hayden christensen played anakin in the first star wars.
hayden christensen played anakin in the first star wars.
who played anakin in the first star wars?
hayden christensen
jake lloyd









































jake matthew lloyd, also known as jake broadbent, (born march 5, 1989) is an american former actor who played anakin skywalker in the 1999 film "", the first in the "star wars" prequel trilogy. he reprised the role in five subsequent "star wars" video games.









































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jake matthew lloyd was born in fort collins, colorado, the son of emt william "bill" lloyd and entertainment agent lisa riley. he attended carmel high school in carmel, indiana, where he graduated in 2007.









































section::::career.
jake lloyd
many changes met criticism and outrage from fans and critics, and many believed that lucas degraded the original films with the additions. most controversial is the decision to have greedo shoot before han solo does, which sparked wide usage of the phrase "han shot first". other controversial changes include replacing the "lapti nek" performance by a puppet sy snootles with a longer "jedi rocks" performance by a cgi snootles, having darth vader yell "no!" as he kills the emperor, and replacing sebastian shaw as the force ghost of anakin skywalker with hayden christensen, who played anakin in the prequel films. it was also felt that subsequent changes stripped the "star wars" film of the qualities for which it won academy awards. despite the negative response to many significant changes, critics also felt that many smaller changes were improvements, innocuous, or understandable.
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