Thursday, May 20, 2010
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The 'Star Wars Kid' Sued The People Who Made Him Famous
From sfgate [excerpt], The video would soon find its way into emails and was distributed amongst the students at Séminaire St-Joseph. One of those students, Michaël Caron, took the video and posted it on a website for the world to see.
And that's just the beginning of the "Star Wars Kid" saga. What happened afterwards wasn't so pretty.
Ghyslain Raza dropped out of school, was diagnosed with depression, and finished the year at a psychiatric ward for children. Ghyslain and his parents sued the families of the three students in July 2003 for around $250,000 USD.
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Star Wars Kid with FX and sound added,
Star Wars Kid fighting Yoda,
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I feel bad for the kid but I'm not sure I agree with the lawsuit. "Diagnosed with depression?" Maybe he was just depressed because he was a fat loser.
Arrested Development had a great running joke based on the Star Wars kid. Basically the exact same thing happened, but the kid was Michael Cera.
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