Ira Keeler

Ira Keeler worked as a model maker for Industrial Light & Magic. He worked on many films, including Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, and Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, as well as Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Keeler also worked as a model maker for the original Star Tours attraction, and made a brief appearance in the ride film, as a crewman who ducks out of the way of an out-of-control StarSpeeder 3000. A popular misconception was that this actor was actually George Lucas.

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