Star Wars Kid Sues
Star Wars Kid Sues Those That Shared His Fighting Prowess on Kaaza
Candian Television first reported reports, and Wired reported the following day, that Ghyslain Raza, a/k/a “The Star Wars
Kid”, has sued the four students for $250,000 for uploading his video to the web, and creating him a sensation of mass proportions, even receiving press from the New York Times. 
Raza, 15, reportedly shot a video of himself for a school project — a mock sword fight intended for viewing by a handful of people. The video has such a following that a mulitude of videos have been derived from the original video. The suit claims Raza has suffered “harassment,” “ridicule” and “persecution” at school and in the public at large. The suit alleges that the harm was so great, Raza was forced to leave high school and finish his year in the psychiatric wing of a local hospital. An employee of Raza’s old school says the pressure on the young man was intolerable. “When 500 people laugh at you every noon when you walk into the cafeteria, it can’t be easy,” says Rafael Jacob.
There’s an online petition asking Lucasfilm to give the Star Wars Kid a cameo in the next installment of the film. “… this poor kid is living the nightmare of having his private dorkiness projected across the world to giggling Web users,” it reads.
Of course, while my inner geek certainly feels for the kid, I believe his mental state has to be at least in part the fault of his parents. After all they named him Ghyslain. Such a name clearly would be a catalyst to ridicule by peers. We’ll see later whose fault it is for his wardrobe.
