduced the wedding party at the reception...got a big laugh..especially when the mother in law came out to it!
MrMaestr0
...and he still hasn't gotten laid.
liveinvt
That's no cake. It's a space station.
Cupajo
I think it's pretty neat, it is a grooms cake,so as a women and former bride, in my opinion if a bride would make a big deal about it, I say poor groom!
kendra68
It beats a Jabba the Hutt buffet.
tamoko
well I for one, got married with the star wars march (end of SW1, a new hope) when the bride came in :)
huggy
@Goodnightbabytron:
It's not mockery. It's self-denigration, for the most part. It's like seeing myself in the mirror. Naked. It's kind of embarrassing, but I still want to point and laugh.
BasicBlack
Contrasting this with IO9's thread last week about where to meet other SF fans, I'm not sure where the mocking for this couple is coming from.
Goodnightbabytron
That's no moon ...
jw
Usually, theme cakes turn out to be varying degrees of cheese dick. This one looks pretty amazing. Someone, especially someone who is probably not an SW fan her or himself, has some mad pastry skills.
As a side note, it's always refreshing to see an SW fan get married. It's like walking in an Amazonian rain forest and getting hit be a snowball.
BasicBlack
Damn! Why didn't I think of that!
dicknervous
@Slap Bet:
Your tongues cannot repel flavor of THAT magnitude!
aaj111
It doesn't seem that outlandish. There's gotta be a few geeky ladies out there. My wife would not be one of them, but she'd have allowed this. You know, as long as it was in a separate room that was, um, closed to the rest of the wedding party. Sigh.
But bad news for the gunner: [www.jankyvision.com]
GaryP
we can't repel frosting of that magnititude?
Oy, the shame.
Slap Bet
ok, got to admit, for my wedding, I actually had the sound guy play the victory march music from Star Wars as we all walked out of the church instead of the traditional wedding music. People didn't see it coming, and everyone got a good laugh, luckily my wife has a good sense of humor...
Kaspir
@fastmike:
-but the food is hot!
You're going to need a tray!
strider_mt2k
As a side note.
My wife and I are big geeks and we both love this stuff.
For the first 7-10 years or so we were together I made sure she got an SW action figure of some kind with every gift-giving occasion.
We had to stop when we ran out of room to display 'em though.
(I HATE having stuff put away in boxes, what's the point?)
We'll be celebrating 17 years together in June.
Could you imagine 17 years worth of SW action figures???
Good thing we cut that out when we did!
Congrats to the bride and groom!
(where's the coffee?)
strider_mt2k
This isnt a game of .....who the fuck are you
fastmike
I personally think its pretty cool, and if the bride doesnt have a sense of humor, no way is the marriage going to work out.
Love him=love his star wars fascination.
Curves
Right. So was there really a bride?
bms
In defense, this was a groom's cake I think, not the wedding cake per se. The groom's cake is supposed to be a tribute of sorts to the groom and/or his hobbies, profession, etc.
This Death Star looks fully operational.
scarbrtj
Was it an imaginary wedding?
bms
You would be quite well protected...
Look at the size of that thing!
strider_mt2k