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Ugnė Lazauskaitė

“I Just Want Him To Be Happy”: Mom Of “Star Wars” Child Actor Reveals He’s In A Mental Facility

Jake Lloyd, who famously played young Anakin Skywalker in “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace,” has been in a mental health facility for 10 months, his mother revealed.

Lisa Lloyd shared that her 35-year-old son began an in-patient program after suffering a psychotic break in March 2023 while driving home from picking up food at McDonald’s.

As she explained, Jake, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2008, said he wanted to turn off the car in the middle of three lanes of traffic.

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