Marriage

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"I'm tired of all this deception. I don't care if they know we're married."

―Anakin Skywalker, to Padmé Amidala^[1]

Karé Kun and Temmin Wexley get married at the Resistance base.

Marriage was a recognized union of multiple beings as partners in a relationship, with a wedding ceremony often formalizing the arrangement. Various combinations of genders could enter into a marriage. In some cultures, males had more than one spouse at a time. The Jedi Order did not permit Jedi to marry due to a prohibition on possessive attachment that could lead to the dark side.

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"Snap Wexley, we have not been married long enough for you to make me a widow, and if you hit that transmit button I swear I will divorce you!"

―Karé Kun, to Snap Wexley^[2]

Marriage was the formally recognized union of at least two beings as partners in a relationship. A marriage ceremony, which could be presided over by a clergy member, was referred to as a wedding. Beings of differing genders^[3] or the same gender could be married.^[4]

Betrothal, also known as engagement, was a marital custom of certain cultures. Two beings would be "betrothed" or "engaged" before officially marrying. Some cultures' rules required that betrothed individuals must not engage in reproductive activities prior to their marriage.^[5] In some cultures, males had more than one spouse at a time, such as the alpha-bulls of the Crolute species who had senior spouses, junior spouses, and concubines.^[6] Marriages could be dissolved through divorce. A woman who had lost her spouse by death was called a widow.^[2]

In the Jedi Order, emotional attachment and possession were forbidden^[3] because they could lead to jealousy and fear of loss, and ultimately the dark side of the Force;^[1] for that reason, Jedi were not allowed to marry.^[3]

History[]

In 25 BBY^[7] the wedding of Lyra and Galen Erso took place on the planet Coruscant.^[8]

In 22 BBY,^[9] after the First Battle of Geonosis and at the beginning of the Clone Wars, Padawan Anakin Skywalker married Senator Padmé Amidala during a secret ceremony held on Naboo.^[3]

Former Separatist Senator Lux Bonteri once claimed to be betrothed to the Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano.

Former Separatist Senator Lux Bonteri infiltrated the Death Watch accompanied by Padawan Ahsoka Tano^[10] in 20 BBY.^[11] Bonteri had discovered that Count Dooku ordered the assassination of his mother, Mina Bonteri, and sought revenge by allying with the Mandalorian terrorist group. Ahsoka snuck aboard Bonteri's ship and the Death Watch did not expect her to accompany Bonteri, so he claimed she was his betrothed. Later, when Tano denounced the Death Watch to Bonteri, the young man kissed her to silence her criticism as Bo-Katan Kryze approached.^[10]

During his travels through the Unknown Regions, the Agbui Haplif had found that the custom of betrothed individuals abstaining from sex was usually be ignored. Haplif was thus surprised when the Chiss mid-ager Yoponek insisted on having a separate sleeping room from his betrothed, Yomie.^[5]

Prior to 14 BBY,^[9] the Imperial Moff Delian Mors was widowed when her wife, Murra Mors, was killed in a transport accident. Her grief contributed to her spice addiction and the neglect of her duties on Ryloth.^[4]

In 0 ABY, a wedding was held at the mansion of Moff Jaccun Pereez between his daughter Famma and the rising young star of the Empire, Commander Yendiv Bensek.^[12]

In 4 ABY,^[13] following the Rebel Alliance's victory over the Galactic Empire during the Battle of Endor,^[14] Han Solo and Leia Organa married on Endor.

During the Cold War^[15] the Resistance base on D'Qar was the theatre of the wedding between Resistance pilots Temmin "Snap" Wexley and Karé Kun.^[16]

At some point, Jabba Desilijic Tiure had his first marriage.^[17]