A t eight years old, Jake Lloyd became the co-lead of a Star Wars movie when he was tapped to play Anakin Skywalker. But the former child star's Hollywood career didn't last. He e

Jake Lloyd, best known for playing a young Anakin Skywalker in 1999’s Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace, offered an update on his schizophrenia diagnosis. In an interview with Clayton Sandell published via Substack on Wednesday 1,

Last year, we learned that The Phantom Menace star Jake Lloyd had been dealing with some serious mental health issues. He's now in a much better place and has broken his silence on both that and Star Wars.

The Phantom Menace introduced audiences to young Anakin Skywalker, but for Jake Lloyd , the anniversary came without much celebration. Now 35, the former child actor has spent the past two decades grappling with mental health challenges,

In an interview that comes weeks after a year-and-a-half long stay at a mental health facility following a “psychotic break”, former child actor Jake Lloyd has discussed his schizophrenia diagnosis and mental health struggles with author and TV correspondent Clayton Sandell,

Jake Lloyd, who starred as the rebellious, podracing soon-to-be-padawan Anakin Skywalker in “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,” has opened up about his struggle with schizophrenia that, in part, caused him to step away from acting shortly after the “Star Wars” prequel released in 1999.

"I can now accept taking on continued treatment and therapy and my meds," said "The Phantom Menace" star, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and anosognosia.