What younger Anakin baby actor appears to be like like now after his mum offered unhappy replace on life

Star Wars actor Jake Lloyd made a uncommon look alongside certainly one of his co-stars earlier this 12 months.

The 37-year-old former actor is thought by thousands and thousands for bringing the position of younger Anakin Skywalker to life in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.

Nonetheless, Lloyd would wrestle with the celebrity which got here alongside showing within the 1999 blockbuster, quitting the performing trade simply two years later as a result of bullying he obtained from his friends in school.

His life post-Hollywood has since been marked by authorized and psychological well being points, with the Jingle All of the Approach star in the end being identified with paranoid schizophrenia in 2008.

Regardless of pursuing a life exterior of the highlight it might seem Lloyd has saved in contact with certainly one of his Star Wars co-stars, as he was pictured alongside actor Daniel Logan earlier this 12 months.

The snap was shared by Logan on Instagram, with the 38-year-old captioning the picture: “Simply spent the day with my brother #jakelloyd.”

Logan appeared as a younger Boba Fett in each Episode II – Assault of the Clones and The Clone Wars, that means that he and Lloyd by no means shared any scenes collectively.

Actor Ahmed Greatest, who performed the position of Jar Jar Binks within the prequel trilogy, additionally shared his assist for the pair, commenting a coronary heart emoji below the picture.

What occurred to Jake Lloyd?

Following his look as younger Anakin, Lloyd struggled to regulate to his new degree of fame, revealing in 2012 that he’d been bullied in school over the position.

Different kids had been actually imply to me,” he advised BlackBook of his college years, through UNILAD.

“They might make the sound of the lightsaber each time they noticed me. It was completely mad. My complete college life was actually a residing hell.”

The press stress additionally took its toll on a younger Lloyd, with him recalling needing to do ’60 interviews a day’ whereas selling the movie.

“I’ve discovered to hate it when the cameras are pointed at me,” he added.

In 2024, his mom, Lisa Lloyd, revealed that Jake had been hospitalised at a psychological well being rehabilitation facility, following a psychotic break the earlier 12 months. He’s mentioned to have spent a complete of 18 months in inpatient care.

In January 2025, Lloyd gave a uncommon interview with the media, telling journalist Clayton Sandell that he was feeling ‘fairly good’ after receiving therapy.

“I can now settle for taking up continued therapy, and remedy, and my meds,” he mentioned. “Everybody’s been very supportive.”

In the meantime, Lisa beforehand revealed that she does not imagine her son’s adverse expertise led to his psychological sickness, explaining that his father’s household had a historical past of the situation.

“It could have occurred anyway,” she advised Scripps Information. “I imagine that it was genetic. And his psychiatrist additionally agrees that Jake was going to turn out to be schizophrenic.”