Editing Admiral Ackbar (section)

===Erik Bauersfeld===
[[Image:Bauersfeld.jpeg|thumb|195 px|right|Erik Bauersfeld, pictured here in 2015, provided the voice of Ackbar in ''Return of the Jedi'' and ''The Force Awakens''.]]
The voice of Admiral Ackbar in ''Return of the Jedi'' was performed by [[Erik Bauersfeld]], a radio dramatist who also voiced the alien character [[List of Star Wars characters#Bib Fortuna|Bib Fortuna]] in the film,<ref name="Saurav0405">{{cite news |last=Saurav |first=Shubhang |title=Erik Bauersfeld, the voice of Admiral Ackbar in 'Star Wars' movies, dies at 93 |work=[[International Business Times]] |date=April 5, 2016 |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/erik-bauersfeld-voice-admiral-ackbar-star-wars-movies-dies-93-673499 |access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604162215/https://www.ibtimes.co.in/erik-bauersfeld-voice-admiral-ackbar-star-wars-movies-dies-93-673499 |archive-date=June 4, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Hayden0604">{{cite news |last=Hayden |first=Erik |title=Erik Bauersfeld, Admiral Ackbar Voice Actor in 'Star Wars' Films, Dies at 93 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=June 4, 2019 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/erik-bauersfeld-dead-admiral-ackbar-880618 |access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604162213/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/erik-bauersfeld-dead-admiral-ackbar-880618 |archive-date=June 4, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Herbert0405">{{cite news |last=Herbert |first=Geoff |title=Erik Bauersfeld dead: 'Star Wars' actor recruited by CNY native was 93 |work=[[The Post-Standard]] |date=April 5, 2016 |url=https://www.syracuse.com/celebrity-news/2016/04/erik_bauersfeld_dead_star_wars_admiral_ackbar_trap.html |access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604162214/https://www.syracuse.com/celebrity-news/2016/04/erik_bauersfeld_dead_star_wars_admiral_ackbar_trap.html |archive-date=June 4, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and had unsuccessfully auditioned to voice [[Yoda]] in ''The Empire Strikes Back''.<ref name="Hartlaub0920">{{cite news |last=Hartlaub |first=Peter |title=Admiral Ackbar speaks: Erik Bauersfeld a force in 'Star Wars' cosmos |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=September 20, 2011 |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Erik-Bauersfeld-a-force-in-Star-Wars-cosmos-2308872.php |access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604162302/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Erik-Bauersfeld-a-force-in-Star-Wars-cosmos-2308872.php |archive-date=June 4, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was cast after ''Star Wars'' sound designer [[Ben Burtt]] approached him in 1983, while Bauersfeld was producing a radio drama with [[Lucasfilm]] sound designer [[Randy Thom]] and suggested he audition for the part of Ackbar.<ref name="Saurav0405" /><ref name="Hayden0604" /><ref name="Herbert0405" /><ref name="Withnall0405">{{cite news |last=Withnall |first=Adam |title=Admiral Ackbar voice actor Erik Bauersfeld dies aged 93 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=April 5, 2016 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/erik-bauersfeld-dead-admiral-ackbar-star-wars-voice-actor-dies-aged-93-a6968966.html |access-date=April 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428134218/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/erik-bauersfeld-dead-admiral-ackbar-star-wars-voice-actor-dies-aged-93-a6968966.html |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The recording session took one hour, and Bauersfeld made up the voice on the spot after looking at a photograph of Ackbar, without having any other information about the character.<ref name="McGranaghan0929" /><ref name="Hartlaub0920" /><ref name="Withnall0405" /><ref name="IrishIndependent">{{cite news |title=Voice of Star Wars' Admiral Ackbar, Erik Bauersfeld, dies at 93 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=April 5, 2016 |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/voice-of-star-wars-admiral-ackbar-erik-bauersfeld-dies-at-93-34599505.html |access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604165601/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/voice-of-star-wars-admiral-ackbar-erik-bauersfeld-dies-at-93-34599505.html |archive-date=June 4, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Bauersfeld: "I saw the face, and I knew what he must sound like."<ref name="Hartlaub0920" /><ref name="Withnall0405" /><ref name="IrishIndependent" />

Bauersfeld did not receive an on-screen credit for his roles as Ackbar and Bib Fortuna,<ref name="Hartlaub0920" /><ref name="Withnall0405" /> and his association with the characters was unknown for years after the film was released. In a 1999 interview, Timothy Rose said he did not know who provided the voice, and thought it was possible that it was his own voice modified with a [[synthesizer]].<ref name="Chernoff63" /> Eventually fans learned Bauersfeld played the parts and he began to receive multiple fan letters every week, which continued for the rest of his life.<ref name="Hartlaub0920" /> Bauersfeld said he appreciated the passion of fans and responded to every autograph request, but that he was not particularly knowledgeable about ''Star Wars'' himself; in 2011 interview, he said he had not seen ''Return of the Jedi'' since it first came out, still had not seen the first ''Star Wars'' film, and had trouble imitating Ackbar's voice because he could not remember what it sounded like.<ref name="Hartlaub0920" /><ref name="IrishIndependent" /><ref name="Domonoske" />

Bauersfeld reprised the role in the 1993 computer game ''[[Star Wars: X-Wing (video game)|Star Wars: X-Wing]]''.<ref name="Saurav0405" /><ref name="Hayden0604" /> Film director [[J. J. Abrams]] requested that Bauersfeld once again play Ackbar in the 2015 film ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens''.<ref name="Bradley0110" /><ref name="Saurav0405" /><ref name="IrishIndependent" /> It was Bauersfeld's final role before his death in April 2016.<ref name="Bradley0110" /><ref name="Saurav0405" />