Well, we all know about the Star Wars Kid. Anyone who’s been reading my blog (or indeed ANY blog) also knows about Andy and Jish’s efforts to raise money for The ‘Kid as a gift, and about the possible lawsuit against the purveyors of the video. Well, the lawsuit is going to happen after all.

Just to refresh: two high school classmates of Ghyslain’s found a recording of him practicing his Lightsaber moves with a golf ball retriever in front of an A/V Lab camera. As a lark, they encoded it and uploaded it to Kazaa under the moniker “Star Wars Kid.” The public found it and it’s now a legend.

Ghyslain’s parents claim that the emotional damage he has suffered was enough to take him out of school, have him finish his semester in a children’s psych ward, and file for over $160,000.
Methinks they just smelled a paycheck.

So here’s the kicker: Nobody’s blaming The ‘Kid. He seems nice. Before he was ‘advised against it’ by his parents attorney’s, he even granted an interview with Waxy. There is now a petition (with over 21,000 names) to get the ‘Kid a cameo in Star Wars Episode III. It’ll never happen, but even LucasFilm can’t deny the commercial appeal.

Sign the petition.