Jake Lloyd of Star Wars fame arrested in SC after high speed chase

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Get yer podracing jokes ready folks;

WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) -- A former child actor who starred in one of the "Star Wars" movie sequels faces charges after leading South Carolina deputies on a high-speed chase.

Colleton County Sheriff's Sgt. Kyle Strickland said Sunday deputies on Wednesday arrested a 26-year-old man they confirmed through a former talent agent was Jake Lloyd.

He played young Anakin Skywalker in the 1999 movie "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace."

Strickland said the man gave his name as Jake Broadbent. He has a birthdate that matched the actors' listed by a movie database and a hometown of Fort Collins, Colorado, where Lloyd was born.

Maybe he thought if he yelled "Now this is podracing" he'd get out of it without getting arrested?

[Trevor]

"My, my, this here Anakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later
Now he's just a small fry....."