I've always felt bad for Jake. When I watched the documentary on the making of the phantom menace, he came across as this really ernest, nice kid and he was so pumped up about playing in a Star Wars movie.
Then the movie came out and this poor kid just got raked over the coals by the Star Wars fan community, and a lot of it was mean spirited.
Just watching the interviews from later on in his life, he really just outright hated Star Wars fans and even the whole acting profession as well.
I always thought that Ron Howard's letter defending Lloyd was a really nice gesture.
https://screenrant.com/star-wars-pha...rd-jake-lloyd/