Ackbar tidbit

[Jedi Master Kyle]

This is from the official site...
<font color="yellow">"In Star Wars, Princess Leia leads only a small part of the Rebel Alliance. The Commander of the entire Rebel Fleet is Admiral Ackbar -- a member of the Mon Calamari race of highly intelligent master chess players from the planet Dac."

- Maureen Garrett
Director, The Official Star Wars Fan Club
Bantha Tracks #17
August, 1982
</font>
I always thought he was from Mon Calamari...did you?

[buff jedi 2]

Yeah I ate one of his cousins the other night!




buff jedi

[Bromine]

That's weird...

Considering how many times the EU has referred to the planet Mon Calamari, this is a possibly major discrepancy.

[Jedi Master Kyle]

Makes you wonder why the EU authors wouldn't look into the name of the planet. Or maybe they did and Lucas told them to use another name. Or maybe it's something else altogether.

[Bromine]

Hmmm...1982, huh? That was before ROTJ had even made it to the big screen, right? I bet they made up a planet name and history at that time, but it was probably forgotten soon after this article was written. Wouldn't be surprised if it never appeared anywhere else.

[bronto]

I think Maureen Garrett was on crack. Master chess player?

[Bromine]

Ooooh, I get it, that's why he was so good at war strategy, yeah, that's it! How original;) The more I read that little blurb, the more it sounds like what someone would put in their fanfic.

[Jedi Master Kyle]

I'd call it fanfic too, except the fact that it's on the official site!