'Star Wars Kid' phenomenon goes mainstream

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From CNN.com:

'Star Wars Kid' born out of private moment on tape
Thursday, August 21, 2003 Posted: 3:33 PM EDT (1933 GMT)

(AP) -- It was a moment of unadulterated goofiness, the kind of thing anyone might do with no one watching: A teen from Quebec videotaped himself as he pretended to wield a light saber "Star Wars" style.

But that private moment went public, very public, when classmates at his high school found the tape in a cabinet and uploaded it onto an Internet file-sharing site this past spring.

Now Ghyslain Raza is known far and wide as the "Star Wars Kid," with a fan base that only seems to be growing -- even though he doesn't want the attention.

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I'm betting that this kid will be given a non-speaking cameo in the next film, or perhaps a mention in the credits.