One theory about Star Wars child actor Jake Lloyd, who played young Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace, is that he hates Star Wars and that backlash to his character led to his mental health struggles. Both things are not true, his mother, Lisa, said in a new interview with Scripps News.

She said, "He loves all the new Star Wars stuff. People think Jake hates Star Wars. He loves it." Lloyd has been watching the Ahsoka TV series on Disney+ and his mother gave him an action figure of Ahsoka for his birthday recently.

Lisa also stressed that it's her belief that the backlash to The Phantom Menace did not lead to Jake's mental illness and his decision to quit acting.