Editing Admiral Ackbar (section)

==="It's a trap!"===
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Admiral Ackbar's line, "It's a trap!", which he says during the Battle of Endor in ''Return of the Jedi'', became one of the most famous and beloved lines from the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy.<ref name="Martinelli1226" /><ref name="Agar0531" /><ref name="Withnall0405" /><ref name="Harris0218">{{cite news|first=Franklin |last=Harris|title=Admiral Ackbar knows a trap when he sees it |url=http://www.decaturdaily.com/stories/Admiral-Ackbar-knows-a-trap-when-he-sees-it,53824|work=[[The Decatur Daily]], Inc.|location=Decatur, Alabama|date=February 18, 2010  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121227123620/http://www.decaturdaily.com/stories/Admiral-Ackbar-knows-a-trap-when-he-sees-it,53824 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2012 |access-date=August 29, 2011 |at=section Lifestyle, p. 1 }}</ref> The line has become a popular [[Internet meme]],<ref name="Truitt1010" /><ref name="Chichizola0531" /><ref name="Domonoske" /><ref name="Herbert0405" /><ref name="Withnall0405" /> with ''[[The Independent]]'' calling him "perhaps the franchise's most memed character".<ref name="Hooton1001" /> More than 1,000 fan videos have been created on the video-sharing website [[YouTube]] featuring or parodying Ackbar and that line of dialogue,<ref name="Harris0218" /> including [[trap music]] and [[techno]] remixes built around it.<ref name="McGranaghan0929" /><ref name="Domonoske" /> The line did not appear in the original script for ''Return of the Jedi'', and instead was first written as "It's a trick!", but it was changed in post-production after the filmmakers decided it was not as effective a line as they had originally hoped.<ref name="Hawkes0405" />

Erik Bauersfeld said of the line: "The fans who write say they'll never forget 'It's a trap!' I don't even remember how I said it."<ref name="Herbert0405" /><ref name="Hartlaub0920" /> ''[[International Business Times]]'' writer Amy West said the line has "become somewhat cult-like in the eyes of the ''Star Wars'' fanbase".<ref name="West0405">{{cite news |last=West |first=Amy |title=Star Wars actor Erik Bauersfeld dead: Voice of Admiral Ackbar of 'It's a trap!' fame dies at 93 |work=[[International Business Times]] |date=April 5, 2016 |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/star-wars-actor-erik-bauersfeld-dead-voice-admiral-ackbar-its-trap-fame-dies-93-1553213 |access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415141832/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/star-wars-actor-erik-bauersfeld-dead-voice-admiral-ackbar-its-trap-fame-dies-93-1553213 |archive-date=April 15, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ben Sherlock of [[Screen Rant]] called the line "one of the most memorable quotes in the saga's history, for reasons that are unknown yet somehow obvious, and it immortalized what could've been a forgettable character".<ref name="Sherlock0514">{{cite web |last=Sherlock |first=Ben |title=10 Most Heartbreaking Deaths In Star Wars |website=[[Screen Rant]] |date=May 14, 2019 |url=https://screenrant.com/heartbreaking-deaths-star-wars/ |access-date=June 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528153501/https://screenrant.com/heartbreaking-deaths-star-wars/ |archive-date=May 28, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Renaldo Matadeen of [[Comic Book Resources]] called the line "a pop culture touchstone".<ref name="Matadeen0430" />

Footage of Ackbar reciting the line was featured on both [[Comedy Central]] comedy shows ''[[The Daily Show]]'' and ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' on February 11, 2010, alongside clips of various [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] politicians insisting a [[White House]] invitation by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] was a trap.<ref name="Harris0218" /><ref name="Itzkoff0226">{{cite news |first=Dave |last=Itzkoff |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/college-campaign-for-star-wars-mascot-is-fully-operational/ |title=College campaign for 'Star Wars' mascot is fully operational |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 26, 2010 |access-date=August 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813211827/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/college-campaign-for-star-wars-mascot-is-fully-operational/ |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Simpson |first=Jake |title=Morning Vid: Comedy Central Hosts Love Admiral Ackbar |work=[[The Atlantic#The Wire|The Wire]] |date=February 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Jake|last=Simpson|title=Morning Vid: Comedy Central Hosts Love Admiral Ackbar|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2010/02/morning-vid-comedy-central-hosts-love-admiral-ackbar/25530/|work=[[The Atlantic (magazine)|The Atlantic]]|location=Washington DC|date=February 12, 2010|access-date=August 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830140507/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2010/02/morning-vid-comedy-central-hosts-love-admiral-ackbar/25530/|archive-date=August 30, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[It's a Trap!]]", the 2011 episode of the animated comedy series ''[[Family Guy]]'' spoofing ''Return of the Jedi'', took its name from Ackbar's famous line; Ackbar himself makes an appearance in the episode, portrayed by the character [[Klaus Heissler]] – a talking goldfish – from the animated series ''[[American Dad!]]''.<ref name="McGranaghan0929" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Emanuele |last=Manco |url=http://www.fantasymagazine.it/notizie/13738/family-guy-it-s-a-trap/ |title=Family Guy: It's a Trap |work=Fantasy Magazine |date=December 24, 2010 |access-date=August 29, 2011 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930034612/http://www.fantasymagazine.it/notizie/13738/family-guy-it-s-a-trap/ |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, a smartphone app was developed with the sole purpose of playing Ackbar's "It's a trap!" line whenever the user pushes a button.<ref name="Romano0404">{{cite web |last=Romano |first=Nick |title=R.I.P. Erik Bauersfeld: Admiral Ackbar Voice Actor Passed Away at 93 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |date=April 4, 2016 |url=http://collider.com/admiral-ackbar-actor-erik-bauersfeld-dead-at-93/ |access-date=June 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605172939/http://collider.com/admiral-ackbar-actor-erik-bauersfeld-dead-at-93/ |archive-date=June 5, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2018, the comic strip story in which Ackbar made his debut in 1982 was retroactively titled after the character's famous line.<ref name="idw" />