Gial Ackbar Gial Ackbar was a veteran male Mon Calamari soldier and strong revolutionary leader during the Clone Wars , the Galactic Civil War , the cold war , and the war between the Resistance and the First Order . Throughout his sixty years of service , Ackbar was regarded as a brilliant tactician . Ackbar was captain of the Mon Calamari Guard during the Clone Wars and fought in the Battle of Mon Cala , in which he helped to secure Prince Lee - Char ' s ascent as King of Mon Cala and repel the Confederacy of Independent Systems . After the rise of the Galactic Empire , Ackbar became the foremost military commander in the Alliance to Restore the Republic , emerging as a symbol of defiance against the Empire ' s subjugation of non - human s . His presence attracted Mon Calamari support for the Alliance , thus supplying the Mon Calamari star cruisers that made up a bulk of the Alliance Fleet . From his command ship of " Home One " , Ackbar acted as the fleet commander during the Battle of Endor , in which the Alliance successfully mounted an attack that led to the destruction of the Empire ' s second Death Star and the death of Emperor Palpatine . After the Battle of Endor , the Alliance formed the New Republic . Ackbar became a fleet admiral of the New Republic Defense Fleet and led the Republic to its victory over the Empire during the Battle of Jakku . After the battle on Jakku ended , the Empire retreated into the Unknown Regions and Ackbar retired to Mon Cala . By 34 ABY , the emerging threat of the First Order , which arose from the ashes of the Empire , led Princess Leia Organa to form the Resistance without the support of the Republic that had turned a blind eye to the First Order . Organa , the general of the Resistance , coaxed Ackbar out of his retirement to serve in the Resistance . He came back as a Grand Admiral Ackbar served in the Resistance base on D ' Qar , where he helped oversee the battle to destroy the First Order superweapon known as Starkiller Base . Ackbar was later present on the bridge of the Resistance ' s flagship the " Raddus " when the Resistance evacuated from D ' Qar , but was blown up and killed when the First Order attacked the ship after it exited hyperspace . Biography . Early life . Gial Ackbar was born on the aquatic planet Mon Cala during the final years of the Galactic Republic . Mon Cala was a part of the Republic , ruled by Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine , and Ackbar eventually enlisted into military service to the Mon Calamari Guard , which was tasked with protecting Mon Cala ' s monarchs and dignitaries . Ackbar eventually worked his way through the ranks of the guard , and became its captain ; therefore , he also became the chief military advisor to the leader of the ocean world . The Clone Wars . Captain of the Mon Calamari Guard . King Yos Kolina ruled Mon Cala during the Clone Wars , between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic . The war subsequently came to Mon Cala when Separatist Riff Tamson assassinated Kolina . Members of the Quarren Isolation League , however , which was led by Chief tan Nossor Ri , took credit for the crime in order to provoke a civil war on the planet , thereby preventing the rightful heir to the throne , the young Prince Lee - Char , from ascending to it . Ackbar , as the captain of the Mon Cal Knights , became Lee - Char ' s protector . In the Mon Calamari capital , a meeting was soon held , where Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo attended as representatives to the Republic . However , the Quarren isolationists ensured Tamson — one of Count Dooku ' s many Separatist enforcers — was present as well . The Quarren dignitaries voiced that they did not want Lee - Char as their king because he was too young and inexperienced . As the debates went on , what the Quarren did want became clear : a Quarren king , not another Mon Calamari ruler . Lee - Char assured the Quarren that he was dedicated to serving both races in a mutually beneficial way , Tamson , however , ordered him to cease speaking , as he had not " earned the right . " Ackbar rushed in and reminded the Karkarodon that he had no say , as he was just an observer for the Confederacy . Ri then said that the Quarren , their argument not agreed to , were done with the negotiations and exited . Ackbar , Skywalker , and Amidala reported in to the Jedi Council , specifically Jedi Master Yoda , aboard a Republic frigate , where Ackbar informed the council that a civil war on Mon Cala was inevitable . Yoda , therefore , in order to keep Mon Cala aligned with the Republic , dispatched a company of clone SCUBA trooper s , Jedi Kit Fisto and Skywalker ' s Padawan Ahsoka Tano , to bolster the defenses of the Mon Calamari . Ackbar then met with Mon Cala ' s senator in the Galactic Senate , Meena Tills , who officially assigned Ackbar to protect Lee - Char during the forthcoming battle . Ackbar , however , thought it foolhardy to take the prince onto the battlefront , as he was too inexperienced in combat , though , he gave in , as it was a longstanding tradition for the monarch of Mon Cala to lead the soldiers into battle . Later , Lee - Char addressed the gather troops , telling them he did not believe the Quarren intended to attack , but before he finished , the Quarren army attacked , along with Separatist aqua droid s led by Tamson ; prompting Ackbar to proclaim " It ' s an attack . " Ackbar and Skywalker quickly rallied their forces to defend the city , and held true to Till ' s will and took the prince to the front lines . Ackbar then led the charge into the enemy ranks and ordered his troops not to let their homeworld fall to the confederacy . The fighting continued , and soon thereafter , Yoda came through : The Republic ' s reinforcements arrived . Ackbar moved back to the prince ' s position , handed him a blaster , telling him to earn the respect of the people ; he had to lead the fight . Lee - Char , realizing the wisdom in Ackbar ' s words , began to rally their forces . Civil War on Mon Cala . The gamble soon paid off when the droids and Quarren retreated to their transport s . Ackbar voiced to the Jedi that they had won the first assault . Tills , thinking they had completely defeated the Separatists , told Lee - Char to start dictating for the Separatists ' surrender . Ackbar halted Till ' s hasty assumptions ; the first wave had been beaten , not the battle . However , just then , dozens of massive cyborg Hydroid Medusa s descended upon the city . The seemingly invincible jellyfish swept their tentacles through the clone trooper s and Mon Calamari , electrocuting many . More droids materialized from behind , and as they were outmatched , Ackbar told the prince it was time to retreat . The pair agreed that the caves on the ocean floor were the safest place , so they fled to the caves . Once there , Lee - Char expressed his concern that his father would have been disappointed in him for the failures that he had befallen during the day ' s events . Ackbar , however , assured the young prince that Kolina would have been proud of his son . While regrouping in the caves , the Jedi Council was contacted in order to arrange the deployment of more Republic soldiers . However , before an agreement could be reached , the Council ' s signal was jammed , leaving Ackbar and the others unsure if the council planned to send reinforcements . Ackbar and Skywalker agreed that it was likely troops would be sent , but Lee - Char believed they would arrive too late to do any good against the Confederacy . Taking the lead , Lee - Char devised a way to escape the planet : take the Republic frigate on the water ' s surface to Coruscant , the Republic ' s capital . The plan was agreed on , so the group began the ascent to the surface . A plethora of enemy troops stood in their path , so Fisto diverted the enemy forces and sent down several One Man Submersible Devilfish to expedite the ascent . However , as they neared the ship , it exploded and the debris rained down over Ackbar and the others . Skywalker told the others to grab onto the debris so it could pull them back down to the ocean floor . Ackbar did so , and as they fell , he voiced that they should split up into two teams to better protect the true location of the prince . Lee - Char agreed , and Ackbar told him to be careful , as he was Mon Calamari ' s last hope . The prince then went with Tano , Fisto and the clones , while Ackbar ' s group , Amidala , Skywalker and Tills , planned to disrupt the city ' s communications , which would prevent Tamson from knowing that Republic reinforcements were incoming until it was too late for him to mount a proper counterattack . Ackbar , Skywalker and Tills headed to the city ' s central planetary scanner mast to topple it . Skywalker used the Force to cause it to collapse while Ackbar defended him from aqua droids . The group retreated after the mission succeeded . However , Tamson correctly deduced that the scanner mast alone had been targeted because Republic reinforcements were forthcoming . Therefore , he launched another attack . Ackbar and the others fought the Separatist soldiers in order to keep their attention on them , rather than searching for the prince . Ackbar and the others were soon surrounded by Hydroid Medusas , but were saved when the Republic reinforcements arrived : A " Venator " - class Star Destroyer deployed members of the Gungan Grand Army from Naboo — who , like the Mon Calamari and Quarren , were amphibians . Counter - attack . The Gungan s attacked using their traditional weapons — booma s and atlatl s — whose plasma - based technologies disabled the Hydroid Medusas , droids and Quarren alike , and freed Ackbar , Tills and Skywalker , who joined the turning tide of the battle . A Separatist " Trident " - class assault ship soon arrived and began spinning ; creating a vortex that confused the battlefront and scattered soldiers on both sides . Ackbar grabbed on to Skywalker , swam him to the gunship , and threw him up to it . Skywalker severed one of its legs with his lightsaber , causing the craft to spin out of control and crash . However , with their surge in forces nullified , the Republic - aligned troops were taken prisoner by the Separatists . Ackbar , his troops and the clones were taken to a prison camp on the ocean floor , while Skywalker , Amidala and Fisto were personally interrogated by Tamson . Tano and the prince , however , managed to elude capture again , but the Lee - Char thought to rally the forces — Mon Calamari , Gungan , clone , Jedi and even Quarren — to all together overwhelm Tamson and his droids . So he infiltrated the prison camp Ackbar was detained in to ask his guidance . Ackbar and Tills rejoiced when they saw the prince alive , but were confounded when Lee - Char explained his daring plan to reunify the citizens of Mon Cala against the Separatist invaders . Ackbar was shocked that the prince would ally himself with the people who had killed his father , but Lee - Char told Ackbar that he knew for fact that Tamson had done so . Tano added that she had seen similar occurrences of Dooku manipulating a planet ' s people to start a civil war , so the prince said that he would find and show Ri the truth . Ackbar agreed to the prince ' s noble plan and said he would marshal the Mon Calamari troops for battle . Lee - Char also gave the captain his signal of when to attack : when a Quarren attacked a Separatist . Just then , a legion of aqua droids appeared and put the prince under arrest . Lee - Char willingly went with his captors in order to confront Ri and show him the truth . Later , Lee - Char was sentenced to death by Tamson , and ordered that all the prisoners be taken to the capital to witness the execution . Tamson ' s Karkarodon enforcers surrounded the prince while Tamson read aloud the prince ' s crimes against the Separatist state . Meanwhile , Ackbar and the other prisoners watched from the side . One of Ri ' s aides materialized and handed Ackbar his baton and informed him that Lee - Char ' s boldness had worked : Ri and the Quarren had agreed to expel to Confederates and reclaim Mon Cala . Ackbar looked across the plaza and nodded to Ri . The Quarren soldiers quietly distributed arms to the clones and troops , while Ri swam across the plaza , created an ink cloud , and grabbed the prince . Ackbar ' s troops opened fire on the Separatists and the battle raged once more . Ackbar charged the aqua droids , leading the battle from his side , while Lee - Char proved himself by leading the rest of the forces and killing Tamson , a fearsome warrior — thereby freeing Mon Cala . Ackbar , the Jedi and Ri , rushed to the young prince and congratulated him . Some time later , Ackbar attended Lee - Char ' s coronation as the king of Mon Cala , like his father had once done . Ackbar stood to the right of the ceremonial throne , witnessing Ri ' s pledge of allegiance of the Quarren to King Lee - Char . And Lee - Char likewise pledged his loyalty to all the people of Mon Cala . Imperial Era . Approximately one year after the Republic became the Galactic Empire , Ackbar held the rank of commander as the Chief of Security for King Lee - Char . Galactic Civil War . Evacuating Yavin 4 . Following the Battle of Yavin , the Empire got word that the Rebels had a base in one of the Massassi Temples and set out to attack it . Ackbar was among the Rebel leaders in charge of getting the fleet together to help with the evacuation . He helped organize the troops and gather the supplies on the planet for evacuation . Sometime after this , Ackbar sent Luke Skywalker on a mission to Rodia in hopes to open up supply lines for the Rebellion . Shortly after the Battle of Yavin , Rebel forces managed to bomb an Imperial supply base on Imdaar and a shipyard on Kuat . Ackbar informed Leia Organa of this sometime after the events occurred . Battle of Endor . Following the rebels ' defeat at the Battle of Hoth , Ackbar briefed Alliance commanders about the threat of a second Death Star . Once completed , the battle station would be invulnerable to attack , so the Alliance would have to take down the superweapon before it would be operational . Ackbar was one of the commanders of the Battle of Endor . By this time he was already an admiral in the Rebel fleet . At the pre - mission briefing , Gial told the plan of how the Rebels would attack the Death Star . He explained that a ground team led by General Han Solo would go to the surface of the forest moon of Endor and take out the shield generator , and that a fighter squadron led by Lando Calrissian would then enter the battle station ' s superstructure and take it out from the inside . He commanded the fleet from the bridge of his ship , " Home One " . Once the battle commenced , however , between the fleet ' s sensors being jammed and an Imperial fleet cutting off their escape , Ackbar realised that they had been led into a trap - Empire was leading them to their demise . Ackbar was reluctant to continue the battle after the Rebels saw that the Death Star ' s superlaser was operational . However , Calrissian convinced him otherwise . Once Han Solo ' s squad took out the shield generator , Ackbar ' s fleet held off the rest of the Imperial forces while Calrissian and his fighters , along with Wedge Antilles , flew inside the Death Star to take it out . Ackbar especially told his forces to concentrate their firepower on the " Executor " , which was ultimately destroyed . New Republic . Rebellion on Akiva . Despite the Empire ' s defeat at Endor , they continued to fight , launching , a contingency plan issued posthumously by the Emperor . Over three months after the Battle of Endor , the Alliance officially reorganized into a New Republic , continuing to defend against the Imperial attacks . As Admiral , Ackbar commanded the New Republic Defense Fleet in its campaign against the remnants of the Empire . In his free time , Ackbar honed his mind by practicing with his kar - shak against simulated stormtrooper s . Admiral Ackbar ' s military campaign against the Empire by a mysterious Imperial informant known as the Operator , who leaked intelligence about Imperial military movements . While Ackbar was practicing with his kar - shak , he was visited by Ensign Deltura who informed the Admiral that Captain Wedge Antilles had ceased communicating with them after his scouting mission to Raydonia . Ackbar ordered Deltura to send scouts to five nearby planets including Mustafar , Geonosis , Dermos , Akiva , and Tatooine . As a precaution , Ackbar ordered Deltura to dispatch two scouts to Akiva . Deltura then informed him that they had received new information from the Operator . When Ackbar expressed surprise that an Ensign was privy to classified information , Deltura reassured him that Commander Kyrsta Agate had given him clearance . Deltura dispatched two A - wing scout ships to Akiva but the ships were shot down by an Imperial Star Destroyer commanded by Admiral Rae Sloane . The Empire was hosting an emergency summit on the planet and Antilles had been captured Imperial forces there . Following the downing of the scout ships , Admiral Ackbar corresponded with several New Republic leaders and officials via hologram including Commander Agate Captain Saff Melor , General Crix Madine , and the newly - appointed Chancellor Mon Mothma . When Agate suggested they could trust the Operator , Ackbar warned that the Battle of Endor showed that the Empire had the ability to play the long game . When Melor advocated sending in a fleet to Akiva , Mothma urged caution to avoid creating the impression that the New Republic were invaders . While Melor and Mothma debated the merits of aiding a strategically marginal planet like Akiva , Ackbar sided with the Chancellor and urged his comrades to be ready for Imperial traps . He then asked General Madine whether he could send a small strike team of New Republic Special Forces soldiers to investigate Akiva . Madine replied that was possible and Ackbar agreed to send a small scouting party to Akiva . This party was attacked by Imperial turbolaser s but one member Sergeant Jom Barell survived and played a role in the subsequent rebellion on Akiva . Ackbar was informed about the attack on Barell ' s scouting parting by Ensign Deltura and Science officer Niriian . During the summit , Antilles managed to break free for a short duration and send an emergency transmission to Ackbar , explaining the dire situation . In response , Ackbar prepared a small fleet to attack the Imperial presence on Akiva . Ackbar assigned Commander Agate with leading the attack on Akiva . Agate ' s small fleet destroyed two Star Destroyers while the New Republic pilot Norra Wexley , her son Temmin and a small rebel cell engineered an uprising that overwhelmed the meager Imperial garrison and the collaborationist Satrapy of Myrra . Akiva became one of the first Outer Rim worlds to join the New Republic . Admiral Ackbar ' s victory on Akiva was aided by the Operator , who sent intelligence about the position of the orbiting Star Destroyers . Despite finding his information useful , Ackbar did not fully trust the Operator , who later turned out to be Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax . A month later , Ackbar presented a medal to Norra Wexley for her service in rescuing Antilles and helping the New Republic to liberate Akiva from the Empire . Commanding the Starfleet . One year after the Alliance ' s victory at Endor , the now - Fleet Admiral Ackbar led the New Republic Starfleet ' s campaign against the remnants of the Empire . While Ackbar ' s work took him into space , the Admiral still visited the New Republic capital of Chandrila to consult with Chancellor Mon Mothma and other leaders . On one such trip , Admiral Ackbar met with the New Republic starfighter pilot Norra Wexley at Skygarden above Hanna City . He ordered her to cease her mission to rescue the missing Han Solo and to resume her hunt for Imperial commissions . Norra refused to comply with this order and resigned her commission in the New Republic Navy . She , her son Temmin , the B1 battle droid Mister Bones , the former Imperial loyalty officer Sinjir Rath Velus , the Zabrak bounty hunter Jas Emari , and the New Republic soldier Jom Barell then embarked on a quest to find Solo . During a later meeting with Chancellor Mothma and her advisers , Ackbar opined that the New Republic was not doing enough to win former Imperial systems to the New Republic . Mothma concurred and agreed to embark on a campaign to entice prospective members by giving them a place in the reconstituted Galactic Senate . Shortly later , Princess Leia entered the room and argued with Chancellor Mothma about not enough being done to aid the enslaved Wookiees of the planet Kashyyyk . Following a brief argument , a frustrated Leia stormed out of the meeting despite Ackbar ' s efforts to call out to her . Later , Admiral Ackbar commanded a successful campaign to capture the planet Kuat and the strategically important Kuat Drive Yards . The sector governor Moff Pollus Maksim and the guild head of Kuat Drive Yards capitulated . During the battle , Ackbar ' s forces lost fewer ships than their Imperial opponents . The loss of Kuat dealt a serious blow to the Galactic Empire . Following the battle , Princess Leia contacted Admiral Ackbar by hologram to congratulate him for his role in securing the New Republic ' s victory . Shortly later , Chancellor Mon Mothma interrupted the conversation to inform her comrades that she had received communication from the Operator , who wanted to meet with the New Republic leadership . Ackbar ordered his comm officer Toktar to open the Old Alliance frequency Zeta Zeta Nine . The guest turned out to be Grand Admiral Sloane , the public face of the Galactic Empire . Despite Sloane ' s claims that she was the Operator , Ackbar did not believe her . When Sloane addressed Ackbar as Grand Admiral , the Mon Calamari responded that Grand Admiral was an Imperial ranking and accused her of seizing the title for herself . Ackbar ' s colleague Commodore Agate soon joined the holo - conversation and accused Sloane of deceiving them . After exchanging some barbs , the New Republic commanders and Grand Admiral Sloane settled down to business . When Sloane revealed that she was interested in initiating peace talks with the New Republic , Ackbar curled his chin tendrils to express skepticism . Nevertheless , he acceded to Chancellor Mothma ' s decision to raise the matter of the peace talks with the Galactic Senate . In reality , the peace talks were a ruse for the Empire to stage an attack on Chandrila . Rax who had manipulated Grand Admiral Sloane into approaching the New Republic for peace talks as part of his plot to use the liberated prisoners from Ashmead ' s Lock to assassinate the New Republic leadership . For this plot , Rax had inserted each of the prisoners with an inorganic bio - chip which allowed him to transmit signals into their brains . This turned the former prisoners into unwilling assassins . Later , Admiral Ackbar and other New Republic officials greeted the liberated prisoners from Ashmead ' s Lock when they arrived at Hanna City Spaceport . After Han Solo and Chewbacca managed to stage a Wookiee uprising on Kashyyyk , Admiral Ackbar traveled on his ship " Home One " to support Princess Leia and Captain Wedge Antilles ' s Phantom Squadron in their attack on the orbiting Imperial Star Destroyers . After Solo and Chewbacca hijacked the " Dominion " and destroyed the Star Destroyer " Vitiator " , the third Star Destroyer " Neutralizer " surrendered to Admiral Ackbar . Despite the liberation of Kashyyyk , the New Republic forces soon received news of the attack on Chandrila . Prelude to Jakku . Following the events on Chandrila , Rax took control of the Imperial fleets and ordered them to assemble above the planet Jakku for a showdown with the New Republic . Several months later , Temmin and Rath Velus discovered that the Empire had relocated to Jakku . They informed Chancellor Mothma and Princess Leia but the information was leaked to the press by Chancellor Mothma ' s rival Senator Tolwar Wartol . After Wartol publicly attacked Mothma ' s leadership , Admiral Ackbar reassured Chancellor Mothma that she had made the right decision to withhold the information since she had only obtained it less than a standard day . After Mon Mothma indicated she would issue a statement to the press , Admiral Ackbar added that he would send a scout ship and probe droid s to Jakku to investigate . Admiral Ackbar dispatched Ensign Deltura on the scout ship " Oculus " and several probe droids to investigate . After the scouting team confirmed that most of the Imperial remnants had relocated to Jakku , Chancellor Mothma convened an emergency session of the Galactic Senate and urged the Senate to support her resolution to send military forces to the planet . However , the resolution failed by five votes . Following the vote , Admiral Ackbar visited Chancellor Mothma to inform her that the vote had failed . He remarked that this meant that the fleet would not depart for Jakku and that the Empire would remain there . After Rath Velus managed to convince the five senators to change their votes , the New Republic was able to send its military forces to Jakku . Prior to the battle , Admiral Ackbar managed to convince Commodore Kyrsta Agate to return to her command board the " Starhawk " - class battleship " Concord " . Agate had been disfigured during the Attack on Chandrila and had been despondent . He also visited Agate aboard her flagship and praised her as one of his best and brightest officers . When Agate remarked that some of the light had gone out of her , Ackbar complimented her for recognizing the burden of war and for not giving in to anger . When Agate expressed doubts about her ability to captain the " Concord " , Ackbar reassured her that none of them were truly ready for what . He added that the best they could was to meet it with forward faces and clear hearts . Ackbar also recognized that the Empire was aware of their presence and added that he would be ready for a full - scale fleet battle . When Agate opined that Jakku could be a ruse , Ackbar reassured her that they would be ready . When Agate asked if they were going to win , Ackbar responded that it would be an honor to fight alongside regardless of whether it was their final battle or the first of many to come . The two then parted company and assumed their battle positions . Defeating the Empire . During the Battle of Jakku , Admiral Ackbar commanded the New Republic fleet . Despite outnumbering the Empire , the New Republic fleet was unable to break through the Imperial defensive lines . The Imperial Star Destroyers had formed a defensive perimeter around the Super Star Destroyer " Ravager " , the Imperial flagship . During the battle , the Star Destroyers would periodically open flank to allow the " Ravager " to fire its turbolasers and torpedoes at the New Republic fleet . As a result , several New Republic warships and starfighters were destroyed . While commanding the space battle , Ackbar also liaised with General Tyben , who was commanding the ground assault via hologram from Chandrila . When Tyben opined that he should be on Jakku with Lieutenant General Brockway , Ackbar countered that they needed to maintain reserve forces on Chandrila and the new capital Nakadia in case Jakku turned out to be a ruse . Ackbar then witnessed the Star Destroyer " Punishment " break formation with the Imperial fleet and ram the Starhawk " Amity " , destroying both ships . Realizing that Agate ' s ship " Concord " lay in the gap , Ackbar opened the channel to contact Commodore Agate . Believing they were in danger , Admiral Ackbar ordered the Commodore and her crew to abandon ship . Agate ordered her crew to comply but stayed behind . She realized that the " Punishment " destruction had created a gap that would allow her ship to attack the " Ravager " . As the " Concord " exchanged fire with the " Ravager " , Ackbar ordered her to abandon her ship . However , Agate convinced Ackbar to send starfighters and CR90 corvette s to attack the Super Star Destroyer ' s exposed flank engines . Despite some arguing , Ackbar finally accepted Agate ' s sacrifice and prayed that the Force would be with them all . The " Concord " was crippled by the " Ravager " and plummeted towards Jakku ' s surface . However , Agate then activated her ship ' s powerful tractor beam and proceeded to drag the Super Star Destroyer down with her . As the two ships descended into Jakku ' s orbit , Ackbar grabbed the intercom and warned all New Republic soldiers and pilots that the " Ravager " had been downed and to take cover and beware of falling debris . While Ackbar ' s crew cheered behind him , the Admiral did not cheer but prayed for the Force to protect those below and to accept Agate as one of its own . The downing of the " Ravager " turned the tide of the Battle of Jakku in the New Republic ' s favor . Meanwhile , Grand Admiral Sloane joined forces with her New Republic adversaries Brentin Lore Wexley and Norra Wexley to stop Gallius Rax , the Counselor to the Empire , from detonating Jakku and the orbiting Imperial and New Republic fleets . Following the battle , the New Republic and Galactic Empire signed the Galactic Concordance which ended the Galactic Civil War . The Galactic Concordance demilitarized and imposed harsh sanctions on the remnants of the Empire . With the war ' s end , the New Republic turned its attention to restructuring the galactic order . Retirement . Sometime later , Ackbar retired to his homeworld of Mon Cala . Following the revelations of Leia Organa ' s parentage as the daughter of Darth Vader , Ackbar along with several other rebel veterans sent messages of support to the embattled New Republic senator . He and several rebel veterans and New Republic personnel later attended a meeting on Hosnian Prime where Leia formally established the Resistance , a paramilitary group dedicated to protecting the New Republic . The Resistance . At some point after his recruitment , Ackbar was captured by the First Order . Afraid that the First Order might execute him , the Resistance assembled a team led by Captain Hoff , with the sole purpose of locating Ackbar . Hoff ' s team eventually captured a First Order droid named O - MR1 , who they believed knew the location of Ackbar . On their way back to the Resistance base , the team ' s ship crashed on Taul , with the only survivors being a group of droids , including O - MR1 , led by C - 3PO . The droids began following a signal they received from a First Order vessel , but on their way they were attacked by spice spider s and later by can - cell , resulting in the destruction of all of the droids , except C - 3PO and O - MR1 . The two droids finally found the vessel , but before they could contact the Resistance , it began raining acid . They took cover under another ship ' s wing , but knew that if they didn ' t contact help soon , the control panel would melt . O - MR1 , who at this point saw C - 3PO as his friend , told 3PO the location of Ackbar , before sacrificing himself to contact Poe Dameron for help . Some time after O - MR1 had melted , Dameron arrived to pick up C - 3PO , who told Dameron the location of Ackbar . Ackbar was stationed with Organa on D ' Qar during the Battle of Starkiller Base . He was present when R2 - D2 and BB - 8 revealed the location of the Jedi Master and Organa ' s twin brother Luke . Following the victory at Starkiller Base , Ackbar attended the funeral of Han Solo , who died at Starkiller at the hands of Kylo Ren , his son . Death . Following the Battle of Starkiller Base , Ackbar aided the rest of the Resistance in evacuating their base , ordering their fleet to jump to hyperspace and escape the First Order . However , unknown to the Resistance , the First Order had developed technology that allowed them to track ships through hyperspace . The First Order fleet pursued the Resistance and initiated an attack on the bridge of their main cruiser . Though Kylo Ren himself could not bring himself to fire on the bridge after sensing his mother there , his wingmates , Poldin LeHuse and a second TIE fighter had no such qualms and fired missiles upon the bridge , destroying the main bridge - every occupant was either incinerated or sucked into space in the subsequent decompression . In a huge explosion , Ackbar , the most esteemed military commander of his generation , was gone . The only survivor from the bridge was Organa herself , who called on the Force to pull herself back to an airlock . Ackbar ' s death was later confirmed by Commander Larma D ' Acy as she confirmed Vice Admiral Holdo as leader of the Resistance while Leia recovered . Personality and traits . Gial Ackbar was a seasoned and accomplished military commander who served with the Mon Calamari Guard , the Rebel Alliance , and its successors the New Republic and Resistance . Ackbar was a mentor to the young Mon Calamari Prince Lee - Char and strove to protect the young prince ' s life . He believed that Lee - Char was the right claimant to the Mon Cala throne who had the interests of both the Mon Calamari and Quarren in mind . Ackbar taught the young Prince how to lead his people in combat . Despite his valor , Ackbar was also pragmatic enough to order a retreat when the Quarren and their Separatist allies unleashed cyborg Hydroids - Medusa . After being driven into hiding , Ackbar advised Lee - Char and his Jedi and Republic allies to split up to avoid capture . Despite his distrust of the Quarren for their connivance with the Separatists , Ackbar acceded to Lee - Char ' s plan to reunite the Mon Calamari and Quarren against the Separatist leader Karkarodon . Ackbar worked with his former Quarren adversary Nossor Ri to distribute weapons to the Mon Calamari and Republic captives and expel the Separatist invaders from Mon Cala . By the time of the Galactic Civil War , Ackbar had become an Admiral in the Alliance Navy . He led the successful effort to evacuate the rebel base on Yavin IV following the Battle of Yavin . Ackbar was also a skilled tactician who devised the successful attack on the second Death Star using plans that had been stolen by Bothan spies . As a commander , Ackbar also knew how to delegate duties and assigned Han Solo with leading the strike team to deactivate the shield generator on Endor . During the Battle of Endor , Ackbar played an important role in saving many Alliance ships by sending them to attack the Imperial fleet in order to stop the second Death Star from firing on them . Following the events on Endor , Admiral Ackbar commanded a string of New Republic victories which saw the taking of numerous worlds including Akiva , Kuat , and Kashyyyk . His skills and military victories won him the admiration of several of his Imperial foes including Grand Admiral Rae Sloane . While Ackbar found the Imperial informant Operator ' s information useful , he did not trust the mysterious leaker . Despite his martial accomplishments , Ackbar still believed in the Force and often included it in his greetings . Admiral Ackbar was suspicious of Grand Admiral Sloane ' s peace offer . His suspicions were confirmed when the peace offer was used by Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax to launch a sneak attack on the New Republic . Ackbar encouraged Chancellor Mothma during her difficult times and reassured her that she had been wise not to immediately disclose information regarding Imperial forces on Jakku to the public . Ackbar also mentored Commodore Agate and encouraged her not to give up her command despite being disfigured during the Liberation Day attacks . He also cared for his crew but respected Agate ' s decision to sacrifice her life during the Battle of Jakku . In the years after the Galactic Civil War , Ackbar maintained a deep respect for his former comrade Senator Leia Organa . He along with Mon Mothma , Han Solo , Chewbacca , Nien Nunb , and C - 3PO remained loyal to Leia despite revelations that she was the daughter of Darth Vader . Ackbar also shared Leia ' s view that the New Republic lacked the strength to safeguard the galaxy and joined the Resistance . Skills and abilities . Though Admiral Ackbar was an accomplished military commander , he also kept his mind sharp and his body flexible by regularly practicing kar - shak against simulated stormtroopers . Behind the scenes . Gial Ackbar was introduced in , where he was puppeted by Tim Rose and voiced by the late Erik Bauersfeld . They reprised their roles for . In " " TV series , Ackbar was voiced by Artt Butler . His first name was revealed in the 2012 book " The Essential Guide to Warfare " , and was upheld as canon by " " . Ackbar was in the original script for the 2016 film " " but the part was ultimately changed to Admiral Raddus after Ackbar appeared in the 2015 film " Star Wars " : Episode VII " The Force Awakens " .