Star Wars: Admiral Ackbar star SLAMS The Last Jedi and Holdo – ‘I was NOT really thrilled’
STAR WARS Admiral Ackbar voice actor Tom Kane has slammed how his character died in The Last Jedi and the use of Holdo.
Star Wars: Admiral Ackbar actor Tom Kane SLAMS The Last Jedi
The Last Jedi is certainly a controversial film in the Star Wars canon, with many fans being very critical of the movie since its release in Christmas 2017. Now one of its stars has lashed out at Episode VIII during an interview at Star Wars Celebration. Tom Kane voiced Admiral Ackbar in The Last Jedi and didn’t hold back on how he felt about his character’s death scene. Fans will remember Akbar died in the same explosion that put Leia in a coma.
Kane told The Star Wars Show Live!: “I was not really thrilled with how they blew him out the side of the ship.”
The voice actor then went on to criticise Laura Dern’s Vice Admiral Holdo, who sacrificed herself by jumping to lightspeed through Supreme Leader Snoke’s Star Destroyer, allowing other ships to reach Crait alive.
In Kane’s view, such a moment should have been reserved for Ackbar, as a character who’s already appeared in two other Star Wars movies, compared to Holdo who had only been introduced in The Last Jedi.
Kane added: “I’m like, ‘Who is this Holdo woman?'”
Admiral Ackbar voice actor DESTROYS The Last Jedi and Admiral Purple Hair at SWCC. Tom Kane gave no f#cks live on stage. pic.twitter.com/TzXm49qDmc
— Dataracer (@Dataracer117) April 15, 2019
Yeah, it’s Star Wars Celebration, it’s about focusing on the parts that make us happy, and celebrating them. It’s in the title. Didn’t want to dwell on negative stuff.
— Max Scoville (@MaxScoville) April 16, 2019
He continued: “Nobody knows her, no one’s invested in her — who is she? Why is she saving the fleet? If anyone was gonna save the fleet it’d be Ackbar.”
Kane was quickly cut off by the Star Wars Show host, trying to move the topic on.
Host Max Scoville later tweeted: “Yeah, it’s Star Wars Celebration, it’s about focusing on the parts that make us happy and celebrating them.
“It’s in the title. Didn’t want to dwell on negative stuff.”
Speaking with Empire after the Episode IX panel, she said that they learned lessons from Solo.
Specifically that releasing two Star Wars films in less than a year was not something fans wanted.
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker is released in UK cinemas on December 19, 2019.