Brian Wheeler

Brian Wheeler is an actor who played two roles in 1983's Return of the Jedi—an Ewok and a Jawa. In 2012, Star Wars Insider magazine named the Jawa Snipp Nkik.

Wheeler spent about two weeks filming in the Jabba's Palace set, and one of his scenes was ultimately cut from the movie: when Luke Skywalker was hanging onto the grid of the rancor pit, Wheeler and another Jawa (played by Andy Herd) banged on his hands to knock him down. As their Jawa costumes reduced their visibility, however, they kept falling down the holes themselves.

Wheeler has also appeared in such projects as The NeverEnding Story, several movies in the Harry Potter series, and BBC's The Chronicles of Narnia television adaptation.

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