Jake Lloyd, who played young Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace was arrested after a high-speed car chase in South Carolina on Wednesday, the Associated Press reports.
The man gave his name as Jake Broadbent, Strickland said. The man’s birthdate matched the actors’ listed by movie database IMDB.com and a hometown of Fort Collins, Colorado, where Lloyd was born.
The man was charged with failing to stop for officers and reckless driving after hitting speeds over 100 miles an hour, Sgt. Kyle Strickland said.
The chase spanned two counties and at least 25 miles before Lloyd drove off the highway onto a parallel road and eventually hitting “several small trees.”
Lloyd remains in jail Sunday, and has not posted bail. His arrest was first reported by TMZ.
All the obvious jokes regarding pod-racing and midiclorians have been made extensively.
Untruths! An article about Jake Lloyd has been floating around in which claims he called his post-Star War childhood a “living hell.”