Last year, we learned that The Phantom Menace star Jake Lloyd had been dealing with some serious mental health issues. He's now in a much better place and has broken his silence on both that and Star Wars.

Jake Lloyd, best known for playing a young Anakin Skywalker in 1999’s Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace, offered an update on his schizophrenia diagnosis. In an interview with Clayton Sandell published via Substack on Wednesday,

The Phantom Menace introduced audiences to young Anakin Skywalker, but for Jake Lloyd , the anniversary came without much celebration. Now 35, the former child actor has spent the past two decades grappling with mental health challenges,

In an interview that comes weeks after a year-and-a-half long stay at a mental health facility following a “psychotic break”, former child actor Jake Lloyd has discussed his schizophrenia diagnosis and mental health struggles with author and TV correspondent Clayton Sandell,

Jake Lloyd, known for his role as a young Anakin Skywalker in “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace,” is giving fans an update on his mental health struggles after he was diagnosed with schizophrenia more than a decade ago.