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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

Has everyone here heard about the "Star Wars Kid"?  If not, you should
read/see this.
www.jedimaster.net


The Star Wars Kid was just goofing off at school. Now he finds his private
performance downloaded by over 8 million Internet users across the world.

The Star Wars Kid is a 15-year-old from Quebec known only as Ghyslain -- his
parents are keeping his last name secret to protect his identity. Back in
November 2002, Ghyslain was goofing off at a school video studio and
recorded himself fighting a mock battle with a broomstick lightsaber. Over
two minutes, the video shows the lone, overweight teenager twirling his mock
lightsaber ever faster while making his own accompanying sound effects.

Yes, we've all had our dorky, private moments, but this poor kid is living
the nightmare of having his private dorkiness projected across the world to
giggling Web users. His friends found the tape, and uploaded it to KaZaA as
a joke on April 19. Within two weeks, someone had added full Star Wars
special effects and noises to the tape, and the video was linked on gaming,
technology, and Star Wars-related sites across the Internet.