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TIL that Porkins (Star Wars Ep IV) and Major Eaton (Raiders of the Lost Ark) were played by the same actor (William Hootkins). Major Eaton was one of the officers who sent Indy on his adventure and at the end of the movie revealed "Top Men" before the warehouse scene.

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