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The YouTube video in my last post pretty much sums up what I would have liked to see from someone as revered as Ackbar. Admiral cliti blaster did not deserve that hero’s send off and should have been Ackbars. Screaming it’s a trap through the whole hyperspace thing would have been extra awesome....but then yeah it would awfully close to screaming aloha snackbar haha. Who cares though the guy is a calamari/lobster thing I wouldn’t have made religious connections to his death
One thing I have relented in a bit is the whole Ackbar suicide run thing. I read an article, somewhere I forget now, basically pointing out how Ackbar is popular mostly due to a meme, not Star Wars. I think it's true. He barely has any screen time and was mostly used as a mouthpiece for exposition of what they couldn't show.
So while I agree it was very Rian Johnsian of Rian Johnson to unceremoniously kill him off screen I don't necessarily think he needed film time devoted to an epic heros exit. He's a briefly seen, minor character that was popularized by Reddit jokes.