Harold "Howie" S. Weed (born December 23, 1962) is an American visual and special effects artist known for his work on Hollywood films and franchises.
In the 1997 Special Edition re-release of Star Wars: A New Hope, Weed played Ketwol, a character created with a costume and mechanical stilts.
[2] Also in the re-release, Weed appeared as the Wampa, replacing actor Des Webb,[3] and then as character Melas.
[2] Weed worked on Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace as a digital model development and construction artist and then Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith as a digital modeler.
Weed has been interviewed for the Star Wars: Insider magazine[4] and Jedi News.