Gial Ackbar

"Without Admiral Ackbar and his people, we would all be the Emperor's slaves.―Mon Mothma" Gial Ackbar was a male Mon Calamari who became a revolutionary figure during the Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War, to which he became the foremost military commander of the Alliance to Restore the Republic and its successor government the New Republic.

During the Clone Wars, he was in charge of the Mon Calamari Guard and fought in the battle that had secured Prince Lee-Char's way to the throne as King of Mon Cala. Having previously been an Imperial slave to Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, he was freed by Captain Juno Eclipse and was recruited to join the Rebellion. After the rise of the Galactic Empire, Ackbar quickly rose as a talented tactician and commander, securing a number of critical victories for the rebellion effort, emerging as a symbol of defiance against the Empire's subjugation of non-humans. His presence attracted Mon Calamari support for the Alliance, thus supplying the Mon Calamari star cruisers that made up a bulk of the Alliance Fleet.

During the Battle of Endor, later revealed to be a trap for him and the Alliance, he led Alliance naval forces against the second Death Star. After the decisive battle and the death of Emperor Palpatine, the Alliance formed the New Republic. Ackbar became a Fleet Admiral of the New Republic Defense Fleet and led the Republic to its victory over the Empire during the Battle of Jakku and Battle of Coruscant. After the war, a retirement had been offered to him by Chancellor Mon Mothma on Mon Cala, which he refused to continue serve the New Republic.

He holds the distinction of being the Executive Chief of the Combined Defense Forces of the New Republic for a decade and is celebrated to have defeated two Imperial Grand Admirals, Osvald Teshik and Peccati Syn, along with numerous Imperial warlords, insurgents and other threats. He alone conceptualized the principal policy outline of the New Republic Defense Fleet on Hosnian Prime, titled Fleet Tactics and Combat Methodology, and is regarded as a brilliant military tactician and war hero.