Coolest kid EVER!

Ugly · 05-20-2003, 10:55 PM

http://www.teamabuse.com/toxic/stuff/swk.htm

Ghetto_Squirrel · 05-20-2003, 11:23 PM

Holy shit.

HARDCORE.

Ghetto_Squirrel · 05-20-2003, 11:24 PM

Oh, and I like how he's completely winded after spinning around twice and kicking.

Crono · 05-21-2003, 12:26 AM

I stumbled across this awhile ago, but the star wars remix makes it even funnier. God damn.

Mayfuck · 05-21-2003, 01:38 AM

Sean Casey.

skippy · 05-21-2003, 01:46 AM

Awesome.

Squashing Pineapples · 05-21-2003, 02:03 AM

I wish I was that cool

wounded · 05-21-2003, 05:39 PM

this is one of the funnier things i've seen in a while

apparently since so many people have got to laugh at this kid a bunch of people are pitching in and buying him an ipod

Ghetto_Squirrel · 05-21-2003, 05:44 PM

There was this one loserly obese kid in elementary school and junior high, and for a project in which we had to write and act in our own plays, he decided to wrap a piece of dark purple fabric around his head, construct a castle from an old refrigerator box, and basically spin around and kick much like this Star Wars kid did, and then call his presentation a live-action Mortal Kombat.

Ugly · 05-21-2003, 11:10 PM

oh sweet jesus, bleeding heart articles like this sometimes make me ashamed of being a part of geek-culture.

http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial...6&obj_id=38683

Fan News
"Star Wars Kid" goes mainstream
Some might even say his video was better than the prequels

By: PATRICK SAURIOL
By: News Editor

Just over one month ago a video that was never meant to be seen by anyone except its creator was uploaded to the Kazaa file sharing network. If you downloaded it, you would see an overweight 15-year-old teenager holding a golf ball retriever pretending it was actually a double-bladed lightsaber, like the one used by Darth Maul in STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE. Totally without self-consciousness and with real intensity, the teen awkwardly dances about the small studio, spinning and whirling both himself and the retriever around. At some points he even makes the appropriate VRROOOM! lightsaber noises.

It's something a lot of STAR WARS fans did when they were younger (and maybe still do when no one is looking.) But for the teen on the video, his mistake was leaving the tape where other kids from his Quebec high school found it and uploaded it to Kazaa to humiliate him. Soon video game fansites and computer geek blog websites were linking to the video. But when some video game developers saw the video they modified it to ******* an opening scrawl like the ones at the start of the STAR WARS films -- as well as adding lightsaber and sound special effects. And then the popularity of the underground video really took off.

To date, at least two million downloads of the so-called "Star Wars Kid" short have been downloaded from various mirror sites. The story is now reaching critical mass, with articles appearing in Wired, the National Post, even The New York Times all this week. And hundreds of anonymous viewers are leading a wave of support for the teen seen in the video.

The Star Wars Kid, known only by his first name Ghyslain, has taken a lot of hurtful comments and laughter from the kids at his school, but now the tide is turning. A website has set up a donation form allowing fans of the Star Wars Kid to donate a few bucks to show their support of his passion for being a kid at heart, and to show there's a difference between laughing with someone at at them. Even though the site owner was only expecting enough to buy Ghyslain an Apple iPod, over $4,000 dollars has been donated so far. The website's owner promises every cent will reach Ghyslain.

Reached for comment, the "Star Wars Kid" just wishes all the attention he's received had never happened and the genie was never let out of the digital bottle. Nevertheless, Ghyslain's video has touched a nerve amongst fans who may remember times when they weren't the most popular kid at school, and when the imagination and courage to pretend to be a Jedi Knight wasn't something we felt embarassed about.

On behalf of those of us who ever switched on a flashlight with a plastic tube taped on the end of it, we say to Ghyslain: May the Force be with you!

skippy · 05-22-2003, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ugly

The Star Wars Kid, known only by his first name Ghyslain...

Did his mother think she had given birth to a demon? Because that sounds like a demon name to me. But maybe it's just French-Canadian?

Ugly · 05-22-2003, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mark LeDrew

Did his mother think she had given birth to a demon? Because that sounds like a demon name to me. But maybe it's just French-Canadian?

did you see the FIRE in that kid's eyes? He's possessed by freakin something!

05-20-2003, 10:55 PM	#1
Ugly Immortal Location: Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed Posts: 21,249	Coolest kid EVER! http://www.teamabuse.com/toxic/stuff/swk.htm

05-20-2003, 11:23 PM	#2
Ghetto_Squirrel Minion of Satan Location: Chicago Posts: 7,157	Holy shit. HARDCORE. __________________

05-20-2003, 11:24 PM	#3
Ghetto_Squirrel Minion of Satan Location: Chicago Posts: 7,157	Oh, and I like how he's completely winded after spinning around twice and kicking.

05-21-2003, 12:26 AM	#4
Crono Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,265	I stumbled across this awhile ago, but the star wars remix makes it even funnier. God damn.

05-21-2003, 01:38 AM	#5
Mayfuck Banned Location: i'm from japan also hollywood Posts: 57,812	Sean Casey.

05-21-2003, 01:46 AM	#6
skippy Apocalyptic Poster Location: NJ Posts: 4,096	Awesome.

05-21-2003, 02:03 AM	#7
Squashing Pineapples Banned Location: I'm outta here! Posts: 2,774	I wish I was that cool

05-21-2003, 05:39 PM	#8
wounded Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 3,773	this is one of the funnier things i've seen in a while apparently since so many people have got to laugh at this kid a bunch of people are pitching in and buying him an ipod

05-21-2003, 05:44 PM	#9
Ghetto_Squirrel Minion of Satan Location: Chicago Posts: 7,157	There was this one loserly obese kid in elementary school and junior high, and for a project in which we had to write and act in our own plays, he decided to wrap a piece of dark purple fabric around his head, construct a castle from an old refrigerator box, and basically spin around and kick much like this Star Wars kid did, and then call his presentation a live-action Mortal Kombat.

05-21-2003, 11:10 PM	#10
Ugly Immortal Location: Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed Posts: 21,249	oh sweet jesus, bleeding heart articles like this sometimes make me ashamed of being a part of geek-culture. http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial...6&obj_id=38683 Fan News "Star Wars Kid" goes mainstream Some might even say his video was better than the prequels By: PATRICK SAURIOL By: News Editor Just over one month ago a video that was never meant to be seen by anyone except its creator was uploaded to the Kazaa file sharing network. If you downloaded it, you would see an overweight 15-year-old teenager holding a golf ball retriever pretending it was actually a double-bladed lightsaber, like the one used by Darth Maul in STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE. Totally without self-consciousness and with real intensity, the teen awkwardly dances about the small studio, spinning and whirling both himself and the retriever around. At some points he even makes the appropriate VRROOOM! lightsaber noises. It's something a lot of STAR WARS fans did when they were younger (and maybe still do when no one is looking.) But for the teen on the video, his mistake was leaving the tape where other kids from his Quebec high school found it and uploaded it to Kazaa to humiliate him. Soon video game fansites and computer geek blog websites were linking to the video. But when some video game developers saw the video they modified it to ******* an opening scrawl like the ones at the start of the STAR WARS films -- as well as adding lightsaber and sound special effects. And then the popularity of the underground video really took off. To date, at least two million downloads of the so-called "Star Wars Kid" short have been downloaded from various mirror sites. The story is now reaching critical mass, with articles appearing in Wired, the National Post, even The New York Times all this week. And hundreds of anonymous viewers are leading a wave of support for the teen seen in the video. The Star Wars Kid, known only by his first name Ghyslain, has taken a lot of hurtful comments and laughter from the kids at his school, but now the tide is turning. A website has set up a donation form allowing fans of the Star Wars Kid to donate a few bucks to show their support of his passion for being a kid at heart, and to show there's a difference between laughing with someone at at them. Even though the site owner was only expecting enough to buy Ghyslain an Apple iPod, over $4,000 dollars has been donated so far. The website's owner promises every cent will reach Ghyslain. Reached for comment, the "Star Wars Kid" just wishes all the attention he's received had never happened and the genie was never let out of the digital bottle. Nevertheless, Ghyslain's video has touched a nerve amongst fans who may remember times when they weren't the most popular kid at school, and when the imagination and courage to pretend to be a Jedi Knight wasn't something we felt embarassed about. On behalf of those of us who ever switched on a flashlight with a plastic tube taped on the end of it, we say to Ghyslain: May the Force be with you!