Did You Know Admiral Ackbar Almost Looked COMPLETELY Different? | Star Wars Explained

Report from the Holocron of Xela. Description: Did you know Admiral Ackbar almost wasn’t a Mon Calamari? According to puppeteer Tim Rose, George Lucas originally chose the Gran alien design to serve as the Rebel admiral, but the decision was reversed when it became difficult to discern the character’s focus from three individual eyes. And so the iconic Mon Calamari was swapped out, and the Gran became the background character Ree Yees in Jabba’s palace. #starwars #shorts #returnofthejedi Subscribe for more Star Wars videos every day! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIKlsX1qfGqKPt4KAW-JOZg/join Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/starwarsexplain Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@starwarsexplain Instagram: http://instagram.com/starwarsexplained Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarWarsExplain Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5KUexDNjIDcGPz4nAY9mBw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/starwarsexplained Discord: https://discord.gg/ZPwEnDT Star Wars Tees: http://shrsl.com/?~9i83 Thumbnails by: https://twitter.com/bryaneward Mailing Address Star Wars Explained 1227 Rockbridge Rd SW Ste 208 PMB 264 Stone Mountain, GA 30087


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