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5 unusual facts about Star Wars Kid


Andy Baio

Baio was one of the first bloggers to draw attention to the Star Wars Kid video, which depicted a teenager clumsily emulating martial arts moves for the camera.

Murder of Anna Svidersky

Der Spiegel said that Svidersky was famous, albeit posthumously, in a new way—not via traditional media as in the time of Andy Warhol, but as with the Star Wars Kid through the web page/blog/video and google hits.

Privacy concerns with social networking services

In 2002, a Canadian teenager became known as the Star Wars Kid after a video of him using a golf club as a light sabre was posted on the internet without his consent.

Star Wars Kid

The Viral Factory estimated that by November 27, 2006, the video had been viewed over 900 million times.

A petition was started by fans to include Raza in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.



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