Talk:Admiral Ackbar

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Contents 1 First name 2 Fark 3 St,? 4 Separating the Novels from the Movies 5 Am I the only one 6 Onion Flamewar 7 Gah! 8 Pop culture

[edit] First name

According to the Star Wars wiki, Admiral Ackbar either does not have a first name, or has never said it. I think the bits about Ackbar's first name being Allahu are vandalism, and should be removed. I would do so myself, but am in a bit of a hurry, and therefore can't sign up quick enough. -Anonymous Coward (Edit: Not too much of a hurry, changing it now) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.136.98.140 (talk • contribs) 02:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fark

What is Fark? RickK 04:53, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)
This is fark - Flockmeal 04:54, Jan 18, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] St,?

I have not seen the Saint attribution applied to Admiral Ackbar before. It should be explained or referenced in the text. Also I added the attribution to Something Awful - I believe that the Admiral's first use as a photoshop cliche was there, later migrating to fark, but I am not certain and would want to see a reference before stating as much in the entry. --Leperflesh 01:53, Aug 6, 2004 (UTC)

Removing "St." until somebody explains what it is. - Cymydog Naakka 17:30, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Were I the catholic church, I would give him sainthood, but that's neither here nor there.Atinoda 19:37, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Separating the Novels from the Movies

Perhaps the background information on the Admiral and other Star Wars characters that came after the movies should be denoted as such. I think most people only know the movies, and might be confused by references to the political career of a very minor character.

P.S. I once sent several proofs of purchase to Hollywood, (or somewhere?), to get the Admiral Ackbar action figure. I'm wondering if this would be an encyclopedically worthy addition to the article? ;-) ;-) ;-) AdmN 02:12, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I would think so, I think the only way you could get Ackbar was by mail ordering for him. I've seen a website talking about it. Maybe I'll get around to adding it. Also, I agree that the Ackbar movie appearance and general description should be separate from his novel exploits. Especially since novels have a tendency to fall in and out of continuity. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SeanO (talk • contribs) 11:32, 23 August 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Am I the only one

who always found it kind of silly, that they look like squid and the name of their species is Mon Calamari?--Reference(www.com) 20:54, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Star Wars is just ridiculous like that. For other hilarity, look up the Alliance fighter pilot Zev Porkins. Keep in mind, no one knew this was going to be as popular as it was, and no one had any idea that anyone would care what the name of Admiral Ackbar's race was.Atinoda 19:39, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

That's not entirely true, though. While they didn't know the first movie would be so successful, they certainly knew by the time RotJ came around - and that's when we first see Mon Calamari. I think they just enjoyed being a little tongue-in-cheek. — ceejayoz ^talk 15:56, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Onion Flamewar

I have reverted Misterhand43's poor-quality edits. SoulblighterEric 18:07, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

You suck! I hate you! Misterhand43 18:07, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

You are immature, and have been blocked from editing Wikipedia. SoulblighterEric 18:07, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gah!

It's a trap! --Isequals 07:07, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

YOU'RE A TRAP! >:3 202.67.87.111 06:37, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

NO U! Rz350 (talk) 17:35, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pop culture

Does the heading "Admiral Ackbar in popular culture" strike anyone else as a bit, well, silly? What references are there to Admiral Ackbar that are not in popular culture? -R. fiend (talk) 20:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC)