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Robert Watts Dies: ‘Star Wars’ & ‘Indiana Jones’ Trilogies Producer Was 86
Robert Watts, who produced 'Star Wars' sequel 'The Empire Strikes Back', the first three Indiana Jones pics and 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit,' died October 1 at 88.
Robert Watts, a production manager on George Lucas’ Star Wars and producer on its first two sequels along with Steven Spielberg’s first three blockbuster Indiana Jones movies and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, died Tuesday. The next year he served in the same role for Raiders of the Lost Ark, which introduced the world to an adventurous archeologist named Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford). Londoner Watts graduated to co-producer on Lucas’ 1983 threequel Return of the Jedi and the following year served as producer on the first Raiders sequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
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