Admiral Ackbar

For the Victory-class Star Destroyer, see Admiral Ackbar (starship).

Admiral Ackbar is a fictional character in the Star Wars movies and novels.

Ackbar is of the fictional aquatic race Mon Calamari. He was perhaps the finest military commander in the service of the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic. He led the attack on the second Death Star at Endor from the flagship Mon Calamari Cruiser, Home One. However, unlike many career officers he was unable to properly play the political game, relying on his trusted friend Mon Mothma to cover him. When Mon Mothma retired from political service, Admiral Ackbar found severe difficulties in facing the political realities of high command (though he did have an ally in Leia Organa-Solo).

Background

He was fucking stupid, his only point in life was to kill everyone possible on his own army and then spin in circles on an office chair yelling "ITS A TRAP ITS A TRAP" with a really annoying voice and really bad fake costume and eyes

History

For a time, Ackbar was enslaved to Grand Moff Tarkin, where it appeared that he learned much about the art and skill of command. Rebel forces later rescued him and he swiftly rose through the ranks, designing the Alliance B-Wing starfighter along the way. In terms of tactics, he is most well-known for his audacious, close-range assaults first seen at the Battle of Endor. He fought numerous campaigns against the Galactic Empire, and numerous splinter warlord groups. During Grand Admiral Thrawn's campaign against the New Republic, Borsk Fey'lya accused Ackbar of treason, citing bank account increases prior to the battle of Sluis Van. However, the money was placed in there by Imperial Intelligence, and Ackbar was soon exonerated. He retired some time after peace was signed with the Imperial Remnant, when Leia resigned and Fey'lya was elected Chief of State.

In The New Jedi Order, Admiral Ackbar was described as being frail and of a pale blue complexion, due to his old age. Towards the end of the war, he stayed in his home on Mon Calamari recuperating. Although he was still fully cognizant, he was attended to by Winter. When the Yuuzhan Vong invasion came, he pulled himself out of retirement to plan a trap against those forces in the Deep Core. He did, however, come up with the battle plan that would lead to the New Republic victory at Ebaq 9. That plan was highly successful and did much to restore morale after the many losses in the invasion. However, this exertion proved taxing for the aging Admiral, and would soon be fatal. He died of natural causes only days before the resolution of the conflict. The funeral was a sad occasion for his home world, with many guests attending.

Other information

Admiral Ackbar had several accomplishments that have not been equaled, including the defeat of two Imperial Grand Admirals. The only one to ever best him in battle was Grand Admiral Thrawn.

Ackbar has become a meme on certain websites (such as Fark, 4chan, YTMND, and more recently, Slashdot) for his lines "It's a trap!" and "It has begun", with an accompanying image or ASCII art.

External links

• Ackbar on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki
• Star Wars Databank entry