Former Star Wars child actor arrested after high-speed chase

A former child actor who starred in 1999's Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace has been arrested after a high-speed chase in America.

Jake Lloyd, who played a young Anakin Skywalker, faces charges after failing to stop for police in South Carolina.

A former talent agent confirmed to Colleton County Sheriff's deputy Sgt. Kyle Strickland that the 26-year-old man was Mr Lloyd.

The man gave his name as Jake Broadbent, a resident of Colorado.

The man was charged with failing to stop for officers and reckless driving after hitting speeds of more than 100mph.

Deputies in coastal Charleston County initially tried to stop the car early on Wednesday afternoon, but stopped chasing after the man drove into neighbouring Colleton County.

Star Wars director George Lucas with Jake Lloyd in The Phantom Menace - in which he raced his own podracer

The chase lasted for more than 25 miles before Lloyd drove off a motorway, ploughed through a fence and continued speeding along another local road.

That road ended at a dead end but the car kept going into a wooded area before it hit several small trees and stopped.

The man hadn't posted bail and remained in jail on Sunday evening, said Sgt. Strickland.

Lloyd said in a 2012 interview that the role he performed when he was 10 years old made his youth hellish because he was bullied by other children.

His last acting credit was in Madison, which was filmed in 2000 but released in 2005.

Before his appearance in Star Wars, he appeared in several episodes of ER.

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