A Tribute to Admiral Ackbar

originally published June, 2005

 

IT'S A TRAP!!

Admiral Ackbar, leader of the Rebel Fleet, consummate professional, and a cautious individual. No one lives by the motto "Discretion is the Better Part of Valor," better than this great leader. Unfortunately, not everyone lives by this exceptional quote. Enter a certain, Lando... GRRR.

This bastard has to go ahead and -recklessly- endanger not just all the lives of the rebellion, but the whole existence of the rebel alliance itself!! Sure the bastards got lucky, some teddy bears helped them and they won, but compare it to this analogy.

Andre Agassi wins a tennis match with a mirculous shot through the legs! A one in a million shot, and somehow he got it through. The coach is irrate. Why? Because Agassi was too tired to make the effort and win it on a blasted forehand, he had to be a courageous/suicidal bugger to take that shot. It's like he gave up!

"We might as well take a few of them with us," says Lando. So he's given up, basically a suicide mission, like a terrorist suicide bomber. For shame!

Had they listened to Ackbar, they would've retreated and faced an Emperorless empire! A decapitated empire. The fight would've been all rebel. Maybe they would've laid a trap or two of their own.

Admiral Ackbar has turned into something of an internet phenomenom. A frequent reference of Fark.com and internet geeks everywhere, he is by no means a coward, rather someone who knows how to win.

Admiral Ackbar.... WE SALUTE YOU!!!

A true cinematic legend.