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<\/a> LONDON — Christopher John “Kit” West, the mechanical special effects ace behind such films as “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” for which he won an Academy Award, and “Star Wars: Episode VI \u2014 Return of the Jedi,” died April 16 at his home here. He was 80.