What is the real name of the "Star Wars Kid" who became a viral meme?

The real name of the “Star Wars Kid” was Ghyslain Raza.

Raza was a 14-year-old student in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, when he recorded himself swinging a golf-ball retriever as if it were Darth Maul’s lightsaber. The video was made on November 4, 2002, and was not intended for public release. A schoolmate later copied and shared it online, where it spread through peer-to-peer networks and became an early viral video.

The clip’s popularity brought intense ridicule and cyberbullying. Raza left school for a period and later pursued law. In 2013, he publicly confirmed his identity and discussed the harassment, helping shift attention from the joke itself to the personal consequences of unwanted online fame.

A common mix-up is confusing Raza with actors from the Star Wars films, such as Jake Lloyd or Hayden Christensen. Those actors played fictional characters; Raza was the Canadian teenager in the viral homemade video.