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Grant Imahara
Biographical information
Born	October 23, 1970
Nationality	American
Career
Star Wars work	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace ; Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones ; Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ; R2-D2: Beneath the Dome ;
Other work of note	Mythbuster (build team)

Grant Imahara is an Industrial Light & Magic modeler and animatronics technician who controlled R2-D2's movements in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. He cameoed in the mockumentary, R2-D2: Beneath the Dome and was an actor and writer of the TFN Fan Film Architects of Evil. The in-universe company Imaharatronics is named for him.

He is also known as the creator of the Battlebot Deadblow and is a cast member on the Discovery Channel's Mythbusters.

On April 2, 2011, Imahara was inducted into the 501st Legion fan organization.^[1] He currently resides in Oakland, California.

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Grant Imahara

Biographical information
Born	October 23, 1970
Nationality	American
Career
Star Wars work	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Other work of note	Mythbuster (build team)