star wars kid

     

"Star Wars ki" is an Internet phenomenon which started when a fourteen-year-old Quebecois male high school student filmed himself wielding a golf ball retriever like a lightsaber in a similar fashion to that of Darth Maul. This video clip was found by some of his classmates and shared online using Kazaa, a peer-to-peer client. The child in the videos was taunted and criticized by his peers, which eventually led to a lawsuit. Estimated at over 900 million views, the "Star Wars kid" video was one of the most popular videos on the Internet of its time.

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