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Star Wars Kid & Episode III?
samsarajr writes "Many of you would have seen that homemade yet ever so embarressing video of 15 Year old Ghyslain jumping around with a pretend lightsabre.
Well - he's back and I think we all agree that Lucas should put the kid with the lightsabre into Star Wars III." I tell you this is the story that just won't die. But in all fairness, some of those re-edits were hysterical.
So far more than 83,000 people have put their names to an online petition that they're planning on sending to Star Wars director George Lucas.
Yes, and how many people do you think petitioned Lucas to put the original versions of the trilogy on DVD?
The coolest voice ever.
It sucked what happened to him but since then he has had some good things happen to him:
1. He got an ipod from sympathetic souls which was nice and
2. His parents are suing the family of the kids who uploaded the movie to the net for everything they've got
3. He learned something Pam and Tommy should have learned: be careful what you video tape because someone could end up exploiting you for it.
I think it would be nice if he got a walkon but I don't really feel sorry for him anymore
Most stories have his parents doing the suing on their own accord. I haven't heard a word about how the kid actually feels or if he even wanted to take legal action. My thoughts are that he didn't, because it would give his already-trampled private life that much more public exposure.
I could very well be wrong, so anyone have any info about the kid?
"Ford," he said, "you're turning into a penguin. Stop it."
This has always bothered me when parents try to go this far with protecting their little boy from humiliation. Everyone has to deal with it so deal with it. This kids situation might be a little different from us, but in a way it isnt. This will go away in a very short time now just like everything everyone has had to deal with, unless of course he's offered and takes a movie part. The fact that this kid's parents are going after everything the posting kids families have is NOT justifiable. Anyway, maybe Im the only one who feels this way. Someone should be hired to video tape something embarassing that the parents are doing and post it the day the parents lose in court.