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	Ghyslain Raza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ghyslain Raza (born circa 1988), from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, became known throughout the Internet in May 2003 as the "Star Wars Kid" when a stolen video of him was leaked online.
		Raza reportedly suffered considerable embarrassment, in part because the video showed him to be neither particularly athletic nor graceful.
		The lawsuit was expected to go to trial April 10, 2006, but on April 7, news came out that Raza and his parents reached an out-of-court settlement with the families of three former schoolmates they had sued for damages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ghyslain_Raza (1258 words)

	Star Wars Kid - Encyclopedia Dramatica
		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 wooden stick and a video camera.
		There were news reports that the Star Wars Kid's mom filed a lawsuit against the kids who uploaded the video, citing "harrassment and derision," but the outcome of this lawsuit is unreported.
		Raza finished his school year at the Pavillon Arc-en-ciel child psychiatry ward at the Trois-Rivières Regional Hospital Centre.
	www.encyclopediadramatica.com /index.php/Star_Wars_Kid (295 words)

	Wired News: Star Wars Kid Files Lawsuit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ghyslain's parents claim their son was so humiliated, he is undergoing psychiatric care and may be marked for life by the experience.
		Ghyslain was so teased about the video, he dropped out of school and finished the semester at a children's psychiatric ward, according to a lawsuit filed in the Raza's hometown of Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
		The suit suggests that the ordeal may cause Ghyslain to be labeled as "mentally ill," and the stigma could make it difficult for him to enroll in school or get a job, and may force him to change his name.
	www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,59757,00.html (564 words)

	Ghyslain Raza: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On November 8, 2002 Raza had made a video (video: The visible part of a television transmission) of himself acting like the Star Wars (Star Wars: star wars is the name of a series of science fantasy movies, a literatureliterary...
		Raza reportedly suffered considerable embarrassment, in part because the video showed him to be somewhat overweight and not particularly athletic or graceful.
		An internet petition to get Raza a cameo in Star Wars Episode III (Star Wars Episode III: star wars episode iii: revenge of the sith is the third episode of the star wars...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/ghyslain_raza (870 words)

	DriverHeaven.net - View Single Post - Star Wars video prompts lawsuit
		Ghyslain Raza became known as the "Star Wars Kid" after a video of him using a golf ball retriever to emulate the light sabre slinging tricks of Darth Maul was posted on the net.
		The 15-year-old made the two minute video as part of a class project but probably never intended it to be seen by anyone else as it is not a flattering portrayal of his sabre-twirling skills.
		The lawsuit says that Mr Raza has had to endure harassment and derision from his school mates and the general public because of the publicity that the clip received.
	www.driverheaven.net /showpost.php?p=172269&postcount=1 (357 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'Star Wars Kid' becomes unwilling Internet star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ghyslain Raza is not Darth Maul, and he wishes you'd quit bothering him about it.
		Now Ghyslain Raza is known far and wide as the "Star Wars Kid," with a fan base that only seems to be growing — even though he doesn't want the attention.
		But Ghyslain, who made the video while doing a school project when he was 15, has said he didn't intend for it to be seen by his classmates, let alone people across the world.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/webguide/internetlife/2003-08-21-star-wars-kid_x.htm (868 words)

	Star Wars: Blogs \| A Cynic's Guide to the Galaxy \| Star Wars Kid: A Tribute to Ghyslain Raza
		Ghyslain Raza, better known around the internet as "The Star Wars Kid", was the simultaneous victim and beneficiary of a cruel prank by classmates at his Quebecois school.
		Although all hilarious due to Ghyslain's inimitable awkwardness, some of these videos were quite spectacular, especially one called "Drunken Jedi Master", which has the protagonist deflecting blaster shots with his double-sided lightsaber rather convincingly.
		Unfortunately for Ghyslain, his was disseminated for an entire planet to behold.
	blogs.starwars.com /IceZero/7 (663 words)

	TribalWar Forums - Star Wars Kid files lawsuit by Cybrex
		The revelation is made in a lawsuit his parents have filed against the families of four classmates they accuse of maliciously turning their son into an object of mockery.
		In a statement of claim filed last week in their home town of Trois-Rivières, the Razas say that Ghyslain was so widely mocked at his private high school that he dropped out.
		Ghyslain "will be under psychiatric care for an indefinite amount of time," the statement of claim says.
	www.tribalwar.com /forums/showthread.php?p=4552491 (930 words)

	E-Budo.com - Star Wars Kids Update
		Raza, 15, shot a video of himself for a school project -- a mock sword fight intended for viewing by a handful of people.
		Raza ended up leaving high school and finishing 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.
	www.e-budo.com /forum/showthread.php?t=20517 (456 words)

	Niagara Falls Reporter
		All that changed when Ghyslain entered a school video lab last spring and made a short film of himself twirling a golf ball retriever as if it were a light saber from the Star Wars movies.
		In the original video, which is less than two minutes long, the bespectacled Ghyslain stands in front of a fl curtain, wearing tan Dockers, Buster Brown shoes and a purple striped shirt.
		Lawsuits aside, Ghyslain, my advice is that you use this experience to fuel your dreams of what you want to accomplish in life.
	www.niagarafallsreporter.com /croisdale126.html (1185 words)

	A Case Study
		Andy Warhol claimed that everyone, in the future, would have their fifteen minutes of fame, but in April 2003 a Quebec teenager, Ghyslain Raza, painfully discovered that in today's technological world his unwanted fame was global and it wasn't short.
		Ghyslain claimed this was done without his approval.
		Within a few weeks, Ghyslain's school project was downloaded from the Internet millions of times and his embarrassment was very public and reported in the mainstream media around the world.
	www.slais.ubc.ca /courses/libr500/04-05-wt2/www/C_Brough/case.htm (211 words)

	Kenston High School ~ Be Careful What You Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ghyslain Raza, better known as the Star Wars Kid, has become an involuntary celebrity over the last few years.
		The Raza family is outraged that this happened to their son.
		Raza also has to undergo psychiatric care because of the incident.
	www.kenston.k12.oh.us /khs/feature_stories/etsler_12_8_2003.htm (268 words)

	nbc5i.com - Entertainment - 'Star Wars Kid' Sues Over Internet Video
		Ghyslain Raza's lawsuit claims he has been left emotionally scarred by the airing of a two-minute video he made of himself on the Internet.
		The video, which shows Raza exuberantly swinging and twirling a golf ball retriever while pretending to be a Jedi master, a character from the "Star Wars" movie series, with the metallic pole substituting for a "light sabre" weapon from the film.
		Raza allegedly made the video using a camera he took home to do a class project.
	www.nbc5i.com /entertainment/2437717/detail.html (404 words)

	Do you think the "Star Wars Kid" should sue the kids that put his video on the internet?
		The parents of a 15-year-old who made a video of himself fighting with a lightsabre (he improvised with a golf ball retriever) have sued the parents of four boys who are blamed for putting the humiliating footage on the internet to the amusement of millions, according to Canada's Globe and Mail.
		The short video featuring chubby teenager Ghyslain Raza from Quebec is widely available on the internet, and “The Star Wars Kid” as he became known has featured in newspapers across the world.
		As a result, according to the claim, Ghyslain has had to drop out of school and “will be under psychiatric care for an indefinite amount of time” — and now his parents are seeking damages of $225,000.
	surveycentral.org /AdvStats/15901.html (307 words)

	Star Wars Kid
		Last November Ghyslain Raza, a 15-year-old French-speaking Canadian from Trois Rivieres, Quebec, indulged himself in a little fantasy by playing as though he were a Jedi Knight.
		He pretended a golf ball retriever was a double-edged light saber and he gyrated around a room in his high school acting as though he was battling unseen aliens.
		Ghyslain is reported to be a very private and quiet person and did this alone.
	www.coba.usf.edu /satterfield/swk/swks.htm (498 words)

	Freeserve - Who is the Star Wars Kid? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ghyslain made the video for his own private viewing, but four classmates found the tape in a school video camera and promptly posted it on the Internet.
		Ghyslain now stars in all sorts of action-adventure movie spoofs including the Lord Of The Onion Ring, Bend It Like Ghyslain and The Ghyslainator.
		Instead of enjoying the limelight though, Ghyslain has reportedly dropped out of classes at his private school and now needs regular psychiatric counselling.
	www.wanadoo.co.uk /entertainment/specialreport/000E7BBF-34C5-1F4E-BA7880C344F8FE68.htm (457 words)

	Chips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		They claim that Raza was so teased by classmates that he dropped out of school and finished the semester in a children’s psychiatric ward, and will be under psychiatric care for an indefinite amount of time.
		Young Jedi Raza shows off his golf ball retriever prowess by twirling, jumping, and kicking in front of the camera.
		There is an ingenious clone featuring a superimposed Raza in a scene from The Matrix: Reloaded in which he battles one hundred Agent Smiths.
	chips.luther.edu /modules/news/print.php?storyid=150 (448 words)

	Enter At Your Own Risk
		On April 10, Ghyslain Raza's $160,000 lawsuit against three ex-classmates is to be heard by a Quebec Court judge in Trois Rivieres.
		Raza - who gained notoriety in 2003 as the "Star Wars Kid" - is suing his former classmates for posting a private video of him wielding a mock "light sabre" on the Internet.
		I would think any parent naming their son Ghyslain would know that he was getting his ass kicked week in and week out.
	rockymeadow.blogspot.com (1457 words)

	Lone Jedi now a reluctant star lighting up a million hearts - smh.com.au
		Now his parents, who say their son has been humiliated, are suing the parents of the teenagers who put the video on the web.
		Websites throughout the world have been dedicated to Ghyslain, supporters have raised money for him and several techies have created their own versions of the video, adding sound and visual effects or placing his image in any number of backdrops - from Hulk to The Matrix.
		Ghyslain's lawyer, Francois Vigeant, said the teenager and his parents, who live in the Quebec town of Trois-Rivieres, were declining interviews.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/08/22/1061529340580.html?from=storyrhs (614 words)

	Ponderance
		The parents of Ghyslain Raza, the Quebec teenager who became a celebrity this spring after classmates posted on the Internet a video of him mimicking a Star Wars character, allege that their son was so humiliated by the experience that he had to get psychiatric care.
		In related news of a happier kind, the donations for Ghyslain, organised by Andy Baio of Waxy.org and Jish Mukerji of Jish.nu as a thank-you for the footage from all his real fans out here, have finally been put to use.
		And, with any luck, that really will be the last report on the Star Wars Kid and we can leave Ghyslain Raza to have some semblance of a normal teenage life...
	ponderance.blogspot.com /2003/07/star-wars-kid-saga-still-continues.html (442 words)

	About-Cool.com - A cool guide for the star wars kid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ghyslain Raza (born circa 1988) is a Quebecois teenager from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada who, at the age of 15, became known throughout the Internet in late April 2003 and May 2003 as the "Star Wars Kid."
		Within days, artists all over the world began making modifications to the original video, such as adding music, visual effects and sounds, combining it with other well-known videos or scenes from films, etc., for comical effect.
		A transcript of an interview done by Radio-Canada (in French) with Ghyslain's lawyer at the time (François Vigeant) can be found
	www.about-cool.com /star_wars_kid.html (332 words)

	The Truth about Star Wars Kid - eBaum's World Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		His name was like ghyslain or something like that.
		The Canadian teen-ager's nightmare began when he videotaped himself wielding a golf club like it was a light saber, pretending to be a Jedi knight.
		For Raza, who became known as "The Star Wars Kid," the taunting from classmates was so bad that he dropped out of school and entered a children's psychiatric ward, according to the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail.
	forum.ebaumsworld.com /showthread.php?t=30529&page=1 (984 words)

	Ghyslain Raza: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ghyslain Raza (born circa 1988) is a teenager from Trois-Rivières, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		Raza reportedly suffered considerable embarrassment, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		An internet petition to get Raza a cameo in Star Wars Episode III (Star wars episode iii: revenge of the sith is the third episode of the star wars film series (but the sixth...)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/ghyslain_raza (1905 words)

	Holy Crap, The Star Wars Kid is Suing - Kotaku
		Ghyslain Raza, the Star Wars kid made infamous after recording himself acting out a light sabre battle in 2003, is suing the three classmates who posted the videos for $160,000.
		One of David Knight, who was the one that was bullied violently for years, and then the case with the Star Wars Kid, who was not shoved in a locker.
		It's buried toward the end of the paragraph: "On April 10, Ghyslain Raza's $160,000 lawsuit against three ex-classmates is to be heard by a Quebec Court judge in Trois Rivieres."
	www.kotaku.com /gaming/star-wars-kid/holy-crap-the-star-wars-kid-is-suing-163934.php (392 words)

	WEB CELEBS / Spread of jokes on the Internet about real people raises privacy, legal issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The video of Ghyslain Raza, filmed by him, was discovered by prankster classmates who uploaded the video onto the Internet this spring.
		His parents are now suing the four classmates, whose actions they allege forced their son to drop out of school and seek psychological help.
		Raza is among the latest inadvertent Internet celebrities who have watched their private lives explode into public view.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/09/08/BU251340.DTL&type=tech (1279 words)

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