Grant Imahara
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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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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)
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@grantimahara (Grant Imahara) on Twitter
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Grant Imahara on Wikipedia- Biography

Grant Imahara at the Internet Movie Database

- Bio page on Discovery Channel



Imahara working on R2-D2 models for the prequel trilogy.