Editing Admiral Ackbar (section)

===''The Clone Wars''===
[[Image:Admiral Ackbar in Star Wars The Clone Wars.jpg|thumb|250 px|right|An animated version of Ackbar in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'', which is set roughly 20 years before the events of the first ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' film.]]
Ackbar appeared in the first three episodes of the fourth season of the animated series ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'', which is set roughly 20 years before the events of the first ''Star Wars'' film.<ref name="Martinelli1226" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Dyce |first=Andrew |title=The Greatest Star Wars Hero Was Left Out Of The Movies |website=[[Screen Rant]] |date=June 18, 2018 |url=https://screenrant.com/star-wars-best-story-king-lee-char/ |access-date=June 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203020739/https://screenrant.com/star-wars-best-story-king-lee-char/ |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the show, Ackbar is a chief adviser of the Mon Cala king, Yos Kolina,<ref name="Windham103">{{Harvnb|Windham|Barr|Bray|Wallace|2015|p=103}}</ref> and captain of the Mon Calamari royal guard, where he hones the abilities that later serve him as an Admiral.<ref name="Martinelli1226" /> The fragile peace between Mon Cala's two primary species, the Calamari and the Quarren, is disrupted after King Kolina is assassinated by Riff Tamson, an agent for the Confederacy of Independent Systems, also known as the Separatists, one of the primary antagonists of the series.<ref name="Scott0106" /><ref name="Truitt1010">{{cite news|last=Truitt|first=Brian|date=September 10, 2011|title=Admiral Ackbar stars in animated 'Star Wars'|work=[[USA Today]]|location=McLean, Virginia|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/story/2011-09-10/Admiral-Ackbar-stars-in-animated-Star-Wars/50324746/1|url-status=dead|access-date=May 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802170334/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/story/2011-09-10/Admiral-Ackbar-stars-in-animated-Star-Wars/50324746/1|archive-date=August 2, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Thill0916">{{cite magazine |last=Thill |first=Scott |title=''Clone Wars'' baptizes new season with underwater battles |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=September 16, 2011 |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/09/clone-wars-season-4/ |access-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603202934/https://www.wired.com/2011/09/clone-wars-season-4/ |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Blauvelt0917">{{cite magazine |last=Blauvelt |first=Christian |title=Star Wars: The Clone Wars season premier recap: 'Water War' and 'Gungan Attack' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=September 17, 2011 |url=https://ew.com/recap/star-wars-clone-wars-season-4-episode-1-ackbar/ |access-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603205515/https://ew.com/recap/star-wars-clone-wars-season-4-episode-1-ackbar/ |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Attempting to spark a civil war on the planet, the Separatists use Quarren insurgents to obstruct Mon Cala Prince Lee-Char's succession to the throne, and Ackbar attempts to protect Lee-Char and rally the Mon Calamari people as a battle for the planet begins.<ref name="Windham104" /><ref name="Scott0106" /><ref name="Blauvelt0917" /> The battle is lost, despite the assistance of the [[Jedi]] [[Ahsoka Tano]], [[Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker]], and [[Kit Fisto]]. Ackbar is captured, leaving Ahsoka and Lee-Char to fend for themselves.<ref name="Blauvelt0917" /> However, after learning that Tamson plans to install himself as the new king, the Quarren betrays the Separatists at Lee-Char's public execution ceremony. Afterwards, Ackbar is freed and helps lead a counterassault to retake the planet.<ref name="Windham104" /><ref name="Blauvelt0924" /> Tamson is killed by Lee-Char, who is crowned the new king.<ref name="Blauvelt0924" />

[[Dave Filoni]], supervising director on ''The Clone Wars'', said he had planned on featuring Ackbar in the series since the second season due to the character's relevance to the original trilogy, and because he was old enough in those films to have been alive when ''The Clone Wars'' was set.<ref name="Truitt1010" /> Keith Kellogg, animation supervisor for the series, said of the character: "To see him as his younger self commanding an army in the field was really fun, and to be able to see him mentor Lee-Char was great."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wilkins |first=Jonathan |date=December 13, 2011 |title=Animated Discussion |magazine=[[Star Wars Insider]] |issue=130 |page=56 |ref=none}}</ref>