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‘Star Wars’ star arrested after S. Carolina high-speed chase

A sheriff's deputy boards a helicopter Monday, June 8, 2015 in rural Eau Claire County, Wis., as law officers search for an armed man who abducted a woman in suburban Milwaukee.  The woman eventually escaped at an Eau Claire convenience store and the perpetrator then led police on a high-speed chase before abandoning his vehicle and fleeing into a wooded area. (Steve Kinderman/The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram via AP)

A sheriff’s deputy boards a helicopter Monday, June 8, 2015 in rural Eau Claire County, Wis., as law officers search for an armed man who abducted a woman in suburban Milwaukee. The woman eventually escaped at an Eau Claire convenience store and the perpetrator then led police on a high-speed chase before abandoning his vehicle and fleeing into a wooded area. (Steve Kinderman/The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram via AP)

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.

Strickland said the man was charged with reckless driving after hitting speeds over 100 miles an hour before crashing into trees off Interstate 95. He remained in jail Sunday.

 

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