Editing Admiral Ackbar (section)

===Backstory===
Admiral Ackbar was best known for his appearance in the film ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', the final entry in the [[Star Wars original trilogy|original ''Star Wars'' trilogy]]. However, before the May 1983 debut of that film, the character made his first chronological appearance in the [[Star Wars (comic strip)#It's a Trap|''Star Wars'' newspaper comic strip]] by [[Archie Goodwin (comics)|Archie Goodwin]] and [[Al Williamson]].<ref name="McGranaghan0929">{{cite web |last=McGranaghan |first=Mike |title=Star Wars: 15 Things You Didn't Know About Admiral Ackbar |website=[[Screen Rant]] |date=September 29, 2017 |url=https://screenrant.com/star-wars-admiral-ackbar-trap-facts-trivia-secrets/ |access-date=June 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605173731/https://screenrant.com/star-wars-admiral-ackbar-trap-facts-trivia-secrets/ |archive-date=June 5, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Databank">{{cite web |title=Databank: Ackbar, Admiral |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]] |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/character/admiralackbar/index.html |access-date=August 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805153425/http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/admiralackbar/index.html |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=idw/> Published by the ''[[Los Angeles Times Syndicate]]'',<ref name="ONeill">{{cite magazine |last=O'Neill |first=Patrick Daniel | date=July 1987 |title=A Daily Dose of "Star Wars" |magazine=[[Starlog]] |issue=120 |pages=36–37}}</ref> the strip ran in newspapers across the United States from November 1982 to January 1983.<ref name="McGranaghan0929" /> In the comic, Ackbar was portrayed as the leader of the [[List of Star Wars species (K–O)#Mon Calamari|Mon Calamari]],<ref name="McGranaghan0929" /><ref name="Databank" /><ref name="Windham104">{{Harvnb|Windham|Barr|Bray|Wallace|2015|p=104}}</ref> an alien species of fish-like, amphibious humanoids with salmon-colored skin, webbed hands, high-domed heads, and large fish-like eyes,<ref>{{Harvnb|Lewis|2011|p=80}}</ref><ref name="Chernoff62">{{Harvnb|Chernoff|1999|p=62}}</ref> and who can breathe both on land and underwater.<ref name="Windham104" /> They are allies of the [[Rebel Alliance]] in their [[Galactic Civil War|conflict]] with the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]].<ref name="McGranaghan0929" /><ref name="Databank" /> In the comic, which is set before the events of the film ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980), Ackbar and his crew are stranded on the planet Daluuj after an Imperial attack, and they are rescued by [[Han Solo]], [[Luke Skywalker]], and [[Princess Leia Organa]] in the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]''.<ref name="Sansweet9">{{Harvnb|Sansweet|Hidalgo|2008a|p=9}}</ref> Ackbar demonstrates his tactical abilities by agitating water monsters in a ploy to raise the sunken ''Falcon'' from a mud swamp.<ref name="McGranaghan0929" />

Ackbar's backstory was not explained in ''Return of the Jedi'', but has been established in ''Star Wars'' books and other media since the film was released. He is from the planet [[List of Star Wars planets and moons#Mon Cala|Mon Cala]],<ref name="McGranaghan0929" />{{#tag:ref|The planet has previously been called the names Mon Calamari and Dac, but the official planet name was established as Mon Cala in the "Water War", the fourth season premiere of the ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' television series, which first aired on September 16, 2011. During the writing process, George Lucas himself asserted that the species is called Mon Calamari, but the planet is called Mon Cala, thus resolving the issue of multiple conflicting names for the planet.<ref>{{Cite AV media |people=[[Dave Filoni]] (actor) |date=June 9, 2014 |title=Questions Answered: Mon Cala, Tills and Sharks - The Clone Wars |url=https://www.starwars.com/video/questions-answered-mon-cala-tills-and-sharks-the-clone-wars |medium=Video |publisher=[[Star Wars|StarWars.com (Official)]] |time=0:30 to 1:20 |access-date=June 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708020348/http://www.starwars.com/video/questions-answered-mon-cala-tills-and-sharks-the-clone-wars |url-status=live |archive-date=July 8, 2014}}</ref>}}<ref name="Martinelli1226">{{cite news |last=Martinelli |first=Marissa |title=Why Are There So Many Mon Calamari Admirals in ''Star Wars''? |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=December 26, 2016 |url=https://slate.com/culture/2016/12/star-wars-mon-calamari-rebels-admiral-ackbar-and-admiral-raddus-explained.html |access-date=June 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603024047/https://slate.com/culture/2016/12/star-wars-mon-calamari-rebels-admiral-ackbar-and-admiral-raddus-explained.html |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Hawkes0405">{{cite news |last=Hawkes |first=Rebecca |title=Five things you didn't know about Admiral Ackbar |date=April 5, 2016 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/star-wars-episode-vi--the-return-of-the-jedi/admiral-ackbar-facts/ |access-date=June 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603034835/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/star-wars-episode-vi--the-return-of-the-jedi/admiral-ackbar-facts/ |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> a world almost entirely covered by water, where his species built giant floating cities.<ref name="Sansweet9" /><ref name="Martinelli1226" /><ref name="Mangels1">{{Harvnb|Mangels|1995|p=1}}</ref> Ackbar is the leader of his home town, Coral Depths City, when forces from the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]] invade and nearly destroy the planet.<ref name="Sansweet9" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Riches |first=Steve |title=Star Wars: A-Z – May the facts be with you |work=[[The Sunday People|The People]] |date=April 18, 1999 |page=19}}</ref> Despite the Mon Calamari's attempts to make peace, the Imperial forces destroy several of their cities, steal their technology, and enslave its population.<ref name="Mangels1" /><ref name="McGranaghan0929" /> Ackbar is one of the first to be enslaved, and becomes an interpreter and personal servant to [[Grand Moff Tarkin]], a secondary antagonist from the first ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' film.<ref name="SWRPG">Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (1987) {{ISBN|0-87431-065-2}}</ref><ref name="Cerasi115">{{Harvnb|Cerasi|2008|p=115}}</ref><ref name="Blauvelt0924">{{cite magazine |last=Blauvelt |first=Christian |title=Star Wars: The Clone Wars recap: "Prisoners" Recap--Showdown on Mon Calamari |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=September 24, 2011 |url=https://ew.com/recap/star-wars-clone-wars-season-4-episode-3-prisoners/ |access-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603205513/https://ew.com/recap/star-wars-clone-wars-season-4-episode-3-prisoners/ |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Schedeen0811">{{cite web |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |title=Top 25 Star Wars Heroes: Day 1 |website=[[IGN]] |date=August 11, 2008 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/08/11/top-25-star-wars-heroes-day-1?page=5 |access-date=June 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221235715/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/08/11/top-25-star-wars-heroes-day-1?page=5 |archive-date=December 21, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> During this time, Ackbar learns much about both the Empire and military tactics in general, as well as about the Rebel Alliance and the [[Death Star]], a moon-sized [[superweapon]] Tarkin is developing at the time.<ref name="Sansweet9" /><ref name="SWRPG" /><ref name="Cerasi115" /><ref name="Mangels2">{{Harvnb|Mangels|1995|p=2}}</ref> Ackbar takes detailed notes about what he observed with the hopes of eventually escaping back to his people and using the information against the Empire.<ref>{{Harvnb|Anderson|Wallace|2005|p=107}}</ref><ref name="Wiker36">{{Harvnb|Wiker|2003|p=36}}</ref>

Ackbar is freed from captivity during a failed attempt by Rebel forces to capture Tarkin. He joins the Rebel Alliance,<ref name="McGranaghan0929" /><ref name="Sansweet9" /> where the knowledge he obtained during his captivity made him indispensable.<ref name="Sansweet9" /> Ackbar returns to the Mon Calamari people and, after leading them through numerous conflicts,<ref name="Sansweet9" /> convinces them to formally support the Rebel cause, bringing with them the massive [[Mon Calamari cruiser]]s that drastically improves the strength of the Rebel fleet.<ref name="Sansweet9" /><ref name="Cerasi115" /><ref name="Wilken0515">{{cite news |last=Wilken |first=Kai |title=Star Wars Q&A |work=[[Omaha World-Herald]] |date=May 15, 1999 |page=69}}</ref> Starting with the rank of Commander, Ackbar helps design the [[List of Star Wars starfighters#B-wing|B-wing]], a powerful line of starfighters.<ref name="Sansweet9" /><ref name="Rolston3-4">{{Harvnb|Rolston|Gilbert|1988|pp=3–4}}</ref> This success prompts Rebel leader [[Mon Mothma]] to promote him to Admiral,<ref name="Rolston10">{{Harvnb|Rolston|Gilbert|1988|p=10}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Sansweet|Hidalgo|2008a|p=98}}</ref> news he reacts to heavily due to the weight of the responsibility.<ref name="Rolston10" /> Following events in the film ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'', including the destruction of the Death Star, Adam Akbar helps the other Rebel leaders establish new bases of operation and manage a Rebel mobile task force in starships spread across the galaxy.<ref>{{Harvnb|Anderson|Wallace|2005|p=111}}</ref> He rises up the ranks until Mothma promotes him to commander of the entire Rebel fleet and head of military operations, as well as one of her top advisers.<ref name="Mangels2" />