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Jake Lloyd, the actor who played a young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, has reportedly been transferred from jail to a psychiatric center to deal with his schizophrenia, according to TMZ.

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Lloyd, 27, spent nearly 10 months in jail after having been arrested last June after leading police on a high-speed car chase that exceeded speeds of 100 mph through South Carolina.

Authorities believe “he needed help more than punishment.“

The former child star, who retired from acting in 2005, was charged with reckless driving, failure to stop and driving without a driver’s license after officers finally caught up with him.

Lloyd’s mother, Lisa, told TMZ after that initial incident that her son was struggling with a mental disorder and had attacked her several months earlier after failing to take his medication. She did not press charges.