in a galaxy far far away everybody just
like screams and yells and all sudden
it's like
duh and everybody's like
after jake lloyd was cast by george
lucas to play the pivotal role of anakin
skywalker in the star wars prequel
trilogy
it broke new ground after facing such
strong backlash to the film that he
retired from acting only two years later
to pursue
other opportunities so what is the
future of uh
jake uh editing cinema yeah i
i think that's where my my my field
that that would be the field of choice
is editing i uh i particularly like it
i like the zen of editing it's the best
game of tetris you'll ever play
after being arrested in south carolina
in june of 2015 for initiating a high
speed police chase
driver stop your vehicle jake lloyd was
one of the most famous people in the
world right around the turn of the
century
now despite being just 10 years old jake
shot into the limelight when he was cast
as anakin skywalker in star wars episode
1 the phantom menace
it'll bring you good fortune it was
supposed to be the role that launched
his career
instead it came to define it we had to
move
and i just have to wear a bag over my
head when i go out in public
now both his performance and the film
they were met with harsh criticism upon
release in 1999
but did jake deserve all the hate being
thrown his way
know i kind of like the film don't tell
anyone what's going on guys it's boy
michael mccread and tag meeting the life
and career of the one and only jake
lloyd here for you on where are they now
now way back in the day we made an after
they were famous on this little fella
but that was in 2016 and like the star
wars films
well this channel our research our
editing and our production
well they've come a long way and we went
from tatooine to naboo
if you catch my drift now with everyone
heading to see the rise of skywalker
over the x-mas holidays i thought we'd
take a trek
i mean a walk down memory lane and take
a look back at the life and career of
some of the actors who portrayed some of
these star wars characters
now if this video does well i'm down to
do the actor who played jar jar binks
if that's something you want to see let
me know in the comments down below but i
don't think it's a pretty story
and depression hit me
hard i was just broken
the only thing i could think of to make
me feel better was to walk across the
brooklyn bridge
so let's get into this video now first
up my main man jake lloyd or is it jake
broadbent yeah that's the name he goes
by whenever he gets in trouble with the
cops
so why don't i just split the difference
and i'll call him jake
because no one wants to be calling him
anakin it brings up too many memories of
midichlorians
i need a medical rank count
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the reading is off the chart over twenty
thousand
even master yoda doesn't have a midi
gloria
no jedi has oh god damn you george lucas
i may have gone too far in a few places
now jake matthew lloyd he was born on
march 5th 1989 in fort collins colorado
it was born to william lloyd a local emt
and lisa riley an entertainment agent
now with mom already a part of the
business well it shouldn't be any
surprise that jakey began acting at a
young age
7 years old to be exact now his first
role was as jimmy sweet in a four
episode stint on er six other men in
line for the bathroom
though jake followed that up with his
first film role as jake warren
and nick cassavets unhook the stars but
his big break would come later that same
year when he starred in the holiday
classic
jingle all the way
okay maybe i jumped the gun there a bit
by describing that as a film classic
but it definitely does have its fans now
you remember the guy off the top of the
video right
and i mean there are enough of them to
warrant reddit conversations like this
one
a film that can spawn a thread devoted
to a character portrayed by sinbad is
alright in my books
a man whose entire wardrobe consists
exclusively of windbreakers
well he has no right to be as funny as
yes but damn if he doesn't pull it off
you know what i mean
jake followed up jingle all the way with
a bit roll in another massive hit
apollo 11 but worldwide notoriety
wouldn't become a part of his life until
young jake
while he finally connected with the
force well i mean this guy
we have no choice but to order treat
though star wars had been waiting for a
new film
in the franchise since the e walks
through their new year celebration back
in 1983.
now for the part jake he beat out 3 000
others who auditioned for the role
and auditions they took place over two
years now at first he was too young he
was too
short but eventually he grew into the
perfect little anakin skywalker
and a kid he won over the roll at first
everyone just sat back and held their
collective breath
i mean this was the first star wars film
we were getting in almost 20 years
how could it possibly not live up to
expectations
he's embarrassing oh and this
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despite making what my researchers tell
me was a hundred gazillion dollars
well the phantom menace was suddenly
something that most people star wars
fans included
well they wish didn't exist now jake
would even go on to be nominated for a
golden raspberry award for worst
supporting actor
only to lose to his co-star ahmed best
who who's that you ask well do i really
need to remind you
20 years ago i played jar jar binks in
star wars
after the release of the phantom menace
while acting it lost its luster for the
young j
he told uk's tabloid the sun my entire
school life was really a living hell
and i had to do up to 60 interviews a
day other children were really mean to
me
they would make the sound of the
lightsaber every time they saw me
it was totally mad now i'm sure at least
he had it better than this guy
damn i like to do after they're famous
or where are they now on that guy
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all right now jake he tried keeping the
dream alive with a couple bit roles in
films like die with me
and madison but by 2001 he retired from
the world of acting
in an interview he stated i learned to
hate it when the cameras were pointed at
me
clearly broken up and hurt by the
notoriety his role was taking on
well jake he didn't stop at retiring
according to the sun he also destroyed
all of his star wars memorabilia
now apparently jake he was so shaken up
by this entire process that he refused
to even watch the films
because he actually cited them as being
creepy now after retiring jake he tried
to reinvent himself
he graduated from carman high school in
carmel indiana
and then he spent a semester at columbia
college in chicago where he studied film
and psychology
he left school in 2012 to focus on
directing a documentary highlighting the
tibetan refugees
in india who were attempting to escape
persecution by the chinese government
but to the best of my knowledge that
project although a great idea
it just never got off the ground now
from there he would attend the odd
convention
and he spoke about shifting his focus
into editing now at the time jake he had
a facebook page
and he posted some videos and photos of
him but then all of a sudden while he
would disappear
from the internet and all public
appearances 2015 would become a
watershed year in jake's life only
not in a good way like at all now first
in march she assaulted his mother in her
house in indianapolis
now an assault that his mother says was
triggered by schizophrenia
now according to the report she filed
will jake he showed up her house
and he began yelling at her over how she
had ruined his life
now when she wouldn't let him in well
jake knocked her to the ground and
stomped on her three or four times
bruising her arm now by the time the
police arrived will jake he was already
gone
but his mother declined to press charges
elisa told the press that jake he first
started showing scientist schizophrenia
when he was 19.
just around the 10-year anniversary of
the phantom menace now despite the
assault alisa told police that she
didn't believe her son was a violent
person
now the theory would be put further to
the test later that year when lloyd he
was arrested on june 17th
in south carolina under his alias of
jack broadbent
yeah this one it was for reckless
driving driving without a license and
resisting arrest
then we reportedly endangered others as
he passed cars on a double yellow line
and he sped up to avoid police
no jake he led police off a local
interstate driving through a fence and
into a wooded
area where the pursuit came to an end
when jake hit several small trees
now jake was charged with failure to
stop and resisting arrest
he remained at clinton county detention
center after a hearing
where his bail was set to ten thousand
seven hundred dollars in april of 2016
after being kept for 10 months without
trial in clinton county
for lloyd he was transferred from jail
to a psychiatric hospital with
schizophrenia being listed as the reason
and from there well that's the last
official word that anyone has on his
well-being or whereabouts
jake lloyd jake broadbent anakin
skywalker
yeah they've all gone awol no one knows
like they're not on social media
nothing now i know i speak for everyone
when i say that we hope this young man
is doing better now and getting the help
he needs
i actually don't think he did that bad
of a job i actually quite enjoy the
phantom menace
jar jar like he was for the kids
but i thought anakin was a jake lloyd
was a good hero for the children
go easy on him the internet's brutal did
you clap at any of the new moments and
memorable characters
were there andy no all right that's it
for this installment where they now if
this video gets say a hundred thousand
views we'll do a follow up on jar jar
binks
leave a comment down below enjoy the uh
happy holidays and enjoy the new rides
of skywalker movie
i'm excited i want to go tonight but i
won't get tickets anyway
see you guys in another video
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bye