Star Wars: Mark Hamill ‘I’m still ANGRY how they treated the Anakin Skywalker child actor’ Star Wars: Then & Now – WBNews

Movie fans will remember 1999’s ill-fated Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, widely regarded as the worst film in the franchise. Child actor Lloyd, who played the 9-year-old Anakin before his Darth Vader days in the prequel, has had a difficult life since the movie. Now Luke Skywalker himself has spoken out at the Sundance Film Festival, furious at the backlash the child actor endured. Star Wars: Then & Now Wed, December 28, 2016 With the first Star Wars movie being released in 1977, here are the many cast members then and now. Play slideshow 1 of 12 Carrie Fisher played one of her biggest roles as Princess Leia in Star Wars. She filmed scenes for the latest Star Wars Episode VIII due out in 2017 before her tragic death on 27th December 2016 Speaking with Vulture, Hamill said: “I couldn’t believe some of the things they wrote about the prequels, you know. “I mean really, beyond ‘I didn’t like it.’ I’m still angry about the way they treated Jake Lloyd. “He was only ten years old, that boy, and he did exactly what George wanted him to do. Believe me, I understand clunky dialog.” Hamill also revealed why he butted heads with The Empire Strikes Back director. Star Wars: Mark Hamill ‘I’m still ANGRY how they treated the Anakin Skywalker child actor’ Jake Lloyd is 27-year-old now and has been to prisonSince The Phantom Menace, Lloyd’s life has been plagued with mental health issues and criminal convictions. The…more detail