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Star Wars Kid

Supposedly as a school project, Ghyslain a canadian teenager, video-taped himself fighting and evil person with a pretend light sabor. But some of his "school friends" decided to put it on the internet. Now tons of people are trying to turn this embarassing thing into a really good thing by trying to get him a role in the next Star Wars movie.

"Thousands of Star Wars fans are rallying together to try and get a Canadian boy a part in the next film.

They hope it will make 15-year-old Ghyslain feel better after he was embarrassed by a video of him pretending to use a light sabre was put on the internet." Newsround

"Ghyslain, whose parents requested that his last name be withheld, is the so-called “Star Wars Kid” featured in a hilarious but oddly poignant video that has been downloaded more than a million times since its release to the Web in late April. In the clip, Ghyslain brandishes a golf ball retriever that serves as a double-bladed light saber, enthusiastically re-enacting a series of battle maneuvers inspired by the feats of evildoer Darth Maul in “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.” When a group of schoolmates discovered the videotape, they put it on the Internet, and within days it was a cause celebré." JediMaster.net

"Over two minutes, the video shows the lone, overweight teenager twirling his mock lightsaber ever faster while making his own accompanying sound effects." JediMaster.net

I can't even imagine how embarassed I would be if this happened to me. I think it was just mean of his "friends" to do something like this. Think of how much humiliation he must have gone through. So, I encourage you all to sign the petition to get him into the Star Wars Episode 3 movie.

Posted by EMH at September 6, 2003 12:02 PM | TrackBack