# Star Wars kid, par deux: Sympathy For The Jedi **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-kid-par-deux-sympathy-for-the-jedi/176330 "2003-05-20T12:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-kid-par-deux-sympathy-for-the-jedi/176330/1 "2003-05-20T12:02:50Z")
For those of you who felt guilty about laughing at the video clip of the young, overweight kid pretending to be a Jedi a few weeks back, [there’s this.](http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58881,00.html) There’s more background about the kid and what happened. Some bloggers are also taking up a collection to get him stuff. Interesting stuff, really. ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-kid-par-deux-sympathy-for-the-jedi/176330/2 "2003-05-20T14:47:21Z")
**Slortar** , my Mortal Enemy! Hi! I only became aware of this guy because I was watching Tech TV with my BIL last night. According to them, the total was up to $2500, but I don’t know if that’s US or CA. This is the reason you _always_ take the tape out of the machine. Poor kid. ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-kid-par-deux-sympathy-for-the-jedi/176330/3 "2003-05-20T14:53:46Z")
**Slortar** , my Mortal Enemy! Hi! I only became aware of this guy because I was watching Tech TV with my BIL last night. According to them, the total was up to $2500, but I don’t know if that’s US or CA. This is the reason you _always_ take the tape out of the machine. Poor kid. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-kid-par-deux-sympathy-for-the-jedi/176330/4 "2003-05-20T16:42:50Z")
Ah, I see my nemesis, **Wintermute** has managed to survive the bomb I planted in her car. How distressing… 🙂 That’s pretty good news. I hope they put it in a college fund or something for him. On the other hand, it’s pretty amusing to imagine the expression on the face of whoever leaked the tape when he shows up driving a Mercedes… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-kid-par-deux-sympathy-for-the-jedi/176330/5 "2003-05-20T18:09:24Z")
’ “He’s a young guy,” said Mukerji. “He has self-confidence issues. _Obviously, the video didn’t help_” ’ Huh, you think? ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-kid-par-deux-sympathy-for-the-jedi/176330/6 "2003-05-20T20:52:12Z")
Whoops, apologies for the double post, the server has been timing out on me. As for the car bomb - that’s why I make my sisters start my car! > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \*\*\*…On the other hand, it’s pretty amusing to imagine the expression on the face of whoever leaked the tape when he shows up driving a Mercedes… 😃 \*\* That’s exactly what I said! 😃 I don’t know what the driving age is in Canada, and I’m not sure where exactly this kid lives, but where I grew up, I had a permit by 15, and $2500 would buy you a pretty decent car!