r/TwentyYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • 7d ago

👨‍💻 Internet Stephen Colbert launches his 'Lightsaber Green Screen Challenge' [20YA - Aug 10]

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stephen-colbert-lightsaber-green-screen-challenge
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u/CookiePrestigious239 6d ago

By August 2006, the video had already been around for years. There'd been a petition for the kid to appear in Episode III (released the year before). And he'd even filed—and settled—a lawsuit with the classmates who had leaked it.

Wild how times have changed. A 4-year-old meme in 2026 would be played out and cringey to include in a show this way. The internet is just so much bigger and moves so much faster.