James Mangold, who just picked up a Directors Guild of America nomination for “A Complete Unknown,” recently told MovieWeb that his upcoming “Star Wars” movie is deliberately set thousands of years before any other movie in the long-running franchise so that he doesn’t have to deal with the canon and can thus avoid angering fans.

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 1,

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.

In a recent interview with author Clayton Sandell, Jake Lloyd -- who is best known for playing a young Anakin Skywalker in 1999's Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace -- shared a rare update on his mental health amid his struggles with schizophrenia.

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,

"I can now accept taking on continued treatment, and therapy, and my meds. Everyone's been very supportive," he said.

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.

Jake Lloyd, who starred as the rebellious, podracing soon-to-be-padawan Anakin Skywalker in “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,” has opened up about his struggle with schizophrenia that, in part, caused him to step away from acting shortly after the “Star Wars” prequel released in 1999.

I n the interview, Lisa discloses that Jake wasn't previously able to properly recognize his schizophrenia diagnosis because of a neurological condition called anosognosia, which

Former child actor said hitting ‘rock bottom’ was something he believed needed to happen in order to take part ‘honestly’ in treatment and therapy