The Dark Nest trilogy by Troy Denning includes two types of Star Destroyers used by the Chiss Ascendancy and the Star Destroyer Admiral Ackbar used by the Galactic Alliance.

He was known as one of the most brilliant military commanders in the Star Wars universe and was superior to even geniuses such as General Garm Bel Iblis ( who only later joined the New Republic due to personal issues with the Rebel Alliance's leader Mon Mothma ) and Admiral Ackbar, who led the Rebellion to victory in many crucial battles.

Nonetheless, after the losing on Hoth and towards the end of the movie Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the Rebel Alliance regroups and is then commanded by Admiral Ackbar, Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Lando Calrissian.

Admiral Ackbar is a fictional character in the Star Wars science fiction saga.

With his distinctive salmon-colored skin, high-domed head and large fish-like eyes, Admiral Ackbar was realized in Return of the Jedi through the use of a half-body puppet and slip-on mask, depending on the camera angles used.

Admiral Ackbar was designed for the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the final entry in the original Star Wars trilogy.

Starting with the rank of Rebel commander, Ackbar helped design the B-wing, a powerful line of starfighters, which prompted Rebel leader Mon Mothma to promote him to Admiral.

Although his role in Return of the Jedi was relatively brief, Admiral Ackbar became a prominent character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, which encompasses all licensed stories in the Star Wars universe outside of the six main feature films, such as novels, comic books, video games and television shows.

During filming of the 2005 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Lucas was so impressed with the animatron mask used on the Mon Calamari character Meena Tills, that he briefly considered reediting Return of the Jedi and replacing footage of Admiral Ackbar with an improved mask, although he never did.

The voice of Admiral Ackbar in Return of the Jedi was performed by Erik Bauersfeld, a radio dramatist who also voiced Bib Fortuna in the film.

Admiral Ackbar can be played as a hidden character in the Nintendo Wii version of the 2008 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed if the player enters the cheat code " ITSATWAP ".

The sketch is a commercial for " Admiral Ackbar Cereal ", with Ackbar presenting the breakfast cereal to two children and declaring, " Your tongues can't repel flavor of that magnitude!

Morgan Phillips, an independent hip-hop musician and disc jockey, included a song about the character called " Admiral Ackbar Please " on his album Star Wars Breakbeats.

When the University of Mississippi began a process to find a new mascot in 2010, some students started a campaign to have Admiral Ackbar selected.

The campaign quickly went viral and received national news media attention, and Lucasfilm issued a tongue-in-cheek statement about the matter which read, " The last time we checked in with Admiral Ackbar he was leading the Rebel Alliance Fleet on a critical mission so it will be difficult for him to show up for the games!

* Admiral Ackbar in the Official Star Wars. com Encyclopedia

* Mark Adair Rios as Admiral Ackbar

It also saw the deaths of many of the major characters, including, but not limited to, Chewbacca, Anakin Solo, and Admiral Ackbar, as well as 365 trillion sentient beings.

Unique to these decks were the Admiral Piett and Admiral Ackbar cards.

The New Republic forces, now assembled on the water world of Mon Calamari, plan their next attack on the Yuuzhan Vong with the aid of the now-retired Admiral Ackbar.

General Madine, who appears in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi alongside Admiral Ackbar and Mon Mothma, had died in the novel Darksaber, published in 1995.

Mon Mothma's death occurred a few weeks before the events of Vector Prime, and Admiral Ackbar died towards the end of the New Jedi Order series.

War Admiral also sired the champion filly and Horse of the Year Busher ( ranked # 40 in Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U. S. Racehorses of the 20th Century ).

In The Blood-Horse ranking of the top 100 US thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, War Admiral was ranked # 13, with Seabiscuit as # 25.

One particular area of note is that the country's only currently ranked Admiral of the Fleet is Prince Philip, the Queen's consort.

Varsity soccer began the 2005 season ranked seventh in the nation and lived up to that ranking early in the year, winning the Admiral National Tournament in Florida.

There are many high ranked ' von Giers ' in Russian government, among them President in Podolien and minister Fredrik von Giers ( 1776 in St. Petersburg, 1842 ), minister Karl Ferdinand von Giers ( 1777, 1835 ), minister Konstatin von Giers ( 1777, 1835 ), Ambassador Nikolaus von Giers ( 1853, 1924 ), Ambassador Mikail von Giers ( 1856, 1932 ), Admiral Theodor von Giers ( 1835, 1905 ) etc.

The office of Lord High Admiral passed a number of times in and out of commission until 1709, after which the office was almost permanently in commission ( the last Lord High Admiral being the future King William IV in the early 19th century ).

The expedition, consisting of eleven ships and 1, 357 men under the orders of Admiral Corneille came into the bay, which they named “ Rade des Tortues ” ( literally meaning " Harbor of the Tortoises ") because of the great number of terrestrial tortoises they found there.

Despite his belief that the attack on Poland would cause only a local war, on 15 August 1939 Raeder took the precaution of ordering two Panzerschife the Admiral Graf von Spee and the Deutschland, a number of U-boats and the Dithmarschen ships Altmark and Westerwald to the Atlantic in case Britain should go to war.

When Kessel is abandoned following Admiral Daala's attack on the planet in Darksaber, Calrissian takes over the planet, converts its prison into a mining complex, and mines spice from the planet for a number of years.

Admiral Halsey's unnamed flagship was represented by the, a post-war aircraft carrier launched in 1946 ( in actuality, and in the novel, Halsey flew his flag on the battleship ); a number of World War II – era fighter planes were placed atop the flight deck for the filming.

From 12 March 1672 ( Old Style ), Admiral Robert Holmes attacked the convoy in the English Channel, but was beaten back by Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest, capturing only a limited number of prizes.

Admiral Rodney the commander of the Leeward Islands station of the Royal Navy attacked the Dutch colonies in that part of the Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and Saint Martin, as soon as he had received word of the declaration of war, in the process surprising a number of Dutch naval and merchant ships, who were still unaware of the start of hostilities.

A large number of senior officers were directly or indirectly implicated, headed by Field Marshals Kluge, Rommel ( very peripherally ) and Witzleben, and Generals Falkenhausen, Erich Fellgiebel, Friedrich Fromm, Paul von Hase, Gustav Heistermann von Ziehlberg, Otto Herfurth, Erich Hoepner, Fritz Lindemann, Friedrich von Rabenau, Hans Speidel, Helmuth Stieff, Stülpnagel, Fritz Thiele, Georg Thomas and Eduard Wagner, as well as Admiral Wilhelm Canaris.

* Thomas John Cochrane ( Sir )( 1789-1872 ) Cemetery plot number 21777, 1st governor of Newfoundland 1825-1834, Member of Parliament for Ipswich 1839-1841, Admiral of the fleet 1865-1872.

The producers had the advantage of having elements of the Mediterranean Fleet of the Royal Navy available for their use and USS Salem to play the part of Admiral Graf Spee ( although she had the wrong number of main turrets ).

Before World War I he held a number of senior positions relating to weapons development, before being appointed Chief of Staff of the North Sea Command in 1908, rising to Rear Admiral on 27 January 1910.

After the end of the war, Burke reverted to his permanent rank of Captain and continued his naval career by serving in a number of capacities, including once more as Admiral Mitscher's chief of staff, until the latter's death in 1947.

A number of elite members of Miskito did accept this, but it was cut across by underlying tensions between the northern regions that were controlled by Zambos and were always loyal to George II, and the Tawira southerners, who aligned with the Admiral, Brinton that became more partisan of Spain.

The teams kits have been manufactured by a number of companies, with Admiral providing the first strip on which a maker's logo appeared.

It generally operated as a cultural organisation, although its journal, the Anglo-German Review reflected the pro-Nazi views of Admiral Sir Barry Domvile, and particularly in London it attracted a number of anti-semites and pro-Nazis.

Admiral Ozawa had transferred to the destroyer Wakatsuki after Taihō had been hit, but the radio gear onboard wasn't capable of sending the number of messages needed, so he transferred again, to the carrier Zuikaku, at 13: 00.

The number of Rear Admiral billets in the NOAA Corps decreased from five to two between 1985 and 2010.

Granted extraordinary powers and under the energetic leadership of Vice Admiral Lionel Grand Tufnell, it thoroughly reorganized the Navy Ministry and dramatically improved the number and quality of exercises in gunnery and fleet maneuvers.

In the course of his work as a marine engineer of the National Underwater and Marine Agency ( NUMA ), an oceanographic research organization headed by Admiral James Sandecker with Rudi Gunn as second in command, Dirk Pitt has made numerous important shipwreck discoveries, as well as thwarted a large number of plans by villains intent on global catastrophe or world domination.

A number of teams had entered the competition and when Alcock and Brown arrived in St. John's, Newfoundland the Handley Page team were in the final stages of testing their aircraft for the flight but their leader, Admiral Mark Kerr, was determined not to take off until the plane was in perfect condition.

* The number of guns on Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship HMS Victory.

Permission for the raid was granted on 13 October 1942, but Admiral Louis Mountbatten Chief of Combined operations increased the number of canoes to be taken to six.

Admiral Ernest King, Commander-in-Chief United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations, an alleged Anglophobe, was reluctant to concede any such role and raised a number of objections, including the requirement that the BPF should be self-sufficient.