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  Admiral Ackbar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ackbar is of the aquatic alien race Mon Calamari.
For a time, Ackbar was enslaved to Grand Moff Tarkin, where it appeared that he learned much about the art and skill of command.
In The New Jedi Order, Admiral Ackbar was described as being frail and of a pale blue complexion, due to his old age.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Admiral_Ackbar   (573 words)

  
 Admiral Ackbar of Star Wars at the Coruscant Library
Beyond the qualifications of his great skills and sterling character, Ackbar is a symbol to the rest of the galaxy: a symbol that the Alliance is fighting for everyone, no matter what their background or origin.
Ackbar proved his competence while commanding the Shantipole project, which added the valuable B-wing fighter to the Alliance's arsenal.
He is known for being rather conservative in battle strategy, but this aspect of his personality is counterbalanced within the fleet's command structure by the innovative impetuosity of his young officers and the aggressive nature of General Madine.
www.galaxyfaraway.com /Encyclopedia/Ackbar.shtml   (388 words)

  
 Admiral Ackbar - Encyclopedia Dramatica
Admiral Ackbar is a fictional character in the Star Wars movies and novels.
Admiral Ackbar is of the aquatic, alien race Mon Calamari.
However, his wussy brother Ackbar stole his enlistment papers and went to the Imperial Shooting and Flying Academy in his place.
www.encyclopediadramatica.com /index.php/It%27s_a_trap!   (454 words)

  
 Ackbar
Ackbar was later cleared, with the help of a smuggler named Ghent, but the Mon Calamarian knew that the charged would hang over his head for the rest of his life.
Ackbar was called upon to help protect the planet, and he succeeded in destroying the destroyer Manitcore by ramming it with a partially built cruiser.
Ackbar then expressed his pleasure that Winter would no longer be exiled on Anoth, as the Jedi children were back with their parents.
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 Ackbar - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Ackbar's caution was due to the belief that the loss of the Rebel fleet would sound the death knell of the Alliance.
Ackbar was immortalized with the christening of Admiral Ackbar, one of a new generation of Victory-class Star Destroyer crucial in the Swarm War.
Ackbar was not able to fully coordinate the early stages of the war due to an Imperial conspiracy which was designed to remove him from the supreme command.
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 Admiral Ackbar
Ackbar has risen from humble beginnings to become a renowned militray strategist for the Rebellion and the New Republic.
Ackbar was one of the first to be enslaved and he eventually became an interpreter for Grand Moff Tarkin.
Ackbar was cleared in time to lead the New Republic fleet to victory over Thrawn's forces in the battle at the Bilbringi Shipyard.
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Ackbar was Born in Qunanos Primus, the captial of Quaillion 5.
Ackbar heard the news that his entired planets population was excicuted by the Massia he quit the Academy for 2 years during which he was hospitalised for 13 months due to heart problems.
Ackbar was very intelligent as a Child and a teenager, he has extensive engineering knowledge in particular with computer systems although he considers the UFED's Technology to be obselete.
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 Star Wars Galaxies Stratics - Content Database: Admiral Ackbar EU
Ackbar was arrested for treason during this time, due to false evidence planted in his credit accounts.
Ackbar had planned on having a quiet retirement, but was once again called upon to save the planet.
Ackbar continues to be one of the main leaders of the New Republic as well as one of the greatest military minds in the Galaxy.
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 Battle of Ebaq 9 - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Ackbar realized that the Yuuzhan Vong’s greatest strengths were also the source of their greatest weaknesses.
Though it was nowhere near the size of the Coruscant invasion fleet, it was described as the largest fleet seen since the Fall of Coruscant, thus eclipsing the fleets seen at Hapes, Borleias, and Obroa-skai.
As Ackbar had surmised, the Yuuzhan Vong were predictable and a major portion of their fleet was flying into a trap.
starwars.wikia.com /wiki/Battle_of_Ebaq_9   (1544 words)

  
 Admiral Ackbar - Uncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Ackbar, also known as Admiral Hu, began his career as the Moorish commander of the Spanish Armada who led the historic naval assault on the commies in 1588.
He was ordered to retrieve Christopher Columbus, who by reports had established himself as a 'white god' among the indigenous population and exploited their labor for the ivory trade while making indecipherable pronouncements regarding "el horror, el horror." Alas, this mission proved to be the Admiral's last, and one from which he never returned.
The other group of Ackbar's followers are the Calamarians.The beliefs of Calamarians differ greatly from person to person, but most believers follow the sacred tenet that everything is a trap.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Allah_Ackbar   (938 words)

  
 Jedi Council Forums - One more on Admiral Ackbar
Ackbar was already an officer in the Mon Calamari navy when he was captured and made Tarkin's slave.
Ackbar is a compotent officer, but he's far from the quality of tactician that Thrawn was.
Admiral Ackbar was not kept as Supreme Commander of the NR fleet for 20 years withut being a masterful strategist.
boards.theforce.net /Message.aspx?topic=11876927   (1723 words)

  
 Admiral Ackbar
Ackbar, along many was enslaved, and was personally owned by Grand Moff Tarkin.
After his escape Ackbar was able to convince his plantet to join the Rebellion.
After the Emporer was dead, the New Republic was formed and Ackbar (who at the time was Admiral) became the Commander-In-Chief of the Republic.
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 Jedi Council Forums - How Good Was Ackbar?
Ackbar was very good in his day, and even now that his health is failing him and his faculties are starting to slip, he was able to plan the operation that resulted in the victory at Ebaq.
Ackbar and Piett seem to be on equal footing, with a slight edge to Ackbar.
Ackbar seems to have better demonstrated more than any other strategist/tactician an ability to learn strategy and tactics from his enemies and put it to good use.
boards.theforce.net /Message.aspx?topic=12419894   (1899 words)

  
 Admiral Ackbar
s commander of the Rebel Fleet, Ackbar has one of the most important and demanding jobs in the Alliance.
eyond the qualifications of his great skills and sterling character, Ackbar is a symbol to the rest of the galaxy: a symbol that the Alliance is fighting for everyone, no matter what their background or origin.
Mon Calamari and was largely responsible for that planet's decision to supply their precious Mon Calamari Cruisers, the cornerstones and largest vessels of the Rebel Fleet.
members.tripod.com /~devan1/Ackbar.htm   (337 words)

  
 Ruby Buzz Forum - Announcing Ackbar
Ackbar is an adapter for ActiveRecord (the Rails ORM layer) to the KirbyBase pure-ruby plain-text DBMS.
Ackbar currently passes through a small bootstrap test suite, and through about 80% of the ActiveRecord test suite.
Ackbar includes a SQL fragment translator, so that simple cross-database code should be maintainable.
www.artima.com /forums/flat.jsp?forum=123&thread=148216   (543 words)

  
 NG Search - ackbar
Ackbar : Directors Cut - Episode 16 : This is the original cut for the movie but the studio changed it up so much that not much translated from my original vision to the viewers but now here after months o...
Ackbar : Trap Light - Episode 8 : Ackbar and Controllroomguy attempt to fix the trap light button once and for all
Ackbar : The End - Episode 10 : Well it's been a good ride, but all good things must come to an end...
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 [admiral ackbar]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Ackbar was not a stranger to leadership when he started serving in the Rebellion.
During a Rebel ambush on Tarkin's transport, Ackbar was able to flee to the Rebellion.
Ackbar was a tremendous leader, and he oversaw the production of the B-wing, which helped him achieve the rank of Admiral.
www.ackbar.org /ackbar   (459 words)

  
 The CHUD.COM Message Boards - ACKBAR as good as TAMBOR?
See, I always loved the fact that the entire Alliance fleet was commanded by the offspring of Sir John Gielgud and a giant squid, but I'm not sure you can beat the shiver I get every time I see Wat Tambor adjusting his FM radio.
Ackbar has always been pretty cool as far as I'm concerned.
Ackbar is like a general in the Rebellion, which accrues cool in magnitudes.
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 Death Star - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luke Skywalker pilots an X-wing starfighter through a trench-like indentation on the surface of the Death Star, evading a pursuing Darth Vader long enough to launch a pair of proton torpedoes down a thermal exhaust port that leads directly the reactor core, causing a chain reaction which destroys the battle station.
General Crix Madine and Admiral Ackbar devise a plan for its destruction.
Han leads a team to the forest moon of Endor to destroy its shield generator, while a group of fighters and the Millennium Falcon piloted by Lando Calrissian fly into the centre of the ship through a narrow superstructure and destroy the reactor directly, rushing out in just enough time to escape the ensuing explosion.
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 Star Wars: Databank | Ackbar, Admiral
A member of the Mon Calamari species, Ackbar and his people manned the distinctive warships supplied to the Rebellion by that aquatic culture.
Ackbar developed the attack strategy for the Battle of Endor, and commanded the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser Home One.
The combination of his proven military tactics and General Lando Calrissian's unorthodox maneuvers were enough to secure victory in the Alliance's most important battle.
www.starwars.com /databank/character/admiralackbar   (161 words)

  
 Ackbar the Great!
So when a bright scarlet and stupendously ugly fish person (i.e The Underwater Menace done with some money) takes the role of highest serving officer in the Rebl Fleet when it takes on the Emperor, things are pretty bloody cool.
Sure, an old man with a beard and some whiney woman in a cape (the hallmarks of any civilised authority) may have talked us through the plan, but it's Ackbar who takes the troops out, who wields the executive decision over whether or not to run the trap they all then end up in.
NOTE: A(c)kbar the Great was a 16th-century emperor of the Mogul dynasty in India.
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 Rebelscum.com: Vintage Star Wars Photo Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In 1982, to many young Star Wars Afficionados, the vintage Admiral Ackbar action figure was the first glimpse at what the final film had in store for them.
The first version had arms moulded in white plastic with red spray ops and its torso was moulded in tan plastic (the bib colour) with white and yellow spray ops.
The second version, thus far appearing only on Admiral Ackbar figures produced in Taiwan, has arms moulded in red plastic with white spray ops and its torso was moulded in white plastic with light olive (bib colour) and yellow spray ops.
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 TheForce.Net - Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia - Entry Description Page
Ackbar was kept informed of the progress of the battle against the Yuuzhan Vong, and used his time to investigate a way to defeat them.
As his health flagged, Ackbar was assisted by Winter, who had traveled to Calamari while her husband, Tycho Celchu, rejoined the military.
Ackbar was reinstated to his rank of Admiral, and assisted Admirals Kre'fey and Sovv in developing new tactics to use against the alien invaders.
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 Star Wars: Databank | Ackbar, Admiral
Although Ackbar was designed for Return of the Jedi, fans were afforded a first glimpse of the Mon Calamari leader in the daily Star Wars newspaper strips by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson.
Admiral Ackbar was realized as a combination half-body puppet and slip-on mask, depending on what was required for a shot.
For close-ups with dialog, Ackbar was an extremely detailed puppet controlled by Tim Rose, the same puppeteer that controlled Salacious Crumb.
www.starwars.com /databank/character/admiralackbar/?id=bts   (167 words)

  
 Admiral Ackbar
The Ackbar hands can be improved simply by stuffing a rolled-up sock in the forearm of each one.
It is similar to the Imperial Officer jerkin but it is rectangle shaped, not tapered.
The head hole is larger to accomodate Ackbar's neck and there is a raised collar.
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 X-E - Admiral Ackbar: Our Last Hope?
Every time I devirginize someone to Return of the Jedi, they nearly fall out of their seat when this bumbling squid waltzes in front of the Rebel fleet and starts talking like a guy who should be doing drug counseling.
Everybody on the ship is running around looking for folding chairs...meanwhile Ackbar's sitting in something that is usually reserved for royalty.
The True Reason For This Post: Admiral Ackbar isn't just a hero to all - he was the inspiration for the jazziest fucking song in history...
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 Sienar Fleet Systems III - Card Review of Admiral Ackbar
Economy: A- At first glance, Admiral Ackbar's economy appears to be in the C to D range.
However, when you notice that he is deploy 2 on the Home One, the economy appears to be much better.
However, if you do include the Home One and a bunch of other capital starships, Admiral Ackbar might win the game for you by letting you get that extra capital starship out and that Admiral's Order you otherwise wouldn't have otherwise had out.
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 Admiral Ackbar - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
He was, for a time, enslaved to Grand Moff Tarkin, where it appeared that he learned much about the art and skill of command.
According to the New Jedi Order books, Admiral Ackbar died during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion.
For SomethingAwful.com and Fark.com users, Ackbar has risen to level of photoshop cliche, often used with the phrase "it's a trap!" or a variation thereof.
education.music.us /A/Admiral-Ackbar.htm   (527 words)

  
 Ackbar for President
Anyone who witnessed the actions of Admiral Ackbar can be in no doubt - these were the actions of an idiot.
Ackbar is really depressing if you read the non-Lucas Star Wars books.
He single handedly destroys another races prized wind-pipe cathedral, is mind controlled/tortured by the dark side (which scars his face horribly for life), and accidentally causes the deaths of many other fish heads like his pitiful self.
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 my dinner with ackbar by johnny_4_president - DPChallenge
admiral ackbar commanded the rebel fleet in its historic assault on the second death star.
I know Admiral Ackbar, I'm a big fan of Star Wars and although I didn't had these action toys when I was a child this photo reminds me when I was younger when I was playing with my dinner instead of eating it ;-) Good lighting.
The DOF is in my opinion a little too narrow, because the green object to the left (belonging to the dinner) could be sharper.
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 MASSASSI STAR WARS, ARCHIVES, CHARACTERS, ADMIRAL ACKBAR
lthoug most famous success of Admiral Ackbar was his leading the attack on the Second Death Star, the greatest contribution of him was to convince his own people to join the Rebel Alliance.
Before Ackbar became Admiral he pioneered the Shantipole Project, which resulted in the vesatile B-Wing starfighter.
ven after the Alliance's victory at the Battle of Endor, Ackbar remained a major political and tactical force within the New Republic.
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