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.

Contents 1 Sources 2 Notes and references 3 See also 4 External links

SourcesEdit

•  ILM Modelmaker Writes DIY Droid Book on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
•  Putting Star Wars to the MythBusters Test on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)

Notes and referencesEdit

See alsoEdit

• Adam Savage
• Jamie Hyneman
• Tory Belleci

External linksEdit

• Grant Imahara on Wikipedia
• Biography
• Grant Imahara at the Internet Movie Database
• Bio page on Discovery Channel