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‘Star Wars’ child actor Jake Lloyd enters mental health facility after psychotic break

Lloyd, who played Anakin Skywalker in 1999’s “Episode I — The Phantom Menace,” was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2008.

“Star Wars” child actor Jake Lloyd has been in a mental health facility for 10 months, his mother revealed. Lisa Lloyd shared in a new interview that Jake, who played Anakin Skywalker in 1999’s “Episode I — The Phantom Menace,” began an inpatient program after suffering a psychotic break in March 2023 while she was driving him home from picking up food at McDonald’s. “Star Wars” child actor Jake Lloyd, seen here in 2011, is in a mental health facility after suffering a psychotic break.

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