Gial Ackbar

Gial Ackbar was a Mon Calamari veteran soldier and prominent revolutionary leader who served as an admiral in the Rebel Alliance.
== Biography ==
=== Galactic Civil War ===
A high-ranking naval officer in the Rebel Alliance fleet, Ackbar commanded Rebel forces in space against Death Star II and the Empire's fleet during the Battle of Endor. When the battle began, the Rebels were unaware that the Death Star was in fact operational until it fired on one of their starships, to which Ackbar declared that they had fallen into a trap. 
Despite this, the Rebels managed to destroy Death Star II. With the destruction of the superweapon, the Empire was essentially defeated and the Rebellion restored the Galactic Republic in the form of the New Republic.
=== War against the First Order ===
Thirty years after the Empire's defeat, the First Order rose from the ashes of the Empire. When the First Order destroyed Hosnian Prime with Starkiller Base, the Resistance prepared to fight them. Ackbar attended a briefing of Resistance officials about Starkiller, during which Ackbar inquired how a weapon the size of Starkiller Base could even be powered. Finn, a former First Order stormtrooper, explained that it drained its power from a nearby star.
=== Death and Legacy ===
After destroying a First Order starship, Ackbar commanded the Resistance fleet to jump into hyperspace. However, the First Order tracked them and launched an attack on the Raddus, the Resistance flagship. During the attack, two TIE fighters fired missiles at the bridge of the Raddus, causing an explosion which killed a majority of the Resistance leaders, including Ackbar.
Following his death, Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo took control of the Resistance. 
== Appearances ==
* Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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