It's time for Star Wars to respect Admiral Ackbar
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Today I want to talk about Admiral Ackbar, and why he is so important to Star Wars with the Thrawn Campaign coming...
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Always put respect on Ackbars name. Dude was a freaking genius. Granted, not on a Thrawn level, but pretty damn close
Counterpoint: Thrawn got stabbed by his bodyguard before winning a single war; Ackbar guided the Rebellion/Alliance/New Republic through numerous wars, to repeated victories, and died peacefully (in his sleep, I believe).
@Sephiroth144 he got stabbed by hos bodyguard when it came out the Empire had lied to them. Thrawn's campaign came within a hairs breadth of taking down the New Republic.
@@Sephiroth144cough cough legends cough cough
it’s a trap!
@@larryroberts3598 Yes and no; Bilbringi would've likely been a defeat, but it wouldn't have been Endor 2.0- nor were the NR worls themselves ready to jump back to the Empire (whereas crawling out from the Imperial yoke was a common wish for the majority of Imperial worlds).
In terms of non-force users, ackbar has gotta be the single biggest threat to Thrawn and his plans
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Dude Tharwn's fleet aint gonna do anything againest ackbar fact that ackbar uses tactics even if his fleet is more stronger and thrawn dosent he just used his entire fleet but sometimes he used his mind againest the confedarncy fleet
I've admired Admiral Ackbar since reading my first sourcebook as a kid. Great and capable leader!
"Trap?"
He has more screentime in Robot Chicken than all of Disney Star Wars
My god, he's right
To be fair, there are quite a few characters with more screentime on RC than in their own franchises. And that's not even limited to Disney Star Wars. Or Star Wars, period. That show is a complete anomaly, it really shouldn't exist. I'm so glad it does though.
You're mouth can't resist flavor of this magnitude!
@@EternalEmperorofZakuul It's almost as good as Creepio's cereal.
We need more Wedge too! I love Carson but that could literally be his role. I hope they utilize his character too
I really wish they would have a season showing Thrawn waging a rebellion against the New Republic and have Hera lead up something like Wraith/Rogue Squadron, with wedge as the flight commander. These new wraiths would be a black budget commando unit to hunt/uncover Imperials remnants without the New Republic officially recognizing the threat.
I know they wanted Hera for the "Rebels" link in Ahsoka. But when we go to all out war against Thrawn, you ARE going to want Wedge on the front lines. Be it squadron or fleet (EU Wedge never did care for fleet command tho).
This is where new Canon is always a bit of a letdown, because we expect EU versions of these characters. Wedge became a huge part of the EU, you definitely miss him now.
@@greyshadow9498 yeah I liked his role in the Thrawn trilogy so I hope we get some of that. I don't expect anything major. I think Ashoka and Sabine will pull a Gandalf and the Riders of Rohan if they end up doing a new Thrawn trilogy.
@@greyshadow9498 Wedge should always be in the cockpit; never should be strapped down to capital command.
Heck, let him be the head of Republic Starfighter Command- as long as he can jump in the X-Wing and add some more Victory Markings to his snub.
@@Sephiroth144 I agree! It was actually a point of contention when Ackbar promoted him to General... He is definitely a better pilot.
Still a great General, just better with a squadron than a fleet
In Legend Thrawn managed to get his hands on a piece of art (a sculpture) created by Admiral Ackbar himself... studying that art gave him plenty of insight to fight him.
Ackbar is respected... by the fans.
Robot Chicken respected this gigachad more than Disney ever did.
We love Ackbar, and we need his true return to Star Wars.
And his fish sticks are super tasty, and not having them is a big mistakey.
Plus his cereal.
FACTS^
And in the novels
@@keepmovingforward1722 and his MC-80 Home One.
and in games. He always leads my fleets in empire at war
Ackbar is a bigger Chad in Legends. He died from old age but passed on wisdom there was even a ship in his honor and had a niece and nephew. Both of whom are in Luke's New Jedi Order.
Disney : we just fried him
Screw you Disney
Supervaderman said it best: Disney isn’t going to let a character named Ackbar suicide bomb himself to save the new republic
Disney or RJ? Grant it, Disney is culpable for allowing that duck duck goose scripting mess but lets lay blame at the correct feet.
@@ICU1337 Is J.J. Better? He had Nien freaking Nunb show up at Exegol just to die. Who really thought, "y'know what this needs? Nien Nunb's death. I bet the fans really want to know that Nien Nunb didn't lead a long life and die peacefully in his sleep."
@@RorikH lol you have to be joking right 🤣 I had to look up who that bit player even was🤷🏽♂️ dude actually had a name...? Thought he was just extra 1014🤷🏽♂️ Don't even recall his death scene from the movie but sorry to hear your favorite NPC died🤣👋🏽
@ICU1337 That's the point though. He was Lando's copilot on the Millenium Falcon when they attacked the Death Star II, so kind of a hero, but such a small character that I genuinely have no idea what the point of bringing him back just to kill him could possibly be. Which fan was that supposed to service?
I find it amusing that Disney has to focus on the years before Episode 7 because what they did in the movies was just so awful that no good can come from it.
I think we all know that Ackbar’s death was the real reason the sequels failed 😔
It was a trap!
Yeah! That was ridiculous!
They should've had Ackbar sacrifice himself to save the others, not that stoopid Admiral Holdo who we didn't even know until 30 minutes before she died.
I've always loved that Ackbar, while not a direct match for Thrawn, was enough of a threat that Thrawn actively worked to remove him from command. To get that kind of respect from Thrawn should tell you something of Ackbar's true capabilities.
Thrawn knows better than to underestimate his enemies especially ackbar.
Eck, thank-you for giving Garm Bel Iblis his due. 🙏🏻
Agreed on all fronts Ackbar was one of my favorite all time characters. What Disney needs to do is find a voice actor close enough to sound like Erik Bauersfeld, who was his original VA and sadly passed in 2016.
My copium is that they didn’t give him much screen and any voice time is because they haven’t casted a close enough VA since Erik’s passing. Hopefully they’ll find that match for the future Thrawn movie.
Yeah I hate that he gets so little screen time even though he is such a cool character
Good thing he’s in almost every Post-RotJ novel
YES, thank you. 100% agree. If we could get even a fraction of how much character development he got in Legends, that would great.
For all the problems with the last jedi, I think possibly the biggest miss was using Holdo instead of Ackbar. He was right there
They needed another “strong female character”
The thing about Holdo is that if it was Leia or Ackbar or some other person the fans knew and trusted who had a secret plan they weren't telling Poe, we would be all, "hey Poe, you're being a total idiot, stand down", and many of us still were even with Holdo, but because we don't know her or trust her abilities, we're closer to Poe's headspace and more willing to go along with Poe's mutiny and his journey towards accepting that he's not always right and he can't fight his way out of every problem. It is still kind of a weird arc though, and I feel like it would've made sense for him to spend more time with Rose, since her sister died in his attack and her line, "it's about saving the people we love, not killing the people we hate" is something that Poe needed to hear, not Finn. I feel like Ackbar instead should've been leading a fleet that came and saved the rebels at Krayt, since reducing the resistance to like, 12 guys backed them so far into a corner that there really was no solution but to undo it offscreen, and that could lead into an actual War between the Resistance and First Order.
@@RorikH Rose's line shouldn't even have been in the movie. On top of being completely cringe, and coming out of absolutely nowhere, it makes no sense. War is about both of those things. You save those you love by taking down tyranny, and you take down tyranny to save the people you love. On top of that, it was hypocritical. Finn was trying to take out a battering ram cannon in order to save the Resistance - his found family, the people he had come to love. His heroic act was not out of hatred, but out of love. And Rose comes in, stops him, and what would that have done if the Resistance hadn't found secret tunnels? It would have resulted in the First Order slaughtering all of the Resistance, and Finn and Rose woulda died out there on the salt of Crait regardless. Sure, if there were no tunnels they likely would've died anyways, but at least Finn would have bought them time.
@@palpatinesboi9549 Oh it's incredibly dumb in context, I've just spent too much time making up an entirely separate version of the movie in my head in which it might actually be relevant to the situation at hand.
I think Ackbar could play a role in the alliance that's very much analagous to the role that Eisenhower played at D Day. He was the supreme commander of a force that was made up of military elements from a dozen different countries, and it was his job not only to oversee the military strategy of the largest amphibious invasion of all time, but also to find a way to turn all those forces into a single cohesive fighting force. Eisenhower wasn't the greatest tactician of WWII; that role might go to Patton or Rommel or Halsey; but he was probably the greatest leader of the war, and that might be the same role that Ackbar could play for the Alliance.
Very true, you need a better way with people than Patton or Rommel to unite disparate forces into a single cohesive one.
That’s why I read the old eu. He’s prominent in ever Bantam era novel, and Del Rey gave him a peaceful send off during the NJO.
I didn't even know he was in episode 8, that's how much love they gave him in that movie
Worse yet is that they made the actor proclaim "It's a wrap" after shooting was finished... I wish I was joking.
@@ironmammoth7the disrespect!
I'd love to see Ackbar take on at least Thrawn twice; we gotta have him take one loss with a complication to make it murky, give us a dusty finish, then Ackbar gets a runback at the series finale and takes out Thrawn's fleet, symbolically beheading the Imperial Remnant by gutting the Chimera at a pivotal moment. I mean, I'd love to see a Master and Commander style back-and-forth between them for a whole season, but that's just the basic one-two punch that can benefit both characters.
It is time for Disney to start respecting Star Wars.
They've already passed the point of no return!
The damage is done!
There's no hope left for the franchise or the company!
It's about eleven years past that time...
Andor, but yes.
Facts!
Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍
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Honestly my favorite parts of Star Wars are the military forces and the underworld/crime syndicates. I love the Jedi and the Sith and I know that's the main thing but ever since I was a kid I always enjoyed the military parts more. Like I wanted to be a part of rogue squadron or a Republic Commando more than a Jedi. Just growing up on the rogue squadron games, novels and comics made me like that part of the universe more.
I really wish they would show more of this aspect. We've had very very precious little of the _War_ aspect of Star Wars. I truly think we need much more of it.
I’ve been saying this. Thrawn can’t ally with the imperial remnant with the night sisters. The remnant want to follow through with Sidious and the first order and sidious Hates the night sisters. Thrawn will let the first order and new republic Duke it out and fight the remains with a “now” greatly bolstered force
Admiral Ackbar is my favorite Star Wars character. I want to see an Ackbar movie, and why couldn't he do the lightspeed ram? I mean seriously, give him respect!
Edit: I would also like to see him made to be an equal to Thrawn. I would love to see Thrawn's tactical edge stemming from his lack of political red tape and interference. If Ackbar is just as smart, but is limited by the New Republic government, he is done proper justice, but Thrawn's villinous threat/power is still clear. A final battle between the entire Republic fleet led by Ackbar vs the entire Thrawn fleet. Thrawn can be winning because the Repiublic is holding Ackbar back, only for Hera and the other characters to disobey orders and go support Ackbar.
that would be awesome
They still teach the Ackbar Slash at the academy.
Ackbar was an essential character in legends. Seeing him retire during the black fleet crisis was sad to see.
Definitely an underrated trilogy, I know it got backlash because of the whole “Fallanasi plot” but the Lando and Lobot parts were comedy gold
@@keepmovingforward1722 never read the final book. One day I will.
If respect for Legacy characters in DisCan you seek, only disappointment will you find.
They flushed him out the airlock with the rest, I think I'll stick with the Ackbar that led the New Republic to victory against the Empire and was pivotal in turning the tide against the Yuuzhan Vong before passing of old age peacefully.
I think Filoni is replacing Ackbar with Hera. He just loves his characters too much
In the EU Ackbar is one of those characters that became so well fleshed out and such a beloved character. I hate what the Disney era has done to disrespect the character. When EU fans lament how he was killed off in The Last Jedi, there's the other fans that thinks he's just a meme. Ackbar in ROTJ was skill fully used, it wasn't much but his slump in the chair when The Executor plunges into the Death Star 2 shows the weight of command, it conveys that yes the Rebels have won this battle but also at a terrible cost.
Ackbar appeared in the (2015) version of battlefront but only as a hologram.
I would also love to see him in more new republic stories and see more of his tactics and strategies.
Ackbar is a true hero as help the warfleet attack the Death star 2 and star killer base. Plus he freaking awesome in legends. My favorite goldfish.
He had his back against the wall at Endor. Death Star on one side, Death Squadron on the other. He turned the situation around and ended up winning arguably one of the most celebrated Fleet engagements of the era.
He won with his experience, superior tactical ability and a lot of brass balls. It also vindicated his training and mothering of the Alliance Navy from being able to do hit and run attacks to being able to stand up and defeat an Imperial Fleet, something that was unthinkable only 3 years prior.
This isn’t really on topic with the video but I really think Supervaderman hit the nail on the head with saying Disney isn’t going to let a character named Ackbar do the Holdo thing. That’s just asking for trouble
End the racism and give ackbar his own live action TV series
He died like a generic battledroid. Shameful
Killing off ackbar unceremoniously in the sequels was that movies biggest sin.
Have you confirmed that was Akbar in Ahsoka? He is wearing the rank of a general not an admiral and he appears to be the wrong color. Maybe it's just me though...
Ackbar had just as much character development in the original trilogy as Boba Fett. If Boba Fett can get a backstory in the prequels and a sequel series just because he's popular with fans, why can't Ackbar?
#askeck which ship would win in a slugging match, the imperial Vindicator or the CIS munificent? Which would you say is more well rounded?
It's a trap!
Sorry, had to say it!
Maybe they're waiting for him to say, "It's a Trap!" When Thrawn absolutely trashes the New Republic! (Anyway, I really wish the admiral got the attention he deserves, he one of my favorite characters!)
Ackbar will always be my favorite Admiral.
The disrespect he got in 8 was horrendous
Justice for Ackbar! It's not a trap
I agreed with you we definitely need more Ackbar especially if they going to have an adaptation of the Thrawn Trilogy and Ackbar play a huge role in it. Although I will give his silent cameo on Ahsoka a pass since his original voice actor died in 2016 while his second Tom Kane retired due to health issues!
Also Ackbsr had a brother/sister-- not sure which -- as his niece (Jesmin) was part of Rogue Squadron
Another reason the sequels suck. THEY KILLED OFF ADMIRAL ACKBAR.
At least the Expanded Universe gave him a far more dignified sendoff when he died peacefully after trouncing the Yuuzhan Vong at Ebaq 9. We should just ignore the sad stunt Disney pulled with him in those weaksauce followups.
Admiral Ackbar is literally the Yang Wen-Li of the Rebels. Yet he got yeeted on Episode 8 for NO FUCKING REASON.
I'm just upset that we don't really see much of the New Republic military leadership at all. They could literally pull so many from legends ie Bel Iblis, Madine, Drayson, Rieekan...
I'm sorry, but it doesn't matter to me anymore how bad ass Ackbar or Thrawn will become. It doesn't matter because we already know how this ends. Thrawn will be defeated 100% because Thrawn was not mentioned in the Disney SW Trilogy and Ackbar gets killed in the most cheap way for someone with such importance in Legends.
The court rooms scene missed a massive trick with having ackbar there and saying NOTHING with regards to a military operation.
would have been a lovely touch/call back to have him spar with the borsk fey'lya stand in. something along the lines of "any military threat should be investigated, no matter how unlikely." seems they both want and don't want the legacy characters in new star wars, which is a crying shame .
and again, no live action bothans. get on it you cowards
Yo, have you ever played as him in Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga? He's unexpectedly one of the best characters!
This video is incredibly tone deaf. Why the hell would Disney care to do anything interesting with this fringe character from the original trilogy when they discard, sideline, or ruin all the old characters by turning them into sad broken old farts. I mean look at the way they killed him off unceremoniously, then (regardless of how you feel about the infamous holdo maneuver) have some random lady with purple hair heroically sacrifice herself. They could have used ackbar for that!
Just seems like you’re wishes will fall on deaf ears. At a certain point you gotta realize the franchise is not interested in the same thing you are. Smh
Star wars is dead.. Couldnt even watch asoka.. Filoni had no respect for legends. And theyre more worried bout politics and money than the franchise. I tried long time but star wars is dead
If you watch Ackbar during the trial scene you can see he's got far more stuff going on than any of the other 'extras'. He slaps the table a few times when Hera is cleared, clearly approving of the verdict, and he gives the Senator LOOKS. I think it's likely he'll get more screentime.
Thank you for saying this Eck, but these clowns hardly know the meaning of the word
"Speaking of delicious noodle dishes, lets return to Admiral Akbar" -Eck
I tried to get Calamari Pizza, but apparently those are people and we can't eat them. -Yarael Poof, last grandmaster of the Jedi Order.
Disney will never truly respect any characters that THEY didn't create.
I assume that in canon the fiinancial crimes that came to light around 5aby were true. Akbar spent time in white collar prison before being quietly pardoned by his coconsiprator Mon Mothma and then retired in disgrace to a pond somwwhere.
#askeck we still need the big video where you "wax poetic" about Garm Bel Iblis
Seeing as how theyre not done pissing on the original favorites in order to push their pandered, dumbed down versions, I dont think thats gonna happen. Maybe if SW didnt belong to Wokeney, perhaps.
I really hope they do something worthwhile with Ackbar but my hopes aren't high
The fact he just “dies” in The Last Jedi and I didn’t even know for over like a year… so stupid. What a way to ruin a character
56 seconds they soyjacked Ackbar
Akbar. Dying for no reason in the last Jedi. One of the tougher pills to swallow
Disney hates legacy characters. Of course he's not going to be respected.
Just because you love fish people doesn't mean that we should too
Can't believe you'd say something racist like this smh
B-but smart fish man
How dare you insult the beautiful Mon Calamari people… fish. You speciests have plagued the galaxy! Alan probably sent you.
Part of me wishes Star Wars was just public domain
after what they did with thrawn? dude just no chance. stupid people can't write smart characters.
That was Ackbar in Ahsoka? I thought someone looked at the rank and said it couldn't be him because he was too low ranked.
🚧👧🤡this is not Star Wars and none of it is Canon this is not Star Wars and none of it is Canon this is not Star Wars and none of it is canon🤡👧🚧
Ackbar isn't a girl-boss they will try to phase him out :/
"It's a Wrap" will forever be the worst that was done to him by Ryan.
The loss of admiral ackbar was itself a trap whether disney new it or not...
Not gonna happen. He's been a joke to Disney since...forever.
Ackbar vs Thrawn let’s do this!
The only old characters that get respect in Disney’s canon are the ones they can milk cheap cameo points out of for easy to please fans and social media engagement
But why have him when we have Hera, who gets people killed for no reason
I bet the entire episode 8 of Ahsoka When we see him and he doesn't speak he is probably saying in his mind its a trap sorry I could not resist 😂
Oh please give us Bel iblis without wasting it, Disney!
Ackbar vs. Thrawn. 2 aliens enter. 1 alien leaves.
THANK YOU!! Been saying this for ages, put some respect on this amazing Admiral
Don't worry you can rely on disney to destroy the character
Somehow, I suspect that this is a trap... 🤔
His off screen death was ridiculous
I'm down for more non human characters.
I want to try the Vite Ramen but it’s extremely expensive. Insane.
My playlist is called it’s a trap for a reason
In space, no one can hear you scream " It's a trap"
I want thrawn and ackbar go head to head
I need a face off between ackbar and thrawn
I never Ignored Ackbar Bro.
I was literally screaming this to the heavens yesterday. I'm glad you heard me
killed off screen!
Plz tell me some one else saw the guy dressed as a catboy with Ramen
Eck said to not see it
It would be nice to see Empire bounty hunters doing more than that time they all were just standing. The discount R2 from a new hope has more appearances. Where is 4lom zuckus ig88 dengar and bossk.
Why? He's just a background character from 1 movie
Maybe Disney Star Wars thinks about respecting Ackbar that:
“IT’S A TRAP!”
If Thrawn is the greatest strategic mind in the galaxy.... Admiral Ackbar is probably the 2nd best & the best in the new republic side
The Star Wars universe owed Ackbar AND the Mon Cala people as a whole a huge debt of gratitude. If Star Wars ever creates a new RPG, they need to make the Mon Calamari a playable race.
There never was a time to not respect Admiral Ackbar. And yeah ... Skywalkers should really stop fucking the Universe up.