TV's Frink said:

skyjedi2005 said:

The casting was as far as i know Anakin in episode 1: Jake Lloyd gave the best screen test

I thought on the EP 1 DVD documentary, one of the other two kids gave better line readings. But of course it's a matter of opinion, and I don't actually think Jake was that horrible, given the lines he was working with.

Well, they showed three people screen testing total. They had to have tested more people than that, or should have. Jake was the best of those three, but that's not saying much. They could easily have found a better actor for the role.