ST Grand Admiral Ackbar

So is anyone besides me hoping Ackbar is still around and the grand admiral of the entire republic navy? He was my favorite character overall from rotj, and most of the original trilogy for that matter.

 

He'll only appear if there is a trap in the Movie.
Naw just kidding, but it is highly unlikely that he will appear in the movie, as he is too minor of a character.

 

well i think the best chance of him appearing would be in a cameo. nothing major.

 

We can easily see other characters of the Mon Calamari type, but an Ackbar appearance would be pushing it.

 

Why, would he have changed careers in between movies? He was an Admiral in Ep6 & would be a war hero following the Battle of Endor.

 

Retirement? Death perhaps?

 

Possibly, but he looks the healthy type. Probably swims each day & eats plenty of seafood

 

if i had to put it in human years, i'd say he was probably in his fifties in return of the jedi. this would put him in his late 70's or 80's in ep7. i could see him as the older supreme commander of the fleet or something.

 

Do we need to bring everyone back?

Was Jan Dodonna in TESB?

Well now the EU is gone, his fate is no longer decided. Let's have Jan Dodonna in EPVII.

And while we're at it where was Carlist Rieekan in RotJ? He needs to be in EPVII too

 

"It's a trap!" has become such a popular meme that bringing back Ackbar would likely end up being unintentionally funny.

 

Grand Admiral, its a promotion. No one can disobey orders from its magnitude.

 

Why wouldn't Ackbar be the grand admiral of the Republic navy? He's the grand admiral of the Rebel navy in ROTJ. You all seem so afraid of nostalgia that you don't realize that sometimes it's logical for things that we've seen before to appear again.

 

I don't see the reason for bringing him back. He did a good job in ROTJ with blowing up the Death star, aswell as unintentionally saying one of the films' most iconic sentences. Just like othes pointed out in the thread, adding too much from the original trilogy in the new films will be pretty boring and kill the nostalgia.

However, it WOULD be pretty fun if there was another Mon Calamari dude or girl, a young Jedi who joined forces with the new trio, and when there was danger ahead he or she would say "Watch out, it's a trap!" It would definitely work as a funny reference to Ackbar, and only fans would get it while the normal audience would simply accept it as a plausible warning.

 

He was part of the Clone wars and around 50 years have passed since then so he would be pushing 100 i would say. So i think it is very unlikely

 

sometimes - not all the time.

If we have to see Ackbar then why didn't we see Dodonna after the destruction of the Death Star - wasn't he leader of the Rebels at the time? Why didn't we see Reikaan helping out in the Battle of Endor?

This story may not even involve the grand navy of the new republic so he wouldn't be required.

Sometimes is the key word. We didn't have to see those high ranking rebels I mentioned to enjoy the continuation of the story.

If the story calls for Ackbar and he has a role to play, I'm all for it.
But for fanservice? For nostalgia? Not my cup of tea.

 

They were just the leaders of specific bases.

 

Agreed with wanting Ackbar in Rebels, however this time without that dumb prince/king and Jar Jar. Set him up joining the Rebel Alliance due to the Empires actions.

As to VII it really depends if this use him seriously or just to have him in the movie repeating old dialog. A new admiral could work just as well and increase the scope of the universe so including Ackbar just to have Ackbar could hurt the film. So if they use him, use him seriously for a purpose.

 

Well If there is a good, story reason for him being around, I'm all for it. But bringing him back just because he is Ackbar would be stupid.

 

Sorry, I'm not EU'd up (not that that makes any difference now). Could you please clarify for me?

Dodonna planned and commanded the attack on the Death Star? No? That's not a leader?
From the film alone I took it that he was high up in the rebels.

His placing in that pic certainly says to me he was high up in the command chain. Yet we never see him again.

Reikaan ordered the evacuation of Hoth. He was in charge of that group of Rebels. That's what I took from the film alone. Yet we never see him again.

To me, Ackbar is no different. He has served his purpose as it stands.

 

I edited my post (before you quoted it) to say that they were leaders of specific bases.

 

So Dodonna was leader of the Yavin base, yes? And Luke, Han and Leia were all with him there, correct?
The Empire chased the Rebels from Yavin 4 but Luke, Han and Leia decided to leave that group and join another group on Hoth? The leader of which was Reikaan?
I'm sorry mate, but I never got that from the opening crawl of TESB. All I got was the Empire chased them from Yavin, the Rebels got away, then the Empire found them on Hoth.

Anyway, we're digressing a little here

I think, judging by your likes in this thread, we can both agree that if Ackbar is needed for the story then it's all good. But if he's just a fanservice cameo, why bother?

 

While we're still at it, I want Mon Mothma to return. Or her daughter.

 

I'm only liking that because I'm taking it as sarcasm