Lucasfilm Addresses Admiral Ackbar’s Mascot Prospects

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IT'S A TRAP!!!!!!!!

David of CA 2:18PM January 08, 2011

I am a MS st fan/alumni and hate Ole Miss and that would change if this were to happen. I personally think Col Reb was a retarded artifact of the past, but never really cared about it. This selection is a tongue and cheek joke, and it is a funny one. Not only is there a cool factor too it, but it also mocks the absurd racist innuendo of the past. It's also fun...and what if nothing else should college football be about.

Anyone who see's something wrong with this selection (to the tone of L. Parker of MS above) is taking college football mascots too seriously.

Leighton of AL 8:28AM September 14, 2010

That was the best Stanford and Pepperdine could come with. Equally as cool as UC Santa Cruz's Banana Slugs. Keep fightin Akbars!

Travis of CA 12:49PM September 11, 2010

The joke will be on the ASB & Dan Jones when they see what OLE MISS fans will be wearing especially when Football season opens. It would be a fool to be behind such a ridiculous character and promote him to be Ole Miss's Mascot.We are not making a freaking cartoon people, We are(were) a very distinguished college and this is not even funny, VERY STUPID on whoever came up with this idea. Grow up, act like an adult, if you don't like COLONEL REB..GET OVER IT,LEAVE, Head to HOLLYWOOD and make your cartoon. COLONEL REB will never be gone, just wait, you'll be seeing him forever. He will always be our Mascot no matter what gets voted on...

L. Parker of MS 12:50AM March 20, 2010

Best idea ever to come out of Mississippi in general. If they don't choose Ackbar, they deserve to lose every game in every sport for the rest of human history.

TexasSinkholeFan229 of AL 7:20AM March 07, 2010

Ole Miss should not even PLACE Admiral Ackbar onto the mascot ballot unless he is gifted by George Lucas who owns him.

A hoard of University of Mississippi Students are hoping they can get Admiral Ackbar as the new mascot, but without written permission, they'll need to come up with other ideas.

The national interest in this unique mascot story has caused Ole Miss alumni to rail at the University for "divorcing" Colonel Rebel, but he's gone, and some poor sports are taking their anger out on "candidate" Ackbar, but he's a great guy.

My 2 sons, who are both students at Ole Miss, like Admiral Ackbar, a freed slave who is the leader of the Rebel Alliance, and an engineer who designed the X-Wing star fighter. Truly an intelligent, progressive mascot prospect and the students should be proud they thought of him. He's not a Nut (Ohio), or a banana slug (Santa Cruz), or an anteater (Irvine) but a smart, ugly fish guy, and somebody else's property. How about doing a follow up story with an interview of your own with George Lucas or LucasFilms legal dept?? Then everyone can quote you instead of the NYT's.

Mrs. Kelly Jacobs of MS 8:43PM March 04, 2010

@Webb Traverse

Choosing a mascot, or more specifically, choosing a mascot that doesn't have severe racial implications, is a weighty issue. The current mascot is, practically, a slave owner. At best, this imagery is insensitive, and at worst it is overtly racist. Replacing this with a giant catfish head who's notable achievements including defeating the Death Star and warning the fleet that "IT'S A TRAP!" is a litty camp-y, but fun, and without the baggage of the previous mascot.

Steven of AR 9:28AM March 04, 2010

Folks - we need help with our campaign. We need the Chancellor's endorsement to push Admiral Ackbar over the top.

Click here to send an email to Ole Miss Chancellor David W. Jones:

http://citizenspeak.org/node/1939

Thanks!

Edmonton Singh

http://edmontonsingh.wordpress.com

Edmonton Singh of DC 1:34PM March 03, 2010

Nothing "brings a fan base like Admiral Ackbar."

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/feb/26/hernando-resident-pushes-alien-for-new-mascot/

Mike of MS 12:11PM March 03, 2010

I can't wait to send my children to university with money that I worked my fingers to the bone for the last thirty years, so they can resolve such difficult and weighty debates such as the name of a mascot, and of course to avoid run on sentences.

Webb Traverse of NY 11:27AM March 02, 2010

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