Jun 3 2010You're No Jedi: Star Wars Kid Is A Lawyer Now
Remember Star Wars Kid? I know, how could anybody forget that magic? Well it turns out he's a lawyer now. You know, after years and years of ridicule.
After three friends uploaded the infamous clip, which features Raza flailing about with a metal pole doing his most awkward Darth Maul impersonation, the Canadian teen became depressed, dropped out of school and wound up in a children's psychiatric hospital.It seems like the story would end there, but website Motherboard brings us an update on one of the online world's most iconic people -- and where Raza is now may (or may not ... ) surprise you ...
Raza and his family eventually took the parents of the kids who uploaded the videos to court and sued them for the harassment Ghyslain has endured since the clip debuted, and they eventually earned a settlement.Raza, now in his early 20s (and slimmed down) didn't become a Sith Lord, but he did wind up as the next best thing: a lawyer. After his courtroom experience, he decided to head to Montreal's McGill University, where he obtained his law degree.
Dammit, Star Wars Kid, you don't see Ninja Boy getting all depressed and dropping out of school do you? Of course not, because he knows he's a star. Just like you were. But did you ride the fame to the moon Endor? You did not. You got all butthurt instead. GROW SOME BALLS. You wanna know what I was known for in high school? Being the kid who shit his shorts in gym class and had the turd plop out onto the basketball court. And you know what I did? DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I DID?! I took a f***ing free-throw.
An Update on "The Star Wars Kid" [cinematical]
Thanks to Mesnard, who was known in high school as the guy who could get any girl he wanted but only dated girls in college.
Reader Comments
1. alex - June 3, 2010 4:40 PM
lol, I live sooooo close to trois rivieres
2. Jeff - June 3, 2010 4:40 PM
Tibi Jedi! >.<
3. STOMPY (doesn't read post description but jumps to conclusions) - June 3, 2010 4:43 PM
OLD!!!!
This is way old, star wars kid has been around for a long time, i bet he is all grown up now and doing something respectful.... get with the times GW....
4. Boozie - June 3, 2010 4:48 PM
Nice Stompy...I forgot about little ol star wars boy, thanks GW for the memories :)
5. Zanatrek - June 3, 2010 4:49 PM
That's fucking great! I heard this kid committed suicide. Glad he's succesfull.
6. Closet Nerd - June 3, 2010 4:50 PM
I'm betting GW actually shit his pants and gym class and took that free throw
.... or somethin
just so crazy it has to be real
7. STOMPY - June 3, 2010 4:54 PM
incoming fail....
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/06/thats_nasty_steak_billboard_sm.php#comment-234389
8. 5tella - June 3, 2010 5:09 PM
good for him! heh
9. Dishy - June 3, 2010 5:11 PM
I thought the ridicule pushed him over the edge, and he'd grow up to be some insanely evil twisted super villain.
But instead he because a lawyer. So it turned out much much worse than I could have ever imagined.
10. Dan - June 3, 2010 5:13 PM
lol @3 but awesome!
11. Richard McBeef - June 3, 2010 5:13 PM
He kinda looks like a huskier version of that Frodo kid that kinda looks like that Harry Potter kid.
12. L - June 3, 2010 5:14 PM
What a damn let down. Here I was amazed you could get a law degree from Trois Rivieres - that's only where they make the best damn rum on the planet... IF you live in Martinique. I just fired off my last two neurons and now my balls hurt. Time for a G&T. Cheers.
13. Senex - June 3, 2010 5:24 PM
They got a settlement off of that?!? If that pansy ever makes any money off of being an internet sensation I certainly hope that the kids who uploaded the videos get reimbursed (or the parents that had to pay for his sissy little mental breakdown).
14. jim x - June 3, 2010 5:27 PM
Look at that - he takes a world making fun of him as a kid (like we haven't all done stupid shit that thankfully wasn't recorded), and turns his life into a success story.
Good for him.
15. I never back down - June 3, 2010 5:29 PM
I am glad for the kid I heard the same thing #5.
16. Naked Chicks Rule - June 3, 2010 5:39 PM
It just goes to show, kids: be nice to those goofy, chubby & awkward kids. Otherwise, they'll grow up to be lawyers & sue your redneck ass.
17. Dan - June 3, 2010 5:41 PM
Im happy for him, he deserves something good.
Felicitation mon vieux, maintenant tu as les outils pour te defendre :)
18. T-Hood t.c. - June 3, 2010 5:43 PM
I bet those guys were thinking, "Man, talk about your all time back-fires".
19. Rossco - June 3, 2010 5:47 PM
What the world needs now is another lawyer, like I need a hole in the head...
I had a theory that most of these blood-sucking lawyers you see on TV ads and on billboards had to have been ridiculed viciously as a child and became lawyers so they could ruin everyone's lives with lawsuits... But I got that idea from that the fact that so many have ridiculous names that are easy to mock.
20. Rossco - June 3, 2010 5:52 PM
Eh, just went to the actual article and read this bit:
"He's also landed a new gig, serving as president of the Patrimoine Trois-Rivières, a society dedicated to conserving the cultural history of Gaza's hometown of Trois-Rivières."
So I guess he's not a lawyer of the blood-sucking type, but actually one working for good. So, it *is* a happy ending.
21. jim eh - June 3, 2010 6:03 PM
Wow now I'm ashamed to be a Quebecois, they sued the OP, Saint sacrament d'esti de tapette de calisse.
22. Liquid Tension - June 3, 2010 6:04 PM
he is a jedi just turn in to the dark side
23. Cpt Obvious - June 3, 2010 6:07 PM
Good for him.
And to the people defending the kids who uploaded the video, you have no souls. They took that video and uploaded it without his permission, they deserved what they got. They didn't create anything, all they did was take ridicule to a national level and caused some poor kid to have a mental breakdown, shameful.
24. Kung-Fu-Kai - June 3, 2010 6:16 PM
Thats great for him! I guess people saw his potential.
At least he's moving on from when he got picked on from the video upload.
25. Anonymous Geekologie Lover - June 3, 2010 6:45 PM
Wait a minute, I'm sorry.
What came first? This, or George Michael's lightsaber video shot inside his garage, on Arrested Development? Anyone?
26. James of Hurr - June 3, 2010 6:46 PM
This guy was a man to me then, and is a man to me now! Great to see that he turned out good.
27. Yoog - June 3, 2010 7:01 PM
@1 I used to live close-ish to Trois-Rivières as well (Sherbrooke) but now I'm farking far (Calgary)
28. StarWars Kid Parents - June 3, 2010 7:07 PM
I'm so proud of him ....
29. Jaded Icon - June 3, 2010 7:15 PM
More lawyers.....yea....
30. D Morrigan - June 3, 2010 7:52 PM
He may be a little bit thinner now but he's definitely uglier.
31. daman - June 3, 2010 8:22 PM
When I was in middle school, they told us that he had killed himself.
They actually gathered us all into the auditorium and had someone give a whole speech about the dangers of the internet, revolving around this kid having killed himself.
32. Gir - June 3, 2010 8:32 PM
Waves his hand over the witness' face... "These are not the accused you're looking for."
33. Jim - June 3, 2010 8:33 PM
We all played like that when we were kids. Every damn one of us.
I was Evel Knievel.
Sometimes, I still am.
34. kaylia - June 3, 2010 8:39 PM
goddamn, mcgill is a fucking ivy league school... youtube definitely helped him get in, they dig media listers, even mega lame ones.
35. Scuzzlebutt - June 3, 2010 8:49 PM
Nice neck rash.
36. Sherbrooke - June 3, 2010 11:13 PM
Congrats on your success, Raza. This made me smile.
37. jason - June 3, 2010 11:13 PM
woop di doo. he was picked on then got a job... i wonder if i can be famous too
38. internetLuddite on Twitter - June 3, 2010 11:37 PM
i still haven't watched that airport vid you posted earlier today, but i'm about to do that now.
39. G - June 3, 2010 11:45 PM
Law school in Canada doesn't count.
40. Beastman Herpes - June 4, 2010 1:09 AM
dis bitch is still lame...but no hate..good fucking job now gtfo canadian scum...j/p :)
41. looong cat - June 4, 2010 3:55 AM
loooooong cat is loooooooooooooooooong
42. Daniel Nexus - June 4, 2010 6:00 AM
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43. jojodrum3 - June 4, 2010 9:01 AM
@ 25, I'm pretty sure this video came out before the Arrested Development episode of Michael in the garage. I'd say it could be the source of their idea for that scene...which was awesome.
44. IHateYouAll - June 4, 2010 10:33 AM
Fat turd playing Star Wars past 1986 = douche
Fat turd pity party for video on interwebs = douche
Fat turd lose weight and become lawyer = douche
French Canadian = douche
douche^4
45. Ragnarok - June 4, 2010 11:44 AM
He now looks like he's a monocle short of being a Batman villain.
46. Pacheco - June 4, 2010 12:36 PM
This proves any stupid can be a lawyer.
47. Rat's Ass - June 4, 2010 2:14 PM
@14,
Becoming a lawyer is a success story?!?!?!? It looks like his douchebaggery has just multiplied by 10! Mental break down? What a pussy!! I would have been like, "Did you see that video? That was me bitches! Don't be jealous!"
48. dparks - June 4, 2010 2:48 PM
From the creepy looks of this goon, it's gonna take a lot more than a law degree to get him any kinds of laid.
49. Frank - June 7, 2010 12:52 AM
I had no idea he was from my province , I'm totally hiring this guy if I ever need a lawyer. His business cards better say he was the Star Wars kid. If someone doesn't hire him after seeing that then they're crazy.
Oh and someone said that McGill is an ivy league school... since when?
50. tc - June 7, 2010 4:17 AM
So he started out as a fat object of worldwide ridicule, and it looks like things have gone downhill from there.
51. Me - June 7, 2010 4:31 PM
Listen, you shit head-how dare you mock this poor kid for having a breakdown after all the media attention. I mean, let's face it, it was pretty negative stuff. A teenager is a very emotional wreck at the best of times, imagine being mocked THE WORLD OVER for something you did just for your own fun-and probably thought you were pretty damned cool for it.
Good for his parents for sueing the little sh*&s that aired it-at least it allowed him to do something positive and now he casn do the sueing. HAHAHAHA