May 29, 2003

Star Wars Kid is Pursuing Legal Action

Waxy.org: "Some unfortunate news, everybody. Ghyslain, aka the "Star Wars Kid," and his family are apparently pursuing legal action against the individual(s) who originally posted his video on the Internet."

At least he's leaving Waxy out of it.

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