Wedding of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade The Wedding of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade took place in 19 ABY on Coruscant , shortly after the end of the Galactic Civil War . It consisted of two weddings : the first , a private ceremony held at Jedi Headquarters , was only open to members of the New Jedi Order . The second was a large public event that ex - Moff Derran Takkar tried to disrupt . Kam Solusar officiated and Talon Karrde gave Mara away . Prelude to First Wedding . Leia Organa Solo , the groom ' s twin sister , announced her brother Luke and Mara ' s wedding on Coruscant . Many criticized it with the view that the wedding was an establishment for a " Force Empire " , or peace package . Leia put C - 3PO in to " handle " the crowd . The protocol droid started by discussing how he came to meet Luke , and drifted off topic , boring many . This spared Han the trouble of coming in blasting , mainly because he did not have enough clips . Leia told him to bring the " Falcon next time . Later , Leia convinced Mara to try out dresses for the second wedding , under phrase " minimal is maximal " . They went through at least seven : a brown dress that was revealing , a gown with a mask , a green luminescent , a dress based on Mara ' s parameters , a neo - Imperial cloak that resembled the groom ' s father , one meant for Hutts , and one that she refused to come out in . Tired of everything , Mara ran out into the streets of Coruscant . She ran into a lone Twi ' lek , Jari ' kyn , who was fired by her boss for making a better dress for the wedding . Mara admired Jari ' kyn ' s designs and accepted her as the new designer . The Unofficial Wedding . At the Jedi Temple , surrounded by their fellow Jedi , Kam Solusar married Luke and Mara . After joining their bonding stones , they were unofficially declared wedded . All assembled Jedi ignited their lightsabers in salute . Prelude to the Official Wedding . At Luke ' s bachelor party at the Red Rancor , he was surprised by several friends : Han , Wedge Antilles , Chewbacca , Gavin Darklighter , Talon Karrde , Wes Janson , Tycho Celchu , Derek Klivian , Kam Solusar , Corran Horn , Booster Terrik , and Lando Calrissian . Unfortunately , Luke was accidentally drawn into a brawl in an attempt to kill him ; he was saved by Banner Sumptor , who had his moral and ethic issues with helping the Moffs stop the wedding . Also , Chik Apla was caught trying to assassinate Mara . The Moffs then came up with contingency plans : steal the dress , get inside the wedding , among other things . The next day , Mara , Leia , Tionne Solusar , Winter Celchu , Mirax Terrik Horn , and Iella Wessiri Antilles had their bachelorette party at a spa without telling their husbands . Enjoying the hot springs and the mud baths , the women beat Champion Squadron at slingball . The " True " Wedding . On the day of the second wedding , the audience was waiting for Jari ' kyn to arrive with the dresses . Unfortunately , a group of thugs , led by Anlys Takkar , Derran Takkar ' s wife , attempted to kill Jari ' kyn and take the dresses . However , Banner turned on her and helped Jari ' kyn get to the wedding on time to warn everyone . To keep the wedding going without causing a panic , Luke , Han , and Talon Karrde had to be present during the ceremony , while Rogue Squadron , Chewbacca , and the other Jedi dealt with the impending attacks . C - 3PO and Jacen Solo were ushers . They took care of swoop gangs , attempts to gas the area , and dealing with thugs from the bar . Luckily , the latter were scared off by Booster Terrik , who was keeping the children asleep . Unfortunately , everything was a distraction for Derran , who had made his way through the sewers and entered the wedding as an Ithorian . When Admiral Gial Ackbar made the opening statements , Derran revealed himself and threatened to destroy all communications in the New Republic with a virus . Luke spoke to him , deducing that though he did not want peace , yet he could enjoy it . Takkar gave in and the ceremony continued . The virus would not have worked anyway , for the Republic had it shielded since they took Coruscant . Luke and Mara exchanged their vows and rings and were declared husband and wife . They then danced under the bright moonlight .