Star Wars Kid

“Star Wars Kid” is an Internet phenomenon which started when a fourteen-year-old Quebecois high school student filmed himself wielding a golf ball retriever like a lightsaber in a similar fashion to that of Darth Maul. This video clip was found by some of his classmates and shared online through a peer-to-peer filesharing client. The student was taunted and criticized by his peers, eventually leading to a lawsuit. The video was one of the most popular videos on the Internet in 2003, and as of 2007, had been viewed almost 1 billion times.

There have been many versions of this video since - this is one of the best adaptations: