How Admiral Ackbar was originally going to be in Rogue One

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3+ years on it’s hard to imagine Rogue One with anyone but the magnificent Admiral Raddus in charge of the Profundity, leading the charge against the Empire over Scarif, bt a tweet this week from Rogue One writer Gary Whitta has revealed that originally the Mon Cal in charge was a different character altogether (and a total legend).

https://twitter.com/garywhitta/status/1219439211687710721

It would certainly have been interesting to see a younger Ackbar, 4 years before Return of the Jedi, but who’d want to miss out on meeting the awesome Raddus? Fate took the right turn when J.J. took Ackbar for The Force Awakens.

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Star Wars Insider, having previously written for StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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3+ years on it’s hard to imagine Rogue One with anyone but the magnificent Admiral Raddus in charge of the Profundity, leading the charge against the Empire over Scarif, bt a tweet this week from Rogue One writer Gary Whitta has revealed that originally the Mon Cal in charge was a different character altogether (and a total legend).

https://twitter.com/garywhitta/status/1219439211687710721

It would certainly have been interesting to see a younger Ackbar, 4 years before Return of the Jedi, but who’d want to miss out on meeting the awesome Raddus? Fate took the right turn when J.J. took Ackbar for The Force Awakens.

[lasso box=”1419722255″ ref=”amzn-the-art-of-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story” id=”169736″ link_id=”19283″]

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Star Wars Insider, having previously written for StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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