Jake Lloyd has reemerged in the news to remind us that no child star is immune to succumbing to the Dark Side of The Force.
The actor who assumed the earliest role of Anakin Skywalker in 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace has been arrested for leading police officers on a Podrace-like chase in Charleston, South Carolina of all places.
Reports TMZ:
Jake Lloyd, the actor who played the young Anakin Skywalker in “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,” was arrested, TMZ has learned, after an insane car chase that ended when Jake plowed into some trees.
Cops say Lloyd was driving in Charleston, South Carolina, when Sheriff’s deputies began pursuing him. The chase was underway and it went on for miles, into another county.
Deputies say Jake began passing cars on the double yellow line and began driving recklessly, at high speeds.
Cops say eventually Jake lost control of his car, which ran off the road, through a fence and into a wooded area where it struck several trees.
The 26-year-old who also starred in “Jingle All the Way” was arrested for reckless driving, failure to stop, resisting arrest and driving without a license.
He’s currently in custody.
Lloyd has said in previous interviews how the role of Anakin Skywalker has “ruined his childhood” and he wanted to distance himself from the Star Wars universe as far as possible.
He is also going by the name of Jake Brokebent the same way Anakin Skywalker assumed the identify of Darth Vader, so there’s that.
Peep Sith Lord Jakey’s mugshot below.
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Photo: Colleton County Sheriff’s Office
