You may remember last June we brought you the news of Jake Lloyd aka Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace aka Jaime in Jingle All The Way getting arrested in South Carolina after taking police on a reckless, high-speed car chase.
The retired child began passing cars on the double yellow line and began driving recklessly at speeds exceeding 100 mph, eventually losing control of his car and bulldozing through a fence into a wooded area where it struck several trees.
The then 26-year-old was arrested and charged with reckless driving, failure to stop, resisting arrest, and driving without a license.
It has since been revealed that the actor has been moved from prison to a psychiatric facility after the actor’s mom, Lisa, told TMZ that he son had been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Lisa claims she spoke with Jake last week and can already see an improvement in Jake’s personality.
Lloyd had abruptly ended his once promising acting career after claiming it brought him nothing but headaches. He told AV Club that his distain for the industry stemmed from being forced to do up to 60 interviews a day and getting taunted by classmates who “would make the light saber sound every time they passed him in the hallway.”
Lloyd also admitted to Scifitv.com that director George Lucas was the reason he doesn’t like watching Star Wars anymore.
‘When you have something like that there’s a lot of expectations for it to meet the standards of the public and I don’t think George did that,’ he said.
‘For me to go back and watch it now would be kind of creepy.’
Here’s an interview from 2009 that shows just how disenfranchised Lloyd was from it all.
Sad stuff. Let’s hope the dude can get the help needed to get his mind right.
[h/t TMZ]