Editing Admiral Ackbar (section)

===Response to Ackbar's death===
Several fans expressed disappointment with Ackbar's sudden death in ''The Last Jedi'', calling it abrupt and unceremonious.<ref name="Dolloff0529" /><ref name="Bradley0110" /><ref name="Agar0531" /> Fans particularly criticized that Ackbar was only featured in the background of the shot where he dies, with the camera focused primarily on Leia Organa, and that his death is mentioned only in passing by other characters later.<ref name="Fiduccia0417" /><ref name="Dolloff0529" /><ref name="Bradley0110" /> ''[[Screen Rant]]'' writer Ben Sherlock wrote of Ackbar's death: "It was such a fleeting moment that many fans didn't even realize it had happened. They looked down for one second to get a handful of popcorn, and when they looked back up, Ackbar was gone".<ref name="Sherlock0514" /> Nate Jones of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine's website Vulture, called the death scene "disrespectful" and "unfathomably rude", and that Ackbar "deserved better than to go out in a throwaway moment".<ref name="Jones1218" />

Ackbar actors Tim Rose and Tom Kane also said they were disappointed with how the character's death was handled.<ref name="Fiduccia0417" /><ref name="Chichizola0531" /><ref name="Agar0531" /> Rose hoped Ackbar would have a more substantial role in ''The Last Jedi'' than he had in the latter film, and was unhappy the character again received little screen time and was abruptly killed.<ref name="Chichizola0531" /><ref name="Agar0531" /> Rose said: "Each day I would come to work going, 'Is today the day when Ackbar gets something a bit more involving?' And I looked at my script and I went, 'Oh, Ackbar's going out of the window. Well, that's that then!'".<ref name="Chichizola0531" /><ref name="Reading0602">{{cite news |last=Reading |first=Caleb |title=The Actor Who Played Admiral Ackbar Isn't Happy About 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' |work=[[Hitfix]] |date=June 2, 2019 |url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/admiral-ackbar-disappointed-star-wars-last-jedi/ |access-date=June 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603032923/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/admiral-ackbar-disappointed-star-wars-last-jedi/ |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kane likewise thought the death scene was poorly handled, and believed Ackbar should have been given the larger role in ''The Last Jedi'' that went to Vice-Admiral [[Amilyn Holdo]], a new character played by [[Laura Dern]].<ref name="Fiduccia0417" /> ''The Last Jedi'' editor [[Bob Ducsay]] said he was also disappointed with how the scene was handled, saying it was "slightly incidental", though he said the scene was intentionally designed that way and he did not come to have second thoughts about it until after watching the completed film.<ref name="Bradley0110" /> Gary Whitta, who co-wrote the story for the film ''Rogue One'' and wrote several other ''Star Wars'' projects, said he was saddened by how quickly Ackbar died.<ref name="Brooks0509" />

Others defended the way Ackbar's character was killed. Alex Leadbeater, features editor of the website ''Screen Rant'', felt the scene was widely misunderstood by fans and served to advance the storyline, particularly to establish the ensuing conflict between Holdo and Resistance pilot [[Poe Dameron]]. Leadbeater wrote: "Ackbar had no place in ''The Last Jedi''{{'}}s narrative. ... You can argue he should have had a greater send off (but) it must be said that to do so would undercut the entire set piece."<ref>{{cite web |last=Leadbeater |first=Alex |title=Admiral Ackbar Was A Meme, Don't Mourn Him |website=[[Screen Rant]] |date=January 11, 2018 |url=https://screenrant.com/admiral-ackbar-death-star-wars-8/ |access-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531193056/https://screenrant.com/admiral-ackbar-death-star-wars-8/ |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In ''The Last Jedi'' episode of the comedic animated webseries ''[[How It Should Have Ended]]'', which parodies and reimagines aspects of popular films, Ackbar's character survives the bridge attack after claiming he has to go to the bathroom at the time the bridge is shot, and he assumes control of the Resistance afterward.<ref name="Dolloff0529" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Corey |title=Star Wars: The Last Jedi Gets How It Should Have Ended Treatment |website=[[Screen Rant]] |date=February 13, 2018 |url=https://screenrant.com/last-jedi-how-it-should-have-ended-video-star-wars/ |access-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531194617/https://screenrant.com/last-jedi-how-it-should-have-ended-video-star-wars/ |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>