Rescue of Admiral Ackbar

Sometime during the conflict with the First Order, Resistance pilot Poe Dameron along with the droids C-3PO and BB-8 launched a mission to rescue Admiral Gial Ackbar from First Order custody.

Behind the scenes
The mission to rescue Admiral Ackbar was first made canon in the 2016 comic The Phantom Limb.

Non-canon storylines
"...I have learned where Admiral Ackbar is being held...He is on a Star Destroyer in the Bakura sector."

- C-3PO The mission to rescue Admiral Ackbar made its first appearance in the 2016 LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises episode Poe to the Rescue where it depicted that Admiral Ackbar was being held captive by Captain Phasma onboard the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Finalizer in the Bakura sector.

Using a stolen Atmospheric Assault Lander, Poe Dameron, C-3PO and BB-8 snuck onboard the Finalizer and was able rescue Admiral Ackbar. While escaping the Finalizer they were pursued by several TIE fighters.

They later went into an asteroid field where they ducked behind an asteroid where Dameron had hidden his T-70 X-wing fighter Black One and Ackbar's Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor Daisy Mae. They used the Atmospheric Assault Lander as a decoy and using their fighters were able to destroy the TIE fighters that had followed them. They later eaded back to the Resistance base on D'Qar.

The mission is available to play as a downloadable content in the 2016 Video game LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens also entitled Poe to the Rescue.

Appearances

 * The Phantom Limb

Non-canon appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens