Star Wars Kid

Star Wars Kid
A screenshot from the video
Starring	Ghyslain Raza
Release dates	November 4, 2002 (2002-11-04) (filmed) April 14, 2003 (2003-04-14) (uploaded)
Running time	1:48
Country	Canada

Star Wars Kid is a viral video made in 2002 by Ghyslain Raza^[1] in which he wields a golf ball retriever in imitation of Darth Maul's lightsaber moves from the film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. At the time, Raza was a 15-year-old high school student from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. He had not intended for the video to become public, but its subsequent release led to ridicule, during which Raza chose to distance himself from the video. Raza has since affirmed his identity and has used the video to help to speak on the effects of bullying and harassment.

Raza's family filed a CA$250,000 lawsuit against the families of four of his schoolmates, blaming them for the "harassment and derision from his high-school mates and the public at large". The lawsuit had been scheduled to begin trial on April 10, 2006 but on April 7, Raza and his parents reached an out-of-court settlement with the defendants.