the star wars kid saga

A while back, I stumbled upon a funny video of some poor bastard doing his best impression of a Jedi. Lesson #1: If you're going to record yourself doing some fancy lightsaber maneuvers in front of a camera...by yourself...my advice to you is remember to take the damn tape out of the school library video camera. I'm almost positive this thing was posted on the internet five minutes after it was watched. Yes it was funny, but if you're laughing, be sure to look in the mirror because I'm willing to bet dollars to fucking donuts you did it too. Maybe not with a rusty golf ball retriever, maybe it was a wrapping paper tube, but deep down inside you know you did it and made your own sound effects too. The nature of the internet dictates that us fanboys are not alone, so some kind individuals put a soundtrack and some extra-special effects to said video. Watch the remix, it's much better.

Anyway I'm pretty sure waxy's hits went off the charts that day, and this kid basically became famous overnight. However shortly thereafter he decided to pursue legal action against the people who originally made it available on the internet. Not exactly a good move if you ask me, since he's basically the poster child for geeks everywhere. You're still laughing, aren't you? Shut the fuck up, this kid at least had the balls to show us the Force live on tape.

In the ultimate conclusion to the saga, it is now rumoured on the best SW fan site in the Known Universe that this kid may be digitally inserted into Star Wars: Episode III. As preposterous as this may sound, somehow I don't doubt that in one of Uncle George's all-too-common lapses of common sense he would give the green light to do this. Worse things have happened, or have you already forgotten about Greedo shooting first?

Update: Apparently this latest rumour has started the fileswarming all over again. You're going to need bit torrent if you want to download the videos. When you click the links above you'll get the download page automatically.