Hello and welcome to a special I Forgot to Post This on Wednesday So It’s Going Up On Thursday Mash-up. That’s a mouthful of a title huh? Let’s get to it.
I don’t know how much of the old Star Wars expanded universe carried over. In the original, Ackbar helped lead Project Shantipole which led to the creation of the B-Wing fighter. In Star Wars Rebels, which is canon, a crazy old Mon Calamari (not named Ackbar) designed the ship. By the end of the episode, he goes on to work on the ship some more, so it’s entirely possible that Ackbar became involved later. Why am I saying all this instead of talking about Ackbar’s role in The Force Awakens? Because Ackbar doesn’t really have a role in the movie and I wanted to have SOMETHING to talk about. He has one line in the Resistance tactical briefing leading to the attack on Starkiller Base.
Here’s Chae dressed as Admiral Ackbar, or any Resistance officer really. It’s not the most inspired uniform, but it fits the designs from previous movies.
One last Force Awakens mash-up remains and I think it’s the neatest one of all. Come back next Wednesday (or whatever day I end up posting it) for the reveal.