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[[Image:Frame1716.jpg|thumb|The Star Wars Kid, losing his balance while playing with that [[totse|Lightsaber]] he pulled out of his ass.]]

Similar in some ways to [[Numa Numa]] (only even [[unfunny|unfunnier]]), the [[Star Wars]] Kid phenomena also features a [[fat|tubby]] lad doing embarrassing things in front of a camera. 

However, instead of purposely recording himself to be put on the Internet, a boy from [[Canada]] named Ghyslain Raza became an [[Internet celebrity]] almost overnight, due to his hilarious antics with a golf-ball collector and a video camera. 

== Origins ==
 
On November 8, [[2002]] a young BigAl2k6 had made a video of himself acting like the ''Star Wars'' character Darth Maul, using a golf ball retriever to represent his lightsaber. It was filmed at the studio of his high school (Séminaire St-Joseph). On April 19, 2003 one of his friends stumbled on the tape and uploaded it to the Kazaa peer-to-peer file sharing network as a prank.

[[Image:SWK.jpg|thumb|left|Production was stopped on an animated "Star Wars Kid" when the two drunk guys realized they didn't have enough paper.]]

The video file spread across the [[Internets]] extremely rapidly; within mere weeks it had been downloaded [[9000| OVER 9,000 times]]. Within days, artists all over the world began making modifications such as adding music, visual effects and sounds, combining it with other well-known videos or scenes from films, etc. for comic effect. Among the many renditions is a ''Matrix'' video, with BigAl2k6 as Neo.

It has been rumored that the Star Wars Kid was in fact [[Slashpanda]] (aka BigAl2k6).

== Profit ==

There were news reports that the Star Wars Kid's mom filed a CA $351,000 (USD $0.86) lawsuit against the kids who uploaded the video, citing the "[[BAWWWW|harassment and derision]]" suffered by Gaza as the prank had turned him into a global Internet cause [[e-famous|célèbre]]. In 2006, Raza and his tormentors, Michaël Caron, Jean-Michel Rheault and the aptly named Jérôme Laflamme, reached an out-of-court settlement for an unknown sum. Raza finished his school year at the Pavillon Arc-en-ciel ("[[Gay|Rainbow Ward]]" in [[English]]) child psychiatry ward at the Trois-Rivières Regional Hospital Centre. 

Just remember the basics:
*Step 1: Tape yourself acting like a douchebag.
*Step 2: Leave the tape out so your asshole friends can upload the video on the internets.
*Step 3: ????
*Step 4: [[PROFIT]]!!!! 

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<center><big>'''Star Wars Kid - Original Footage'''</big></center><br>
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His skill, power level and weight is [[Over 9000]].

==Moar profit== 
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<center><big>'''Star Wars Kid - Drunken Jedi Version'''</big></center><br>
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*{{youtube|GRiJVMASwjI|''Matrix'' Remix}}
*{{youtube|T4oX5vrnZI|''Kill Bill'' Remix}}

==South Park==
Star Wars Kid appeared in episode 171 of ''[[South Park]]''.  

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The supermeme [[Tay Zonday]] shot him in the neck during the Battle of the Memes.

==American Dad!==
Star Wars Kid also appeared in episode 10 of ''[[American Dad]]''.  

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== See also ==

*''[[Star Wars]]''
*[[Angry German Kid]]
*[[theredskull]]

==External Links==
* [http://www.waxy.org/archive/2003/04/29/star_war.shtml The original post] that started the whole mess.
* [http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=7616887304735913888&hl=en-CA a follow up featuring the red skull, lulz prevails!]

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