Editing Admiral Ackbar (section)

===Costume and puppet===
{{Quote box |quoted=true |salign=right |width=250px |align=right |quote="Ackbar represented the ingenuity in creature and costume development at the time. Neither the full-body nor close-up version of Ackbar were capable of generating a complete performance on their own, but shot separately and seamlessly edited together, they gave the admiral a realistic feel." |source='''Brandon Alinger''', author of ''Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy''<ref name="Alinger215">{{Harvnb|Alinger|2014|p=215}}</ref>}}
Ackbar's appearance in the film was created using a combination of either a half-body puppet or a full-body costume, depending on the camera angle required for the shot.<ref name="McGranaghan0929" /><ref name="Chernoff63">{{Harvnb|Chernoff|1999|p=63}}</ref> The puppet and mask were created by the "Monster Shop" of Industrial Light & Magic, the motion picture visual effects company founded by Lucas.<ref name="Rinzler59" /><ref>{{Harvnb|Rinzler|2013|p=88}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Windham|Barr|Bray|Wallace|2015|p=148}}</ref> In close-up scenes of Ackbar that required dialogue, puppeteer [[Timothy M. Rose]] sat inside the chest of the character and operated the head like a traditional hand puppet from below. Rose moved the mouth using his hand,<ref name="McGranaghan0929" /><ref name="Alinger215" /><ref name="Chernoff63" /><ref name="Rinzler147">{{Harvnb|Rinzler|2013|p=147}}</ref><ref name="Clark">{{cite magazine |last1=Clark |first1=Mike |last2=Hutchison |first2=David |title=The Men Who Made the Monsters | date=September 1983 |magazine=[[Starlog]] |issue=74 |page=35}}</ref> while [[Mike Quinn (puppeteer)|Mike Quinn]] operated the eyes via cables.<ref name="Chernoff63" /><ref name="Rinzler147" /> The jumpsuit of that version of the costume was cut off at the waist, and each sleeves included additional access points where a puppeteer could insert his or her arm to control Ackbar's hands.<ref name="Alinger215" />

For wider shots that showed Ackbar's full body, Rose wore the mask and costume while Quinn operated the mouth via remote.<ref name="Alinger215" /><ref name="Chernoff63" /><ref name="Rinzler147" /> Though most other Rebel officers in the ''Return of the Jedi'' briefing room scene wore earth tones, Rodis-Jamero felt Ackbar's costume should be more crisp and distinctive: "He was an admiral. He was more military. His costume looks hard."<ref name="Alinger215" /> Costume designer Aggie Guerard Rodgers helped create the Ackbar costume, for which Rose wore a beanbag-like piece around his belly to create Ackbar's distinctive silhouette. Rose wore a white nylon jumpsuit over it, which had a pattern loosely based on ski jumpsuits used in costuming other background characters, as well as yellow striping down the side of the legs. The artificial fabric used on the jumpsuit made a distinct scratching sound whenever the actor walked, which Rodgers said was a nuisance for the film's sound crew.<ref name="Alinger215" />

Over the jumpsuit, Rose wore a vest made of white felt, along with a white plastic utility belt, a rank badge on the left side of his chest, and a large collar to accommodate the unique profile of Ackbar's head. The white boots Ackbar wears in the film are the same design as those worn by [[Stormtrooper (Star Wars)|Imperial stormtroopers]]. A white helmet with an elongated back to accommodate Ackbar's large oval-shaped head was featured in original character sketches and was created for Ackbar. However, it created too many complications with the operation of the puppet head, so it was worn by another Mon Calamari character instead.<ref name="Alinger215" /> Edwina Pellikka, a textile artist who handled the breakdown and aging of costumes in the film, said she was unhappy with the final result of Ackbar's costume. She later reflected that the all-white costume could have used more aging, saying: "I had to airbrush it, which was done very fast and it does look kind of like it's outlined. Not enough was done with that."<ref name="Alinger215" />